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Iridium
IRID'IUM
,Noun.
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Iridium
Iridium
German
Noun
Iridium n (genitive Iridiums, no plural)
Declension
Declension of Iridium (uncountable)
Coordinate terms
Luxembourgish
| Chemical element | |
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| Ir | Previous: Osmium (Os) |
| Next: Platin (Pt) | |
Noun
Iridium ? (uncountable)
iridium
iridium
English
| Chemical element | |
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| Ir | Previous: osmium (Os) |
| Next: platinum (Pt) | |

Iridium foil.
Noun
iridium (uncountable)
- A metallic chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77.
Derived terms
Terms derived from iridium
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Related terms
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Translations
chemical element
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Dutch
| Chemical element | |
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| Ir | Previous: osmium (Os) |
| Next: platina (Pt) | |
Pronunciation
Noun
iridium n (uncountable)
Finnish
Noun
iridium
Declension
| Inflection of iridium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | iridium | iridiumit | |
| genitive | iridiumin | iridiumien | |
| partitive | iridiumia | iridiumeja | |
| illative | iridiumiin | iridiumeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | iridium | iridiumit | |
| accusative | nom. | iridium | iridiumit |
| gen. | iridiumin | ||
| genitive | iridiumin | iridiumien | |
| partitive | iridiumia | iridiumeja | |
| inessive | iridiumissa | iridiumeissa | |
| elative | iridiumista | iridiumeista | |
| illative | iridiumiin | iridiumeihin | |
| adessive | iridiumilla | iridiumeilla | |
| ablative | iridiumilta | iridiumeilta | |
| allative | iridiumille | iridiumeille | |
| essive | iridiumina | iridiumeina | |
| translative | iridiumiksi | iridiumeiksi | |
| instructive | — | iridiumein | |
| abessive | iridiumitta | iridiumeitta | |
| comitative | — | iridiumeineen | |
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iːˈri.di.um/, [iːˈrɪ.di.ũ]
Noun
īridium n (genitive īridiī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īridium | īridia |
| genitive | īridiī | īridiōrum |
| dative | īridiō | īridiīs |
| accusative | īridium | īridia |
| ablative | īridiō | īridiīs |
| vocative | īridium | īridia |
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪ˧ˈʁi˦ɖɔ˧m]
Noun
iridium n
Inflection
Declension of iridium
| Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
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| Nominative | iridium | iridia | iridieke | iridiekes |
| Genitive | iridiums | iridia | iridiekes | iridiekes |
| Locative | iridieës | iridieëser | iridieëske | iridieëskes |
| Dative¹ | iridiumme | — | iridieke | — |
| Accusative¹ | iridium | — | iridieke | — |
| ¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead. | ||||
Malay
| Chemical element | |
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| Ir | Previous: osmium (Os) |
| Next: platinum (Pt) | |
Etymology
From English iridium, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) -ium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [iridiom], [iridiəm]
- Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om
Noun
iridium
- iridium (chemical element)