Ion in Scrabble and Meaning

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ion

English

Etymology 1

From the ending of anion and cation, which in turn is from Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”), neuter present participle of εἶμι (eîmi, “I go”). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ī'ən, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪən/; enPR: ī'ŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.ɒn/
• (US) enPR: ī'ŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.ɑn/
• Rhymes: (UK) -aɪən, (UK) -aɪɒn
• Homophone: iron (in some accents only)

Noun

ion (plural ions)

1. An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.

   Hyponyms: (cardinal types) anion (−); cation (+); for many more, see Derived terms

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From a reduction of I don't.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪˌoʊn/

Phrase

ion

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) I don't.

Anagrams

• oni, NOI, Ino, ONI, NIO, -ino

Czech

Alternative forms

• iont

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjon]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɪjon]
• IPA^(key): [ˈjoːn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɪjoːn]

Noun

ion m inan

1. ion

Declension

Further reading

• “ion”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ion”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “ion”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

Danish

Alternative forms

• jon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”).

Noun

ion (singular definite ionen, plural indefinite ioner)

1. (chemistry, physics) an ion

Declension

See also

• ionisere

References

• “ion” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈɔn/, /jɔn/
• Hyphenation: ion
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

ion n (plural ionen)

1. ion (charged atom or compound)

Derived terms

• ioniseren

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈion/
• Rhymes: -ion
• Hyphenation: i‧on

Pronoun

ion

1. accusative of io

French

Etymology

English ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ̃/, /i.ɔ̃/

Noun

ion m (plural ions)

1. (chemistry, physics) ion

Further reading

• “ion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Japanese

Romanization

ion

1. Rōmaji transcription of いおん
2. Rōmaji transcription of イオン

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”).

Noun

ion n (definite singular ionet, indefinite plural ioner, definite plural iona or ionene)

1. (chemistry, physics) an ion

Derived terms

• ionisk
• ionosfære

References

• “ion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”).

Noun

ion n (definite singular ionet, indefinite plural ion, definite plural iona)

1. (chemistry, physics) an ion

Derived terms

• ionisk
• ionosfære

References

• “ion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ion.

Noun

ion m (plural ioni)

1. ion

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ión (pre-2010)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ion, i‧on

Noun

ion m (plural iones)

1. ion (atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge)

Further reading

• “ion”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French ion, from English ion.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔi˧˧ ʔɔn˧˧], [ʔi˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔɔŋ˧˧], [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔɔŋ˧˧], [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: i on, i ông

Noun

ion

1. an ion

See also

• ion hoá

Source: wiktionary.org