different between strontian vs strontium

English

Etymology

strontium +? -ian

Adjective

strontian (comparative more strontian, superlative most strontian)

1. (mineralogy) Describing minerals containing strontium

Noun

strontian (plural strontians)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral containing strontium.

Anagrams

• nonartist, start in on

English

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian.

Pronunciation

• enPR: str?n't??m, IPA^(key): /?st??n.ti.?m/

Noun

strontium (usually uncountable, plural strontiums)

1. The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• Strontium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

See also

• celestite

Anagrams

• trimounts

Afrikaans

Noun

strontium (uncountable)

1. strontium

Danish

Noun

strontium n (singular definite strontiummet, not used in plural form)

1. strontium

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English strontium, named after Strontian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?str?n.(t)si.?m/
• Hyphenation: stron?ti?um

Noun

strontium n (uncountable)

1. strontium (chemical element) [from early 19th c.]

Finnish

Noun

strontium

1. strontium

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st???.sj?m/

Noun

strontium m (uncountable)

1. strontium

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?stron.ti.um/, [?s?(t?)??n?t?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?stron.t?si.um/, [?st???nt??s?ium]

Noun

strontium n (genitive stronti?); second declension

1. strontium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?stro?n???m]

Noun

strontium n

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

Inflection

Malay

Etymology

From English strontium, from Scots Strontian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [str?ntiom], [str?nti?m], [str?n??m]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

strontium

1. strontium (chemical element)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?str?nts??m/

Noun

strontium n

1. strontium

Declension