different between xenon vs radon

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

Contraction of radium emanation, since the element appears in the radioactive decay of radium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?'d?n, IPA^(key): /??e?d?n/

Noun

radon (uncountable)

1. The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.
2. The most stable isotope of this element, ²²²₈₆Rn.

Synonyms

• emanation (obsolete) (definition 1)
• exradio (archaic) (definition 2)
• niton (obsolete) (definition 1)

Derived terms

• eka-radon
• radon difluoride
• radon fluoride

Related terms

• radium

Translations

References

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

See also

• actinon
• radium emanation

Anagrams

• Ardon, Daron, Doran, Drona, NORAD, Nador, Nardo, Ronda, adorn, and/or, andro, andro-, norad, rando

Afrikaans

Noun

radon (uncountable)

1. radon

Crimean Tatar

Noun

radon

1. radon.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Noun

radon m

1. radon

Danish

Noun

radon

1. radon

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

radon n (uncountable)

1. radon

Esperanto

Noun

radon

1. accusative singular of rado

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?(?)don/, [?r?(?)do?n]
• Rhymes: -?don
• Syllabification: ra?don

Noun

radon

1. radon

Declension

See also

• raadon

Anagrams

• andro-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.d??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

radon m (uncountable)

1. radon

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rando

Galician

Noun

radon m (uncountable)

1. radon

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?don]
• Hyphenation: ra?don
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

radon (usually uncountable, plural radonok)

1. radon

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

radon n (genitive singular radons, no plural)

1. radon (chemical element)

Declension

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.don/, [?rä?d?on], [?rä?d??n]

Noun

radon m (invariable)

1. (chemistry) radon

Anagrams

• andrò
• nardo
• ronda

Japanese

Romanization

radon

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ra.don/, [?räd??n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ra.don/, [?r??d??n]

Noun

radon n (genitive rad?); second declension

1. radon

Declension

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

Malay

Etymology

From English radon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rad?n], [red?n]
• Rhymes: -d?n, -?n

Noun

radon

1. radon (chemical element)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.d?n/

Noun

radon m inan

1. radon (chemical element, Rn, atomic number 86)

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French radon.

Noun

radon n (uncountable)

1. radon

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

radon m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. radon

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rá?d?n/, /radó?n/

Noun

rad??n or radón m inan

1. radon

Inflection

Further reading

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?do?n/

Noun

radon n (uncountable)

1. radon

Declension

Anagrams

• andor, donar, ordna, rodna