different between osmiridium vs osmium

English

Etymology

Blend of osmium +? iridium

Noun

osmiridium (countable and uncountable, plural osmiridiums)

1. (mineralogy) A hard, corrosion-resistant alloy or osmium and iridium, used in pen nibs.

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Osmiridium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “osmiridium”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• iridosmium

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (osm?, “smell”) (because of the strong smell of its oxide) +? -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?z'm??m, IPA^(key): /??zmi?m/

Noun

osmium (countable and uncountable, plural osmiums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Afrikaans

Noun

osmium (uncountable)

1. osmium

Danish

Noun

osmium n

1. osmium

References

• “osmium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

osmium n (uncountable)

1. osmium

Estonian

Noun

osmium (genitive osmiumi, partitive osmiumi or osmiumit)

1. osmium

Declension

Finnish

Noun

osmium

1. osmium

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s.mj?m/

Noun

osmium m (uncountable)

1. osmium

Further reading

• “osmium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?os.mi.um/, [??s?mi???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?os.mi.um/, [??zmium]

Noun

osmium n (genitive osmi?); second declension

1. osmium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?o?z???m]

Noun

osmium n

1. (uncountable) osmium
2. A part of osmium

Inflection

Malay

Etymology

From English osmium, from Ancient Greek ???? (osm?) -ium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?smiom], [?smi?m]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

osmium

1. osmium

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (osm?) +? -ium

Noun

osmium n (definite singular osmiumet, uncountable)

1. osmium, chemical element, symbol Os

References

• “osmium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “osmium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (osm?) +? -ium

Noun

osmium n (definite singular osmiumet, uncountable)

1. osmium, chemical element, symbol Os

References

• “osmium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??smium/

Noun

osmium n (genitive singular osmia, declension pattern of mesto)

1. osmium (element)

Declension

Further reading

• osmium in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Noun

osmium n

1. osmium

Declension