different between xenon vs helium

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 New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ????? (h?lios, “sun”) (because its presence was first theorised in the Sun's atmosphere) with the suffix +? -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?'l??m, IPA^(key): /?hi?li.?m/
• Hyphenation: he?li?um

Noun

helium (countable and uncountable, plural heliums)

2. (uncountable) The second lightest chemical element (symbol He) with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602, a colorless, odorless and inert noble gas.
3. (countable) A form or sample of the element.

Synonyms

• E939 when used as a packaging gas

Derived terms

Related terms

• helio-
• Helios

Translations

References

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

Afrikaans

Noun

helium (uncountable)

1. helium

Czech

Alternative forms

• hélium

Etymology

From Latin helium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????l?jum]
• Hyphenation: he?lium

Noun

helium n

1. helium

Declension

Danish

Noun

helium n (definite singular heliummet or heliumet)

1. (uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English helium. Derived from Ancient Greek ????? (h?lios).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?.li.?m/
• Hyphenation: he?li?um

Noun

helium n (uncountable)

1. helium

Derived terms

• heliumatoom
• heliumballon
• heliumgas

Finnish

Noun

helium

1. helium

Declension

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (h?lios, “sun”) +? -ium (chemical element suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?he?.li.um/, [?he?li???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?e.li.um/, [???lium]

Noun

h?lium n (genitive h?li?); second declension

1. (New Latin, chemistry) helium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• ? Italian: elio

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?he?????m]

Noun

helium n

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

Inflection

Malay

Alternative forms

• ???????

Etymology

From English helium, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ????? (h?lios).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heliom/
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

helium (Jawi spelling ??????)

1. helium (chemical element)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian helium.

Noun

h?lium

1. helium

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

helium n (definite singular heliumet)

1. (uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

helium n (definite singular heliumet)

1. (uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?he?l??m/

Noun

helium n (definite singular heliumet or heliet or helium)

1. (uncountable) helium

Declension