osmium
English
| Chemical element | |
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| Os | |
| Previous: rhenium (Re) | |
| Next: iridium (Ir) | |
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) (because of the strong smell of its oxide) + -ium.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ŏz'mēəm
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒz.mi.əm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑz.mi.əm/
Audio (General American): (file)
Noun
osmium (countable and uncountable, plural osmiums)
- A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived terms
- eka-osmium
- iridiosmium
- iridosmine
- osmate
- osmiate
- osmic
- osmio-
- osmious
- osmium dioxide
- osmium lamp
- osmium tetraoxide, osmium tetroxide
- osmiuret
- osmous
Related terms
Translations
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Afrikaans
| Chemical element | |
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| Os | |
| Previous: renium (Re) | |
| Next: iridium (Ir) | |
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
osmium (uncountable)
Danish
| Chemical element | |
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| Os | |
| Previous: rhenium (Re) | |
| Next: iridium (Ir) | |
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) + -ium.
Noun
osmium n (singular definite osmiummet, not used in plural form)
Declension
| neuter gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | osmium | osmiummet |
| genitive | osmiums | osmiummets |
References
- “osmium” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Os | |
| Previous: renium (Re) | |
| Next: iridium (Ir) | |
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
osmium n (uncountable)
Estonian
Etymology
Noun
osmium (genitive osmiumi, partitive osmiumi or osmiumit)
Declension
| Declension of osmium (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | osmium | osmiumid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | osmiumi | ||
| genitive | osmiumide | ||
| partitive | osmiumi | osmiume osmiumisid | |
| illative | osmiumi osmiumisse |
osmiumidesse osmiumesse | |
| inessive | osmiumis | osmiumides osmiumes | |
| elative | osmiumist | osmiumidest osmiumest | |
| allative | osmiumile | osmiumidele osmiumele | |
| adessive | osmiumil | osmiumidel osmiumel | |
| ablative | osmiumilt | osmiumidelt osmiumelt | |
| translative | osmiumiks | osmiumideks osmiumeks | |
| terminative | osmiumini | osmiumideni | |
| essive | osmiumina | osmiumidena | |
| abessive | osmiumita | osmiumideta | |
| comitative | osmiumiga | osmiumidega | |
| Declension of osmium (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | osmium | — | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | osmiumi | ||
| genitive | — | ||
| partitive | osmiumit | — | |
| illative | osmiumisse | — | |
| inessive | osmiumis | — | |
| elative | osmiumist | — | |
| allative | osmiumile | — | |
| adessive | osmiumil | — | |
| ablative | osmiumilt | — | |
| translative | osmiumiks | — | |
| terminative | osmiumini | — | |
| essive | osmiumina | — | |
| abessive | osmiumita | — | |
| comitative | osmiumiga | — | |
References
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English osmium), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈosmium/, [ˈo̞s̠mium]
- Rhymes: -osmium
- Syllabification(key): os‧mi‧um
- Hyphenation(key): os‧mi‧um
Noun
osmium
Declension
| Inflection of osmium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | osmium | osmiumit | |
| genitive | osmiumin | osmiumien | |
| partitive | osmiumia | osmiumeja | |
| illative | osmiumiin | osmiumeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | osmium | osmiumit | |
| accusative | nom. | osmium | osmiumit |
| gen. | osmiumin | ||
| genitive | osmiumin | osmiumien | |
| partitive | osmiumia | osmiumeja | |
| inessive | osmiumissa | osmiumeissa | |
| elative | osmiumista | osmiumeista | |
| illative | osmiumiin | osmiumeihin | |
| adessive | osmiumilla | osmiumeilla | |
| ablative | osmiumilta | osmiumeilta | |
| allative | osmiumille | osmiumeille | |
| essive | osmiumina | osmiumeina | |
| translative | osmiumiksi | osmiumeiksi | |
| abessive | osmiumitta | osmiumeitta | |
| instructive | — | osmiumein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “osmium”, 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
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔs.mjɔm/
Audio: (file)
Noun
osmium m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “osmium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “stench, stink”), referring to the smell of its tetroxide.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔs.mi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔz.mi.um]
Noun
osmium n (genitive osmiī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | osmium | osmia |
| genitive | osmiī | osmiōrum |
| dative | osmiō | osmiīs |
| accusative | osmium | osmia |
| ablative | osmiō | osmiīs |
| vocative | osmium | osmia |
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈo˧zɱɔ˧m]
Noun
osmium n
Malay
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Os | |
| Previous: renium (Re) | |
| Next: iridium (Ir) | |
Etymology
From English osmium, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) -ium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɔsmiom], [ɔsmiəm]
- Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om
Noun
osmium
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) + -ium.
Noun
osmium n (definite singular osmiumet, uncountable)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) + -ium.
Noun
osmium n (definite singular osmiumet, uncountable)
References
- “osmium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovak
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Os | |
| Previous: rénium (Re) | |
| Next: irídium (Ir) | |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔsmɪjʊm/
Noun
osmium n (genitive singular osmia, declension pattern of mesto)
- osmium (element)
Declension
Further reading
- “osmium”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Swedish
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Os | |
| Previous: rhenium (Re) | |
| Next: iridium (Ir) | |
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
osmium n
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | osmium | osmiums |
| definite | osmiumet | osmiumets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | osmium | osmiums |
| definite | osmiet | osmiets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | osmium | osmiums |
| definite | osmium | osmiums | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |