polonium

See also: Polonium and polónium

English

Chemical element (edit)
Po Atomic number 84 polonium
Classification data Period 6 Group 16 Block p-block Class metalloid
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English Wikipedia article on Polonium

Etymology

From New Latin polonium, from Medieval Latin Polonia (“Poland”), named after Marie Curie's homeland.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈləʊ.nɪ.əm/
• (US) enPR: pəlōʹnēəm, IPA^(key): /pəˈloʊ.ni.əm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -əʊniəm
• Hyphenation: po‧lo‧ni‧um

Noun

polonium (usually uncountable, plural poloniums)

2. A rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.

Hypernyms

• chalcogen

Derived terms

• eka-polonium
• organopolonium
• polane
• polonate
• polonide
• poloniferous
• polonium-210
• polonium hydride

Related terms

• Poland

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: polonium (af)
• Albanian: polonium
• Arabic: بُولُونِيُوم m (būlūniyūm)
• Armenian: պոլոնիում (hy) (polonium)
• Asturian: poloniu (ast) m
• Basque: polonioa
• Belarusian: пало́ній m (palónij)
• Breton: poloniom
• Bulgarian: поло́ний m (polónij)
• Catalan: poloni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 釙 / 钋 (zh) (pō)

• Cornish: polonyum
• Czech: polonium (cs) n
• Danish: polonium (da) n
• Dutch: polonium (nl) n
• Esperanto: polonio (eo)
• Estonian: poloonium (et)
• Faroese: polonium n
• Finnish: polonium (fi)
• French: polonium (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: polonium

• Friulian: poloni
• Galician: polonio (gl) m
• Georgian: პოლონიუმი (ṗoloniumi)
• German: Polonium (de) n
• Greek: πολώνιο (el) n (polónio)
• Hebrew: פולוניום (he) (polonyum)
• Hindi: तोयातु (toyātu)
• Hungarian: polónium (hu)
• Icelandic: pólon (is)
• Irish: polóiniam
• Italian: polonio (it) m
• Japanese: ポロニウム (ja) (poroniumu)
• Kashubian: pòlón
• Kazakh: полоний (polonii)
• Korean: 폴로늄 (ko) (pollonyum)
• Latin: polonium (la)
• Latvian: polonijs
• Lithuanian: polonis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Polonium
• Macedonian: полониум m (polonium)
• Malay: polonium
• Maltese: polonju
• Manx: polonium
• Mongolian: полони (poloni)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: polonium n

  Nynorsk: polonium (nn) n

• Occitan: polòni (oc) m
• Persian: پلونیوم (polôniyum)
• Polish: polon (pl) m
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: polônio (pt) m

  European Portuguese: polónio (pt) m

• Romanian: poloniu (ro) n
• Russian: поло́ний (ru) m (polónij)
• Scottish Gaelic: polòiniam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: полониjум m, полониj m

  Latin: polonijum m, polonij (sh) m

• Slovak: polonium n
• Slovene: polonij (sl) m
• Spanish: polonio (es) m
• Swedish: polonium (sv) n
• Tajik: полоний (poloniy)
• Tamil: அனலியம் (aṉaliyam)
• Thai: พอโลเนียม (pɔɔ-loo-nîiam)
• Turkish: polonyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: поло́ній m (polónij)
• Uzbek: poloniy (uz)

  Cyrillic: полоний (uz) (poloniy)

• Vietnamese: poloni
• Volapük: polonin (vo)
• Welsh: poloniwm (cy)

Further reading

• polonium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Afrikaans

Chemical element (edit)
Po Atomic number 84 polonium
Classification data Period 6 Group 16 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← bismut (Bi)
Next: astaat (At) →

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

polonium (uncountable)

1. polonium

Hypernyms

• chalkogeen

Danish

Chemical element (edit)
Po Atomic number 84 polonium
Classification data Period 6 Group 16 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← bismuth (Bi)
Next: astat (At) →

Etymology

From Latin Polonia +‎ -ium.

Noun

polonium n (singular definite poloniummet, not used in plural form)

1. polonium

Declension

Declension of polonium

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	polonium	poloniummet
genitive	poloniums	poloniummets

References

• “polonium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Chemical element (edit)
Po Atomic number 84 polonium
Classification data Period 6 Group 16 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← bismut (Bi)
Next: astaat (At) →

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

polonium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. polonium

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English polonium), ultimately from New Latin polonium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolonium/, [ˈpo̞lo̞ˌnium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): po‧lo‧ni‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): po‧lo‧ni‧um

Noun

polonium

1. polonium

Declension

Inflection of polonium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		polonium	poloniumit
genitive		poloniumin	poloniumien
partitive		poloniumia	poloniumeja
illative		poloniumiin	poloniumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		polonium	poloniumit
accusative	nom.	polonium	poloniumit
	gen.	poloniumin
genitive		poloniumin	poloniumien
partitive		poloniumia	poloniumeja
inessive		poloniumissa	poloniumeissa
elative		poloniumista	poloniumeista
illative		poloniumiin	poloniumeihin
adessive		poloniumilla	poloniumeilla
ablative		poloniumilta	poloniumeilta
allative		poloniumille	poloniumeille
essive		poloniumina	poloniumeina
translative		poloniumiksi	poloniumeiksi
abessive		poloniumitta	poloniumeitta
instructive		—	poloniumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of polonium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative poloniumini poloniumini accusative nom. poloniumini poloniumini gen. poloniumini genitive poloniumini poloniumieni partitive poloniumiani poloniumejani inessive poloniumissani poloniumeissani elative poloniumistani poloniumeistani illative poloniumiini poloniumeihini adessive poloniumillani poloniumeillani ablative poloniumiltani poloniumeiltani allative poloniumilleni poloniumeilleni essive poloniuminani poloniumeinani translative poloniumikseni poloniumeikseni abessive poloniumittani poloniumeittani instructive — — comitative — poloniumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative poloniumisi poloniumisi accusative nom. poloniumisi poloniumisi gen. poloniumisi genitive poloniumisi poloniumiesi partitive poloniumiasi poloniumejasi inessive poloniumissasi poloniumeissasi elative poloniumistasi poloniumeistasi illative poloniumiisi poloniumeihisi adessive poloniumillasi poloniumeillasi ablative poloniumiltasi poloniumeiltasi allative poloniumillesi poloniumeillesi essive poloniuminasi poloniumeinasi translative poloniumiksesi poloniumeiksesi abessive poloniumittasi poloniumeittasi instructive — — comitative — poloniumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poloniumimme poloniumimme accusative nom. poloniumimme poloniumimme gen. poloniumimme genitive poloniumimme poloniumiemme partitive poloniumiamme poloniumejamme inessive poloniumissamme poloniumeissamme elative poloniumistamme poloniumeistamme illative poloniumiimme poloniumeihimme adessive poloniumillamme poloniumeillamme ablative poloniumiltamme poloniumeiltamme allative poloniumillemme poloniumeillemme essive poloniuminamme poloniumeinamme translative poloniumiksemme poloniumeiksemme abessive poloniumittamme poloniumeittamme instructive — — comitative — poloniumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poloniuminne poloniuminne accusative nom. poloniuminne poloniuminne gen. poloniuminne genitive poloniuminne poloniumienne partitive poloniumianne poloniumejanne inessive poloniumissanne poloniumeissanne elative poloniumistanne poloniumeistanne illative poloniumiinne poloniumeihinne adessive poloniumillanne poloniumeillanne ablative poloniumiltanne poloniumeiltanne allative poloniumillenne poloniumeillenne essive poloniuminanne poloniumeinanne translative poloniumiksenne poloniumeiksenne abessive poloniumittanne poloniumeittanne instructive — — comitative — poloniumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative poloniuminsa poloniuminsa accusative nom. poloniuminsa poloniuminsa gen. poloniuminsa genitive poloniuminsa poloniumiensa partitive poloniumiaan poloniumiansa poloniumejaan poloniumejansa inessive poloniumissaan poloniumissansa poloniumeissaan poloniumeissansa elative poloniumistaan poloniumistansa poloniumeistaan poloniumeistansa illative poloniumiinsa poloniumeihinsa adessive poloniumillaan poloniumillansa poloniumeillaan poloniumeillansa ablative poloniumiltaan poloniumiltansa poloniumeiltaan poloniumeiltansa allative poloniumilleen poloniumillensa poloniumeilleen poloniumeillensa essive poloniuminaan poloniuminansa poloniumeinaan poloniumeinansa translative poloniumikseen poloniumiksensa poloniumeikseen poloniumeiksensa abessive poloniumittaan poloniumittansa poloniumeittaan poloniumeittansa instructive — — comitative — poloniumeineen poloniumeinensa

Further reading

• “polonium”, 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): /pɔ.lɔ.njɔm/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Noun

polonium m (uncountable)

1. polonium

Further reading

• “polonium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Chemical element (edit)
Po Atomic number 84 polonium
Classification data Period 6 Group 16 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← bisemutum (Bi)
Next: astatium (At) →

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Polonia

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin polōnium

From Polonia + -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔˈɫoː.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [poˈlɔː.ni.um]

Noun

polōnium n (genitive polōniī); second declension

1. (New Latin) polonium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	polōnium	polōnia
genitive	polōniī	polōniōrum
dative	polōniō	polōniīs
accusative	polōnium	polōnia
ablative	polōniō	polōniīs
vocative	polōnium	polōnia

Malay

Chemical element (edit)
Po Atomic number 84 polonium
Classification data Period 6 Group 16 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← bismut (Bi)
Next: astatin (At) →

Etymology

From English polonium, from Latin Polonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poloniom], [poloniəm], [pəloniəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

polonium

1. polonium (chemical element)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From New Latin polonium, from Medieval Latin Polonia.

Noun

polonium n (definite singular poloniumet, uncountable)

1. polonium, chemical symbol Po

References

• “polonium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “polonium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From New Latin polonium, from Medieval Latin Polonia.

Noun

polonium n (definite singular poloniumet, uncountable)

1. polonium, chemical symbol Po

References

• “polonium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Chemical element (edit)
Po Atomic number 84 polonium
Classification data Period 6 Group 16 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← vismut (Bi)
Next: astat (At) →

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

polonium n (uncountable)

1. polonium

Declension

Declension of polonium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	polonium	poloniums
	definite	poloniumet	poloniumets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of polonium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	polonium	poloniums
	definite	poloniet	poloniets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of polonium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	polonium	poloniums
	definite	polonium	poloniums
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “polonium”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “polonium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “polonium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH