xenon
English
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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)
- 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
- perxenate
- xenon arc lamp
- xenon chloride
- xenon difluoride
- xenon flash lamp
- xenon fluoride
- xenon hexafluoride
- xenon hexafluoroplatinate
- xenon lamp
- xenon light
- xenon tetrafluoride
- xenon tetroxide
- xenon trioxide
Translations
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References
- Xenon on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table
Anagrams
Afrikaans
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Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: xe‧non
Noun
xenon (uncountable)
Hypernyms
Czech
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈksɛnon]
- IPA(key): [ˈksɛnoːn]
- Hyphenation: xe‧non
Noun
xenon m inan
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | xenon | xenony |
genitive | xenonu | xenonů |
dative | xenonu | xenonům |
accusative | xenon | xenony |
vocative | xenone | xenony |
locative | xenonu | xenonech |
instrumental | xenonem | xenony |
Danish
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon).
Noun
xenon c or n (definite singular xenonen or xenonet, singulare tantum)
Declension
common gender |
singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | xenon | xenonen xenonet |
genitive | xenons | xenonens xenonets |
References
- “xenon” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkseː.nɔn/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: xe‧non
Noun
xenon n (uncountable)
Derived terms
Galician
Noun
xenon m (uncountable)
Hungarian
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈksɛnon]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: xe‧non
- Rhymes: -on
Noun
xenon (usually uncountable, plural xenonok)
- xenon (chemical element)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | xenon | xenonok |
accusative | xenont | xenonokat |
dative | xenonnak | xenonoknak |
instrumental | xenonnal | xenonokkal |
causal-final | xenonért | xenonokért |
translative | xenonná | xenonokká |
terminative | xenonig | xenonokig |
essive-formal | xenonként | xenonokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | xenonban | xenonokban |
superessive | xenonon | xenonokon |
adessive | xenonnál | xenonoknál |
illative | xenonba | xenonokba |
sublative | xenonra | xenonokra |
allative | xenonhoz | xenonokhoz |
elative | xenonból | xenonokból |
delative | xenonról | xenonokról |
ablative | xenontól | xenonoktól |
non-attributive possessive – singular |
xenoné | xenonoké |
non-attributive possessive – plural |
xenonéi | xenonokéi |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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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
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), neuter of ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”).
Noun
xenon n (genitive singular xenons, no plural)
- xenon (chemical element)
Declension
singular | ||
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | xenon | xenonið |
accusative | xenon | xenonið |
dative | xenoni | xenoninu |
genitive | xenons | xenonsins |
Further reading
- “xenon” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Latin
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Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ξένον (xénon), which is the neuter of ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈksɛ.nɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈksɛː.non]
Noun
xenon n (genitive xenī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | xenon | xena |
genitive | xenī | xenōrum |
dative | xenō | xenīs |
accusative | xenon | xena |
ablative | xenō | xenīs |
vocative | xenon | xena |
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
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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
- xenon (chemical element)
Northern Sami
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian xenon.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈxeːnon/
Noun
xēnon
Inflection
Odd, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
xenon n (definite singular xenonet, singulare tantum)
- xenon (as above)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French xénon or German Xenon.
Noun
xenon n (uncountable)
Declension
singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | xenon | xenonul |
genitive-dative | xenon | xenonului |
vocative | xenonule |
Swedish
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Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
xenon n (uncountable)
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | xenon | xenons |
definite | xenonet | xenonets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Derived terms
References
- xenon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- xenon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- xenon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Svensk MeSH
Vietnamese
Chemical element | |
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Xe | |
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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
- xenon