antimony

English

Chemical element
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Etymology

From Medieval Latin antimonium attested in the eleventh century; see also here.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈæn.tɪ.mə.niː/, X-SAMPA: /"{n.tI.m@.ni:/

Noun

antimony (uncountable)

1. A chemical element (symbol Sb) with an atomic number of 51. The symbol is derived from Latin stibium.
2. The alloy stibnite

Usage notes

• Do not confuse antimony with antinomy.

Synonyms

• stibium

Derived terms

Derived terms

antimonate antimonial antimonian antimoniate antimoniated antimonic antimonide antimonioso- antimonious, antimonous antimonite antimoniuret, antimoniuretted antimony blende antimony bloom antimony glance antimony hydride antimonyl antimony ocher, antimony ochre antimony oxide antimony oxysulfide antimony pentachloride antimony pentafluoride antimony pentoxide antimony pentasulfide, antimony pentasulphide antimony quintachloride antimony sesquioxide antimony sulfide, antimony sulphide

antimony tetroxide antimony triacetate antimony tribromide antimony trichloride antimony trifluoride antimony trihydride antimony triiodide antimony trioxide antimony triselenide antimony tritelluride antimony vermilion arsenical antimony black antimony butter of antimony crocus of antimony crude antimony flowers of antimony glass of antimony gray antimony red antimony regulus of antimony saffron of antimony sulfurated antimony, sulphurated antimony sulfide of antimony, sulphide of antimony tartarated antimony pentasulfide antimony, pentasulphide antimony triphenylantimony white antimony

Related terms

• antimonium

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: antimoon
• Albanian: antimon (sq)
• Arabic: أنتيمون (ar) (ʾantimūn) m
• Armenian: ծարիր (hy) (carir)
• Asturian: antimoniu (ast) m
• Basque: antimonioa
• Belarusian: сурма (be) (surmá) f
• Bulgarian: антимон (bg) (antimón) m
• Catalan: antimoni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 銻 (cmn), 锑 (cmn) (tī)

• Cornish: antymony
• Czech: antimon (cs) m
• Danish: antimon (da)
• Dutch: antimonium (nl) n, antimoon (nl) n, stibium (nl)
• Esperanto: antimono (eo)
• Estonian: antimon (et)
• Faroese: antimon (fo)
• Finnish: antimoni (fi)
• French: antimoine (fr) m
• Friulian: antimoni
• Galician: antimonio
• Georgian: სტიბიუმი (ka) (stibiumi)
• German: Antimon (de) n
• Greek: αντιμόνιο (el) (antimónio) n
• Hebrew: אנטימון (he) (antimón) m
• Hindi: अंजन (hi) (anjan)
• Hungarian: antimon (hu)
• Icelandic: antímon (is)
• Interlingua: antimonio
• Irish: antamón
• Italian: antimonio (it) m
• Japanese: アンチモン (ja) (anchimon), アンチモニー (ja) (anchimonī)
• Kashubian: antimón
• Kazakh: сурьма (kk) (surma)
• Khmer: អង់ទីម៉ាន់ (km) (ɑngtiiman)

• Korean: 안티몬 (ko) (antimon), 안티모니 (ko) (antimoni)
• Latin: stibium (la)
• Latvian: antimons
• Lithuanian: stibis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Antimon
• Macedonian: антимон (mk) (antimon) m
• Malay: antimoni (ms)
• Maltese: antimonju
• Manx: antimoan
• Mongolian: будаг (mn) (budag)
• Norwegian: antimon (no)
• Persian: انتیموان (fa) (antimoân), روی سخته (fa) (ruy saxte), سرمه (fa) (sorme)
• Polish: antymon (pl) m
• Portuguese: antimónio (Portugal), antimônio (Brazil) m
• Romanian: antimoniu n, stibiu
• Russian: сурьма (ru) (surʹmá) f, стибиум (ru) (stíbium) m
• Scottish Gaelic: antamòn
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антимон (sh) m

  Roman: antimon (sh) m

• Slovak: antimón (sk) m
• Slovene: antimon (sl) m
• Spanish: antimonio (es) m
• Swedish: antimon (sv) n
• Tajik: сурьма (tg) (sur'ma)
• Tamil: அந்திமன் (antimani)
• Thai: พลวง (th) (pluang)
• Turkish: antimon (tr)
• Ukrainian: сурма (uk) (surmá) f
• Uzbek: sur’ma (uz)

  Cyrillic: сурьма (uz)

• Vietnamese: antimon (vi)
• Welsh: antimoni (cy)
• West Frisian: antimoon n

stibnite — see stibnite

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Translations to be checked

• Breton: antimoan (from Peter Vanderkrogt’s site), stibiom m which is correct?

See also

• allemonite
• kermesite
• leo ruber
• lupus metallorum
• plumbum nigrum
• proteus
• valentinite

Anagrams

• antinomy