different between xenon vs argon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (xénon), neuter of ????? (xénos, “foreign, strange”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?zi?n?n/
• (US) enPR: z?'n?n, IPA^(key): /?zin?n/; enPR: z?'n?n, IPA^(key): /zin?n/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /zen?n/; IPA^(key): /z?in?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n?n
• Hyphenation: xe?non

Noun

xenon (usually uncountable, plural xenons)

1. The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

Derived terms

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• xenno-

Afrikaans

Noun

xenon (uncountable)

1. xenon

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ks?non]
• Hyphenation: xe?non

Noun

xenon m inan

1. xenon

Declension

Danish

Noun

xenon c or n (definite singular xenonen or xenonet, singulare tantum)

1. xenon (element, chemical symbol Xe)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English xenon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kse?.n?n/
• Hyphenation: xe?non

Noun

xenon n (uncountable)

1. xenon

Derived terms

• xenongas

Galician

Noun

xenon m (uncountable)

1. xenon

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ks?non]
• Hyphenation: xe?non
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

xenon (usually uncountable, plural xenonok)

1. xenon (chemical element)

Declension

Derived terms

• xenon villanólámpa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (xénon), neuter of ????? (xénos, “foreign, strange”).

Noun

xenon n (genitive singular xenons, no plural)

1. xenon (chemical element)

Declension

Further reading

• xenon in Icelandic dictionaries at ISLEX

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ????? (xénon), which is the neuter of ????? (xénos, “foreign, strange”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kse.non/, [?ks??n?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kse.non/, [?ks??n?n]

Noun

xenon n (genitive xen?); second declension

1. xenon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

References

• xenon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• xenon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• xenon in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• xenon in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Malay

Etymology

From English xenon, from Ancient Greek ????? (xénon), neuter of ????? (xénos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zen?n], [zin?n]
• Rhymes: -n?n, -?n

Noun

xenon

1. xenon (chemical element)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian xenon.

Noun

x?non

1. xenon

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

xenon n (definite singular xenonet, singulare tantum)

1. xenon (element, chemical symbol Xe)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

xenon n (definite singular xenonet, singulare tantum)

1. xenon (as above)

Swedish

Noun

xenon n (singulare tantum)

1. xenon

Declension

Derived terms

• xenonlampa

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French xénon, from English xenon.

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [se?? n?w??m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [sej?? n?w??m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [sej?? n?w??m??]
• Phonetic: xê nông

Noun

xenon

1. xenon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (argón), neuter of ????? (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: är'g?n, IPA^(key): /??????n/

Noun

argon (countable and uncountable, plural argons)

2. The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Synonyms

• E938 when used as a packaging gas

Derived terms

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• Angor, Garon, Goran, Grano, Ongar, Ragon, Rogan, Ronga, angor, groan, nagor, orang, organ, rag on, rango

Afrikaans

Noun

argon (uncountable)

1. argon

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ar?on]
• Hyphenation: ar?gon

Noun

argon m inan

1. argon (chemical element)

Declension

Further reading

• argon in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• argon in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?????n]

Noun

argon n (singular definite argonet, not used in plural form)

1. argon

Declension

Further reading

• “argon” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “argon” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English argon, from Ancient Greek ????? (argón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r.??n/
• Hyphenation: ar?gon

Noun

argon n (uncountable)

1. argon

Finnish

Noun

argon

1. argon

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.???/

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

Descendants

• Lingala: alago

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rogna

Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

Further reading

• “argon” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (argón), neuter of ????? (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??r?on]
• Hyphenation: ar?gon
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

argon (usually uncountable, plural argonok)

1. argon (a chemical element, symbol: Ar)

Declension

References

Further reading

• argon in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)

Icelandic

Noun

argon n (genitive singular argons, no plural)

1. argon (chemical element)

Declension

Italian

Alternative forms

• argo

Etymology

From New Latin argon, from Ancient Greek ????? (argón), substantivized neuter form of ????? (argós, “idle, lazy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ar.?on/
• Hyphenation: àr?gon

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) argon

Anagrams

• grano, ragno, rango, rogna

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (?rgón), the neuter substantive form of ?????? (?rgós, “idle, lazy”) because of the element's inertness.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a?r.?on/, [?ä?r??n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ar.?on/, [??r??n]

Noun

?rgon n (genitive ?rg?); second declension

1. (New Latin) argon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Synonyms

• ?rg?num

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a???o?n]

Noun

argon n

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

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Malay

Etymology

From English argon, from Ancient Greek ????? (argón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a(r)??n/
• Rhymes: -??n, -?n

Noun

argon (Jawi spelling ??????, plural argon-argon, informal 1st possessive argonku, impolite 2nd possessive argonmu, 3rd possessive argonnya)

1. argon (chemical element)

Maltese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

argon m

1. (chemistry) argon (chemical element)

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English argon.

Noun

argon m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. argon

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?ar?kon/

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian argon.

Noun

argon

1. argon

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ar.??n/

Noun

argon m inan

1. argon

Declension

Further reading

• argon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French argon, from Ancient Greek ????? (argón), neuter of ????? (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar??on/
• Hyphenation: ar?gon

Noun

argon n (uncountable)

1. argon (chemical element)

Declension

References

• argon in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?o?n/
• Hyphenation: ar?gon

Noun

àrg?n m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. argon

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /á?r??n/, /ar?ó?n/

Noun

arg??n or argón m inan

1. argon

Inflection

Further reading

• “argon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar??o?n/

Noun

argon n

1. argon

Declension

Anagrams

• organ

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French argon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a??ón]
• Hyphenation: ar?gon

Noun

argon (definite accusative argonu, plural argonlar)

1. argon

Declension