Definitions and meaning of indium
indium
Etymology
Coined as a New Latin term from German Indigo (“indigo”), based on the color of its spectral lines.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭnʹdēəm, IPA(key): /ˈɪndi.əm/
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- Hyphenation: in‧di‧um
Noun
indium (usually uncountable, plural indiums)
- A chemical element (symbol In) with an atomic number of 49: a soft silvery-white metal.
- A single atom of this element.
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Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Noun
indium (uncountable)
- indium
Danish
Noun
indium n (singular definite indiummet, not used in plural form)
- indium
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
indium n (uncountable)
- indium
Estonian
Etymology
German Indium.
Noun
indium (genitive indiumi, partitive indiumi or indiumit)
- indium
Declension
Further reading
- indium in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English indium).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈindium/, [ˈindium]
- Rhymes: -indium
- Syllabification(key): in‧di‧um
Noun
indium
- indium
Declension
Further reading
- “indium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
Pronunciation
Noun
indium m (uncountable)
- indium
Descendants
Further reading
- “indium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈindijum]
- Hyphenation: in‧di‧um
- Rhymes: -um
Noun
indium (usually uncountable, plural indiumok)
- indium (chemical element)
Declension
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.di.um/, [ˈɪn̪d̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.di.um/, [ˈin̪d̪ium]
Noun
indium n (genitive indiī); second declension
- indium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- indium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Limburgish
Pronunciation
Noun
indium n
- (uncountable) indium
- A part of indium
Malay
Etymology
From English indium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [indiom], [indiəm]
- Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om
Noun
indium
- indium (chemical element)
Romanian
Noun
indium n (uncountable)
- Alternative form of indiu
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
indium n (genitive singular india, declension pattern of mesto)
- indium (element)
Declension
References
- “indium”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
indium n (uncountable)
- indium
Declension
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