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Chemical element | |
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Pt | |
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Next: gold (Au) |
Etymology
[edit]From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") + -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: plăt'ĭn-əm, IPA(key): /ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/; enPR: plăt'nəm, IPA(key): /ˈplæt.nəm/; enPR: plăt'n-əm, IPA(key): /ˈplæt.n̩.əm/
- (obsolete, nonstandard) IPA(key): /pləˈtaɪn.əm/, /pləˈtiːn.əm/, /pləˈtɪn.əm/[1]
Audio (UK): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ætɪnəm, -ætnəm, -ætn̩əm
Noun
[edit]platinum (countable and uncountable, plural platinums)
- The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
- A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
- platinum:
- (music, countable) A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
- (medicine, countable, sometimes, elliptically) A platinum-based drug: a platin.
Synonyms
[edit]- platina (obsolete)
- white gold (obsolete)
Derived terms
[edit]- carboplatin
- cisplatin
- diplatinum
- eka-platinum
- ferronickelplatinum
- go platinum
- heptaplatinum
- iridio-platinum
- isoferroplatinum
- multiplatinum
- nonplatinum
- organoplatinum
- oxaliplatin
- Paraplatin
- platarsite
- platin-
- platinammonium chloride
- platinate
- platinian
- platinic
- platiniferous
- platiniridium
- platinise, platinize
- platinite
- platino-
- platinocyanide
- platinode
- platinoid
- platinous
- platinum anniversary
- platinum arsenide
- platinum black
- platinum-black
- platinum blond, platinum blonde
- platinum-blue
- platinum coney
- platinum dichloride
- platinum disc, platinum disk
- platinum duck
- platinum fox
- platinum-grey
- platinum group
- platinum hexafluoride
- platinum-iridium
- platinum jubilee
- platinum-lamp
- platinum lamp
- platinumlike
- platinum metal
- platinum mink
- platinum rule
- platinum shower
- platinumsmith
- platinum sombrero
- platinum sponge
- platinum-steel
- platinum tetrachloride
- platinum-zinc
- postplatinum
- potassio-platinum chloride
- radioplatinum
- tetraferroplatinum
- tetraplatinum
- triplatinum
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]metal
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colour
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recording that has achieved platinum sales
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Adjective
[edit]platinum (not comparable)
- Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
- Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).
- Very expensive, or of very high quality
- We can offer the platinum service for fifty dollars extra.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]colour
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musical recording
Verb
[edit]platinum (third-person singular simple present platinums, present participle platinuming, simple past and past participle platinumed)
- (computer games) To attain all of the achievements in a game, on certain PlayStation consoles.
- I platinumed in Clash of Clans yesterday.
Translations
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Platinum”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech[1], Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., page 36.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Platinum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “platinum”, in Mindat.org[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Afrikaans
[edit]Chemical element | |
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Pt | |
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Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]platinum (attributive platinum, not comparable)
- platinum; made from platinum
Noun
[edit]platinum (uncountable)
Latin
[edit]Chemical element | |
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Pt | |
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Next: aurum (Au) |
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /plaˈtiː.num/, [pɫ̪äˈt̪iːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /plaˈti.num/, [pläˈt̪iːnum]
Noun
[edit]platīnum n (genitive platīnī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | platīnum | platīna |
Genitive | platīnī | platīnōrum |
Dative | platīnō | platīnīs |
Accusative | platīnum | platīna |
Ablative | platīnō | platīnīs |
Vocative | platīnum | platīna |
Limburgish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]platinum m
- (uncountable) platinum
- A part of platinum
Malay
[edit]Chemical element | |
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Pt | |
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Next: emas (Au) |
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English platinum, from Spanish platina.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]platinum
Alternative forms
[edit]- platina (Indonesia)
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