ion

See also: Ion, ión, Iôn, iōn̄, íon, -ion, i-on, and ion-

English

Etymology 1

From the ending of anion and cation, which in turn is from Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”), neuter present participle of εἶμι (eîmi, “I go”). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ī'ən, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪən/; enPR: ī'ŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.ɒn/
• (US) enPR: ī'ŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.ɑn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: (UK) -aɪən, (UK) -aɪɒn
• Homophone: iron (in some accents only)

Noun

ion (plural ions)

1. An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.

Derived terms

• alkanium ion
• amidium ion
• aminium ion
• anion
• arenium ion
• arenonium ion
• arsanylium ion
• autoion
• benzenium ion
• benzenonium ion
• bromonium ion
• byion
• carbenium ion
• carbonium ion
• cation
• chloronium ion
• coion
• complex ion
• counterion
• dipolar ion
• fluoronium ion
• gegenion
• halonium ion
• heavy ion
• hydrogen ion
• iodonium ion
• ion carrier
• ion channel
• ion channelopathy
• ion chromatography
• ion engine
• ion exchange
• ion exchange chromatography
• ion exchange resin
• ion milling
• ion mirror
• ion selective electrode
• ion storm
• ion trap
• ion wind
• ion-selective electrode
• ion-selective membrane
• ionic
• ionise, ionize
• ionogenic
• ionome
• Li-ion
• lithium ion battery
• lithium-ion battery
• macroion
• microion
• multiion
• nebenion
• oxoion
• oxylium ion
• photoion
• polyion
• radical ion
• secondary ion mass spectrometry
• spectator ion
• sulphion
• thermion

 

Translations

atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge

• Arabic: أَيُون‎ (ʔayūn)
• Armenian: իոն (hy) (ion)
• Asturian: ion m
• Basque: ioi (eu)
• Bengali: স্থূলাণু (sthūlaṇu)
• Bulgarian: йон m (jon)
• Catalan: ió (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 離子／离子 (zh) (lízǐ)

• Czech: iont (cs) m
• Dutch: ion (nl)
• Esperanto: jono
• Estonian: ioon
• Finnish: ioni (fi)
• French: ion (fr) m
• Galician: ión (gl) m
• Georgian: იონი (ioni)
• German: Ion (de) n
• Greek: ιόν (el) n (ión)
• Hungarian: ion (hu)
• Icelandic: jón f, fareind f
• Ido: iono (io)
• Indonesian: ion (id)
• Italian: ione (it) m
• Japanese: イオン (ja) (ion)
• Khmer: យាត្រាណូ (yea tra no), ចរាណូ (jor ra no), អ៊ីយ៉ុង (ʼiiyong)
• Korean: 이온 (ion)
• Latvian: jons m
• Lombard: jun
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ion (no) n

  Nynorsk: ion n

• Persian: یون‎ (fa) (yon)
• Polish: jon (pl) m
• Portuguese: íon (pt) m, ião (pt) m
• Quechua: iyun
• Russian: ио́н (ru) m (ión)
• Serbo-Croatian: јон m (jon), ion (sh) m
• Sicilian: ioni (scn) m
• Spanish: ion (es) m, ión m
• Swedish: jon (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagipik
• Thai: ไอออน (th) (ai-ɔ̂n)
• Turkish: iyon (tr)
• Volapük: yion (vo)
• Welsh: ïon m

Etymology 2

From a reduction of I don't.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪˌoʊn/

Phrase

ion

1. (slang) I don't.

   ion know what 2 do

   ion want 2

Anagrams

• -ino, NIO, NOI, ONI, oni

Czech

Alternative forms

• iont

Noun

ion m

1. ion

Further reading

• ion in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• ion in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• ion in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈɔn/, /jɔn/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ion
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

ion n (plural ionen)

1. ion (charged atom or compound)

Derived terms

• ioniseren

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Pronoun

ion

1. accusative singular of io

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ̃/, /i.ɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

ion m (plural ions)

1. (chemistry, physics) ion

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

ion

1. Rōmaji transcription of いおん
2. Rōmaji transcription of イオン

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”).

Noun

ion n (definite singular ionet, indefinite plural ioner, definite plural iona or ionene)

1. (chemistry, physics) an ion

Derived terms

• ionisk
• ionosfære

References

• “ion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”).

Noun

ion n (definite singular ionet, indefinite plural ion, definite plural iona)

1. (chemistry, physics) an ion

Derived terms

• ionisk
• ionosfære

References

• “ion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French ion.

Noun

ion m (plural ioni)

1. ion

Declension

Declension of ion

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ion	ionul	(niște) ioni	ionii
genitive/dative	(unui) ion	ionului	(unor) ioni	ionilor
vocative	ionule		ionilor

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ión

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝon/ [ˈɟ͡ʝõn], /iˈon/ [iˈõn]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝon/ [ˈɟ͡ʝõn], /iˈon/ [iˈõn]
• IPA^(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈjon/ [ˈjõn], /iˈon/ [iˈõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ion, i‧on

Noun

ion m (plural iones)

1. ion (atom bearing an electrical charge)

Further reading

• “ion”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Vietnamese

Etymology

From French ion, from English ion.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔi˧˧ ʔɔn˧˧], [ʔi˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔɔŋ˧˧], [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔɔŋ˧˧], [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• Phonetic: i on, i ông

Noun

ion

1. an ion

See also

• ion hoá