neon

Chemical element
Ne
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Next: sodium (Na)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. By surface analysis, neo- +‎ -on (suffix used in all noble gases).

• enPR: nē'ŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈniˌɑn/

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• Rhymes: -iɒn
• Hyphenation: ne‧on

neon (countable and uncountable, plural neons)

2. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
3. (countable) A form or sample of the element.
4. (countable, uncountable) Neon signs or lights, collectively.
   • 1970, “Up Around the Bend”, performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival:

     Bring a song and a smile for the banjo
     Better get while the getting's good
     Hitch a ride to the end of the highway
     Where the neons turn to wood

   • 2009, Jason Syner, How to Install Automotive Mobile Electronic Systems, page 27:

     Neons and LED lighting can be controlled by remotes.

5. (countable) A neon tetra fish.

neon (not comparable)

1. (of a color) That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent

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

• none

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluoor (F)
Next: natrium (Na)

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• Hyphenation: ne‧on

neon (uncountable)

1. neon

• edelgas

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: sodio (Na)

• IPA^(key): /neon/ [ne.õn]

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• Rhymes: -eon, -on
• Hyphenation: ne‧on

neon inan

1. neon

neon inan

1. neon sign

• “neon”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluorin (F)
Next: sodiom (Na)

Borrowed from English neon.

neon m

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: sodík (Na)

• neón

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛon]
• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛoːn]
• Hyphenation: neon

neon m inan

1. neon

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: natrium (Na)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

neon c (singular definite neonen or neonet, not used in plural form)

1. neon

• “neon” in Den Danske Ordbog

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: natrium (Na)

Borrowed from English neon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈneː.ɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ne‧on
• Rhymes: -eːɔn

neon n (uncountable)

1. neon

• neongas
• neonlamp
• neonlicht
• neonreclame

• none

neon

1. accusative singular of neo

From Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːɔn/

chemical element

Ne	Previous:	fluor
	Next:	natrium

neon n (genitive singular neons, uncountable)

1. neon

Internationalism (see English neon), ultimately from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

• IPA^(key): /ˈneon/, [ˈne̞o̞n]
• Rhymes: -eon
• Syllabification^(key): ne‧on
• Hyphenation^(key): ne‧on

chemical element

Ne	Previous:	fluori
	Next:	natrium

neon

1. neon

• “neon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• enon, noen

neon m (uncountable)

1. neon

• “neon”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: nátrium (Na)

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛon]
• Hyphenation: ne‧on
• Rhymes: -on

neon (usually uncountable, plural neonok)

1. neon (chemical element)

• neon in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: flúor (F)
Next: natrín (Na)

From Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

neon n (genitive singular neons, no plural)

1. neon

• neonljós

• “neon” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluairín (F)
Next: sóidiam (Na)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈnʲoːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈn̠ʲoːnˠ/, /ˈn̠ʲoːn̪ˠ/

neon m (genitive singular neoin)

1. neon (chemical element)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluoro (F)
Next: sodio (Na)

• neo (obsolete)

From New Latin neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter form of νέος (néos, “new”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.on/
• Rhymes: -ɛon
• Hyphenation: nè‧on

neon m (invariable)

1. (chemistry) neon

• lampada al neon

• enno, none, onne

neon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ネオン

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluorum (F)
Next: natrium (Na)

From Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter form of νέος (néos, “new”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈne.ɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛː.on]

neon n (genitive neī); second declension

1. (New Latin) neon

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈneː˦jɔ˧n]

neon n

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

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Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluorin (F)
Next: natrium (Na)

• نيون

From English neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos).

• IPA^(key): /neɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn

neon (Jawi spelling نيون)

1. neon (chemical element)

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluworu (F)
Next: sodju (Na)

Borrowed from Italian neon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛː.ɔn/

neon m

1. (chemistry) neon

Borrowed from Norwegian neon.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈneːon/

nēon

1. neon

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	nēon
Genitive	nēona
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nēon	nēonat
Accusative	nēona	nēoniid
Genitive	nēona	nēoniid
Illative	nēonii	nēoniidda
Locative	nēonis	nēoniin
Comitative	nēoniin	nēoniiguin
Essive	nēonin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person nēonan nēoneamẹ nēoneamẹt 2nd person nēonat nēoneattẹ nēoneattẹt 3rd person nēonis nēoneaskkạ nēoneasẹt

• 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

From Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

neon n (definite singular neonet, uncountable)

1. neon (chemical element with the symbol Ne)

• neonlys

• “neon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “neon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• -onen, noen, none, onne

From Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

neon n (definite singular neonet, uncountable)

1. neon (chemical element with the symbol Ne)

• neonlys

• “neon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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neon m (uncountable)

1. neon

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: sód (Na)

Internationalism; compare English neon, French néon, German Neon, ultimately from Ancient Greek νέος (néos). Doublet of nowy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɔn
• Syllabification: ne‧on

neon m inan (related adjective neonowy)

1. (uncountable) neon (chemical element)
2. neon sign (sign used on buildings for advertising shops)

neon m animal

1. tetra (any fish of genus Paracheirodon)

• neon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• neon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

neon m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of néon

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: sodiu, natriu (Na)

Borrowed from French néon, from English neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

• IPA^(key): /neˈon/
• Hyphenation: ne‧on

neon n (uncountable)

1. neon (chemical element)

• “neon”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: natrijum, nȃtrīj (S)

From New Latin neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

• IPA^(key): /ně̞o̞ːn/
• Hyphenation: ne‧on

nèōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling нѐо̄н)

1. neon

• “neon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: flúor (F)
Next: nátrij (Na)

• IPA^(key): /néːɔn/

nẹ̑on m inan

1. neon

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	néon
genitive	néona
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	néon
genitive (rodȋlnik)	néona
dative (dajȃlnik)	néonu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	néon
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	néonu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	néonom

• “neon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fluor (F)
Next: natrium (Na)

• IPA^(key): /nɛˈoːn/

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neon n (uncountable)

1. neon
   • 1987, “Dansa i neon [Dance in neon]”, Tim Norell, Peo Thyrén, Ola Håkansson (music)‎^[3]performed by Lena Philipsson:

     När vi ska dansa i neon på vår resa genom natten. Vi ska färdas i en symfoni mot gryningen. Och vi ska dansa i neon, bortom ropen, bortom skratten. Vi ska fångas av en melodi i skymningen.

     When we will [shall] dance in neon on our journey through the night. We will travel in a symphony towards [the] dawn. And we will dance in neon, beyond the shouting [shouts], beyond the laughter [laughs]. We will [shall] be caught by a melody at [the] dusk.

• neonlampa (“neon lamp”)
• neonljus (“neon light”)
• neonrör (“neon tube”)
• neonskylt (“neon sign”)

• neon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• neon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• neon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• neyon
• niyon

Borrowed from Spanish neón, from English neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /neˈon/ [n̪ɛˈon̪]
    • Rhymes: -on
  • IPA^(key): /ˈneon/ [ˈn̪ɛː.on̪] (English influence)
    • Rhymes: -eon
• Syllabification: ne‧on

neón or neon (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. (chemistry) neon (element)
2. neon sign
3. neon lamp

• “neon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 416

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: flor (F)
Next: sodyum (Na)

Borrowed from French néon.

• IPA^(key): [nɛon]
• Hyphenation: ne‧on

neon (definite accusative neonu, plural neonlar)

1. neon (chemical element)

neon m (invariable)

1. neon

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: flo (F)
Next: natri (Na)

• nê-ông

From French néon, from New Latin neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ne˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nej˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nej˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: nê ông

neon

1. neon (element)

Chemical element
Ne
Previous: fflworin (F)
Next: sodiwm (Na)

From English neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈneː.ɔn/
• Rhymes: -eːɔn

neon m (uncountable, not mutable)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “neon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies