xenon

See also: Xenon, xénon, xenón, and xênon

English

Chemical element
Xe
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, foreign, strange) + -on, used for all noble gases.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈziːnɒn/
  • (US) enPR: zē'nŏn, zē'nən, IPA(key): /ˈzinɑn/, /ˈzinən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /zenɔn/, /zɪinɔn/
  • Audio (General American); /ˈzɛnɒn/:(file)
  • Audio (General American); /ˈziːnɒn/:(file)
  • Audio (US); /ˈzinən/:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːnɒn
  • 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

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Xe
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Next: sesium (Cs)

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: xe‧non

Noun

xenon (uncountable)

  1. xenon

Hypernyms

Czech

Chemical element
Xe
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Next: cesium (Cs)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈksɛnon]
  • IPA(key): [ˈksɛnoːn]
  • Hyphenation: xe‧non

Noun

xenon m inan

  1. xenon

Declension

Danish

Chemical element
Xe
Previous: iod (I)
Next: cæsium (Cs)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon).

Noun

xenon c or n (definite singular xenonen or xenonet, singulare tantum)

  1. xenon (element, chemical symbol Xe)

Declension

Declension of xenon
common
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative xenon xenonen
xenonet
genitive xenons xenonens
xenonets

References

Dutch

Chemical element
Xe
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Next: cesium (Cs)

Etymology

Borrowed from English xenon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkseː.nɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: xe‧non

Noun

xenon n (uncountable)

  1. xenon

Derived terms

Galician

Noun

xenon m (uncountable)

  1. xenon

Hungarian

Chemical element
Xe
Previous: jód (I)
Next: cézium (Cs)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈksɛnon]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: xe‧non
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

xenon (usually uncountable, plural xenonok)

  1. xenon (chemical element)

Declension

Possessive forms of xenon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. xenonom xenonjaim
2nd person sing. xenonod xenonjaid
3rd person sing. xenonja xenonjai
1st person plural xenonunk xenonjaink
2nd person plural xenonotok xenonjaitok
3rd person plural xenonjuk xenonjaik

Derived terms

Icelandic

Chemical element
Xe
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Next: sesín (Cs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), neuter of ξένος (xénos, foreign, strange).

Noun

xenon n (genitive singular xenons, no plural)

  1. xenon (chemical element)

Declension

Declension of xenon (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative xenon xenonið
accusative xenon xenonið
dative xenoni xenoninu
genitive xenons xenonsins

Further reading

Latin

Chemical element
Xe
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Next: caesium (Cs)

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), which is the neuter of ξένος (xénos, foreign, strange).

Pronunciation

Noun

xenon n (genitive xenī); 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Malay

Chemical element
Xe
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Next: sesium (Cs)

Etymology

From English xenon, from Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), neuter of ξένος (xénos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zenɔn], [zinɔn]
  • Rhymes: -nɔn, -ɔn
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

xenon

  1. xenon (chemical element)

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian xenon.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈxeːnon/

Noun

xēnon

  1. xenon

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative xēnon
Genitive xēnona
Singular Plural
Nominative xēnon xēnonat
Accusative xēnona xēnoniid
Genitive xēnona xēnoniid
Illative xēnonii xēnoniidda
Locative xēnonis xēnoniin
Comitative xēnoniin xēnoniiguin
Essive xēnonin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person xēnonan xēnoneamẹ xēnoneamẹt
2nd person xēnonat xēnoneattẹ xēnoneattẹt
3rd person xēnonis xēnoneaskkạ xēnoneasẹt

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)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French xénon or German Xenon.

Noun

xenon n (uncountable)

  1. xenon

Declension

Declension of xenon
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative xenon xenonul
genitive-dative xenon xenonului
vocative xenonule

Swedish

Chemical element
Xe
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Next: cesium (Cs)

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

xenon n (uncountable)

  1. xenon

Declension

Declension of xenon
nominative genitive
singular indefinite xenon xenons
definite xenonet xenonets
plural indefinite
definite

Derived terms

References

Vietnamese

Chemical element
Xe
Previous: iot (I)
Next: xesi (Cs)

Etymology

From French xénon, from English xenon.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [se˧˧ nəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [sej˧˧ nəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [sej˧˧ nəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: xê nông

Noun

xenon

  1. xenon