rhodium

See also: Rhodium

English

Chemical element
Rh
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Next: palladium (Pd)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, rose), because of the colour of its salts' solutions.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rō'dēəm, IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊdiəm/
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  • Rhymes: -oʊdiəm

Noun

rhodium (usually uncountable, plural rhodiums)

  1. A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

  • rhodate
  • rhodium-gold
  • rhodium trichloride

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.

Noun

rhodium n (definite singular rhodiummet) (uncountable)

  1. rhodium (a metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with atomic number 45)

Dutch

Chemical element
Rh
Previous: ruthenium (Ru)
Next: palladium (Pd)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

rhodium n (uncountable)

  1. rhodium

French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ.djɔm/
  • (file)

Noun

rhodium m (uncountable)

  1. rhodium

Further reading

Latin

Chemical element
Rh
Previous: ruthenium (Ru)
Next: palladium (Pd)

Etymology

Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, rose).

Pronunciation

Noun

rhodium n (genitive rhodiī); second declension

  1. rhodium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rhodium rhodia
Genitive rhodiī rhodiōrum
Dative rhodiō rhodiīs
Accusative rhodium rhodia
Ablative rhodiō rhodiīs
Vocative rhodium rhodia

Descendants

  • Danish: rhodium
  • Dutch: rhodium
  • English: rhodium
  • French: rhodium
  • German: Rhodium
  • Italian: rodio
  • Luxembourgish: Rhodium
  • Norwegian:
  • Spanish: rodio

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.

Noun

rhodium n (definite singular rhodiumet) (uncountable)

  1. rhodium (a metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with atomic number 45)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium.

Noun

rhodium n (definite singular rhodiumet) (uncountable)

  1. rhodium (as above)
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