platinum
English
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Etymology
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
- 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
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) A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
Synonyms
- platina (obsolete)
- white gold (obsolete)
Derived terms
- carboplatin
- cisplatin
- eka-platinum
- go platinum
- iridio-platinum
- oxaliplatin
- Paraplatin
- platin-
- platinammonium chloride
- platinate
- platinic
- platiniferous
- platiniridium
- platinise, platinize
- platinite
- platino-
- platinocyanide
- platinode
- platinoid
- platinous
- platinum arsenide
- platinum-black
- platinum blond, platinum blonde
- platinum-blue
- platinum coney
- platinum dichloride
- platinum disc, platinum disk
- platinum fox
- platinum-grey
- platinum hexafluoride
- platinum-iridium
- platinum-lamp
- platinum metal
- platinum mink
- platinum sponge
- platinum-steel
- platinum tetrachloride
- platinum-zinc
- potassio-platinum chloride
Related terms
- platina
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Adjective
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
- go platinum
- platinum blond
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Verb
platinum (third-person singular simple present platinums, present participle platinuming, simple past and past participle platinumed)
- (computer games) to reach platinum level in a game
- I platinumed in Clash of Clans yesterday.
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See also
- cooperite
- sperrylite
- Appendix:Colors
References
- Meredith, L. P. (1872), “Platinum”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech, Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., page 36.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Platinum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “platinum”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Afrikaans
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Pronunciation
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Adjective
platinum (attributive platinum, not comparable)
- platinum; made from platinum
Noun
platinum (uncountable)
- platinum
Latin
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Pt | |
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /plaˈtiː.num/, [pɫ̪äˈt̪iːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /plaˈti.num/, [pläˈt̪iːnum]
Noun
platīnum n (genitive platīnī); second declension
- platinum
Declension
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈplaː˨ti˧nɔ˧m]
Noun
platinum m
- (uncountable) platinum
- A part of platinum
Inflection
Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
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Nominative | platinum | platina | platineke | platinekes |
Genitive | platinums | platina | platinekes | platinekes |
Locative | platineës | platineëser | platineëske | platineëskes |
Dative¹ | platinumme | — | platineke | — |
Accusative¹ | platinum | — | platineke | — |
¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead. |
Malay
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Alternative forms
- pelatinam
Etymology
From English platinum, from Spanish platina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [platinom], [platinəm], [plɛtinəm]
- Rhymes: -inom, -nom, -om
Noun
platinum
- platinum
Alternative forms
- platina (Indonesia)