ammonium

See also: ammónium, ammonium-, and Ammonium

English

Etymology

From New Latin ammōnium. Equivalent to ammonia +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: əmō'nēəm, IPA^(key): /əˈmoʊni.əm/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

ammonium (usually uncountable, plural ammoniums)

1. (inorganic chemistry) The univalent NH₄⁺ cation, derived by the protonation of ammonia
2. (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any similar cation formed by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with alkyl or aryl radicals

Derived terms

• alkylammonium
• ammonian
• ammonitrate
• ammonium acetate
• ammonium bicarbonate
• ammonium bisulfate
• ammonium carbamate
• ammonium carbonate
• ammonium chloride
• ammonium hydroxide
• ammonium imine
• ammonium laureth sulfate
• ammoniumlike
• ammonium nitrate
• ammonium phosphate
• ammonium phosphatide
• ammonium polyvanadate
• ammonium sulfate
• ammonium sulphate
• ammoniumyl
• ammonium ylide
• benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium
• bisammonium
• butylammonium
• ceric ammonium nitrate
• cetyltriethylammonium
• cetyltrimethlyammonium
• cetyltrimethylammonium
• cuprammonium
• cuproammonium
• dialkylammonium
• diammonium
• diazonium
• ferric ammonium citrate
• mercurammonium
• metalammonium
• methylammonium
• monoammonium
• onium
• oxoammonium
• polyammonium
• quaternary ammonium
• quaternary ammonium compound
• quaternium
• rhodammonium
• tetraalkylammonium
• tetrabutylammonium
• tetradecyltrimethylammonium
• tetraethylammonium
• triammonium
• tricyclohexylammonium
• triethylammonium
• trimethylphenylammonium

 

Translations

univalent NH₄⁺ cation

• Catalan: amoni m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 銨／铵 (on¹)

  Mandarin: 銨／铵 (zh) (ǎn)

• Czech: amonium n
• Dutch: ammonium (nl) n
• Finnish: ammoniumioni
• French: ammonium (fr) m
• German: Ammonium (de) n
• Greek: αμμώνιο n (ammónio)
• Hebrew: אמוניום m (amónium)
• Hindi: तिक्तातु (tiktātu), अमोनियम (amoniyam)
• Hungarian: ammónium (hu)
• Ido: amonio (io)
• Indonesian: amonium (id)
• Irish: amóiniam m
• Italian: ammonio (it) m
• Japanese: アンモニウム (anmoniumu)
• Korean: 암모늄 (ammonyum)
• Polish: amon (pl) m
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: amônio m

  European: amónio m

• Romanian: amoniu (ro)
• Russian: аммо́ний (ru) m (ammónij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀мо̄ниј m

  Roman: àmōnij (sh) m

• Spanish: amonio m
• Vietnamese: amoni

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Latin ammonium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmːonium/, [ˈɑ̝mːo̞ˌnium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): am‧mo‧ni‧um

Noun

ammonium

1. (chemistry) ammonium; used as mass noun, see also ammoniumioni (“ammonium”)

   Korkea ammoniumin pitoisuus häiritsee aivojen aineenvaihduntaa.

   A high concentration of ammonium disturbs the metabolism of the brain.

Declension

Inflection of ammonium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		ammonium	—
genitive		ammoniumin	—
partitive		ammoniumia	—
illative		ammoniumiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		ammonium	—
accusative	nom.	ammonium	—
	gen.	ammoniumin
genitive		ammoniumin	—
partitive		ammoniumia	—
inessive		ammoniumissa	—
elative		ammoniumista	—
illative		ammoniumiin	—
adessive		ammoniumilla	—
ablative		ammoniumilta	—
allative		ammoniumille	—
essive		ammoniumina	—
translative		ammoniumiksi	—
abessive		ammoniumitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ammoniumini — accusative nom. ammoniumini — gen. ammoniumini genitive ammoniumini — partitive ammoniumiani — inessive ammoniumissani — elative ammoniumistani — illative ammoniumiini — adessive ammoniumillani — ablative ammoniumiltani — allative ammoniumilleni — essive ammoniuminani — translative ammoniumikseni — abessive ammoniumittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ammoniumisi — accusative nom. ammoniumisi — gen. ammoniumisi genitive ammoniumisi — partitive ammoniumiasi — inessive ammoniumissasi — elative ammoniumistasi — illative ammoniumiisi — adessive ammoniumillasi — ablative ammoniumiltasi — allative ammoniumillesi — essive ammoniuminasi — translative ammoniumiksesi — abessive ammoniumittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ammoniumimme — accusative nom. ammoniumimme — gen. ammoniumimme genitive ammoniumimme — partitive ammoniumiamme — inessive ammoniumissamme — elative ammoniumistamme — illative ammoniumiimme — adessive ammoniumillamme — ablative ammoniumiltamme — allative ammoniumillemme — essive ammoniuminamme — translative ammoniumiksemme — abessive ammoniumittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ammoniuminne — accusative nom. ammoniuminne — gen. ammoniuminne genitive ammoniuminne — partitive ammoniumianne — inessive ammoniumissanne — elative ammoniumistanne — illative ammoniumiinne — adessive ammoniumillanne — ablative ammoniumiltanne — allative ammoniumillenne — essive ammoniuminanne — translative ammoniumiksenne — abessive ammoniumittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative ammoniuminsa — accusative nom. ammoniuminsa — gen. ammoniuminsa genitive ammoniuminsa — partitive ammoniumiaan ammoniumiansa — inessive ammoniumissaan ammoniumissansa — elative ammoniumistaan ammoniumistansa — illative ammoniumiinsa — adessive ammoniumillaan ammoniumillansa — ablative ammoniumiltaan ammoniumiltansa — allative ammoniumilleen ammoniumillensa — essive ammoniuminaan ammoniuminansa — translative ammoniumikseen ammoniumiksensa — abessive ammoniumittaan ammoniumittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• ammoniumalginaatti
• ammoniumfluoridi
• ammoniumfosfatidi
• ammoniumhydroksidi
• ammoniumioni
• ammoniumkarbonaatti
• ammoniumkloridi
• ammoniumnitraatti
• ammoniumperkloraatti
• ammoniumsulfaatti
• ammoniumsulfidi
• ammoniumtyppi

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɔ.njɔm/

Noun

ammonium m (plural ammoniums)

1. (inorganic chemistry) ammonium

Further reading

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