strontium
See also: Strontium
English
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Sr | |
| Previous: rubidium (Rb) | |
| Next: yttrium (Y) | |
Etymology
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian.
Pronunciation
- enPR: strŏn'tēəm, IPA(key): /ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
strontium (usually uncountable, plural strontiums)
- The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Strontium sample
Derived terms
- bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide
- rubidium-strontium
- strontane
- strontian (adjective)
- strontic
- strontium-90
- strontium aluminate
- strontium chloride
- strontium chloride hexahydrate
- strontium hydroxide
- strontium nitrate
- strontium nitride
- strontium oxide
- strontium platinocyanide
- strontium ranelate
- strontium titanate
- strontium unit
Related terms
- BSCCO
- strontia
- strontian (noun)
Translations
chemical element
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See also
- celestite
References
- Strontium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table
Anagrams
- trimounts
Afrikaans
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Sr | |
| Previous: rubidium (Rb) | |
| Next: yttrium (Y) | |
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
strontium (uncountable)
- strontium
Danish
Noun
strontium n (singular definite strontiummet, not used in plural form)
- strontium
Dutch
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Sr | |
| Previous: rubidium (Rb) | |
| Next: yttrium (Y) | |
Etymology
Borrowed from English strontium, named after Strontian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrɔn.(t)si.ʏm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: stron‧ti‧um
Noun
strontium n (uncountable)
- strontium (chemical element) [from early 19th c.]
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrontium/, [ˈs̠t̪ro̞n̪t̪ium]
- Rhymes: -ontium
- Syllabification(key): stron‧ti‧um
Noun
strontium
- strontium
Declension
| Inflection of strontium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | strontium | strontiumit | |
| genitive | strontiumin | strontiumien | |
| partitive | strontiumia | strontiumeja | |
| illative | strontiumiin | strontiumeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | strontium | strontiumit | |
| accusative | nom. | strontium | strontiumit |
| gen. | strontiumin | ||
| genitive | strontiumin | strontiumien | |
| partitive | strontiumia | strontiumeja | |
| inessive | strontiumissa | strontiumeissa | |
| elative | strontiumista | strontiumeista | |
| illative | strontiumiin | strontiumeihin | |
| adessive | strontiumilla | strontiumeilla | |
| ablative | strontiumilta | strontiumeilta | |
| allative | strontiumille | strontiumeille | |
| essive | strontiumina | strontiumeina | |
| translative | strontiumiksi | strontiumeiksi | |
| instructive | — | strontiumein | |
| abessive | strontiumitta | strontiumeitta | |
| comitative | — | strontiumeineen | |
| Possessive forms of strontium (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | strontiumini | strontiumimme |
| 2nd person | strontiumisi | strontiuminne |
| 3rd person | strontiuminsa | |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stʁɔ̃.sjɔm/
Audio (file)
Noun
strontium m (uncountable)
- strontium
Further reading
- “strontium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Sr | |
| Previous: rubidium (Rb) | |
| Next: yttrium (Y) | |
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstron.ti.um/, [ˈs̠t̪rɔn̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstron.t͡si.um/, [ˈst̪rɔnt̪͡s̪ium]
Noun
strontium n (genitive strontiī); second declension
- strontium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | strontium | strontia |
| Genitive | strontiī | strontiōrum |
| Dative | strontiō | strontiīs |
| Accusative | strontium | strontia |
| Ablative | strontiō | strontiīs |
| Vocative | strontium | strontia |
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstro˦nʃɔ˧m]
Noun
strontium n
- (uncountable) strontium
- A part of strontium
Inflection
Declension of strontium
| Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | strontium | strontia | strontieke | strontiekes |
| Genitive | strontiums | strontia | strontiekes | strontiekes |
| Locative | strontieës | strontieëser | strontieëske | strontieëskes |
| Dative¹ | strontiumme | — | strontieke | — |
| Accusative¹ | strontium | — | strontieke | — |
| ¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead. | ||||
Malay
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Sr | |
| Previous: rubidium (Rb) | |
| Next: itrium (Y) | |
Etymology
From English strontium, from Scots Strontian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [strɔntiom], [strɔntiəm], [strɔnʃəm]
- Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om
Noun
strontium
- strontium (chemical element)
Swedish
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Sr | |
| Previous: rubidium (Rb) | |
| Next: yttrium (Y) | |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrɔntsɪɵm/
Noun
strontium n
- strontium
Declension
| Declension of strontium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | strontium | strontiumet | — | — |
| Genitive | strontiums | strontiumets | — | — |