iridium
English
/ɪˈɹɪdiəm/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἶρις (rainbow, iris).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἶρις
Gloss
rainbow, iris
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
虹
Emoji
🌈 🦄
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arsenic English
- diiridium English
- eka-iridium English
- iridarsenite English
- iridate English
- iridian English
- iridiferous English
- organoiridium English
- radioiridium English
- triiridium English
- irisoida Finnish
- iridium Latin
- iris Latin
- īris Latin
- ири́дий Russian
- ἴρινος Ancient Greek
- ἶρις Ancient Greek
- *weh₁i-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *wey-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- iridium Norwegian Bokmål
- iris Norwegian Bokmål
- iridium Norwegian Nynorsk
- iris Norwegian Nynorsk
- ireas Irish
- ίρις Greek (modern)
- iridium Malay
- iris Middle French
- iridiamu Swahili