platinum
English edit
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Pt | |
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Etymology edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
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.
- (medicine, sometimes, elliptically) A platinum-based drug: a platin.
Synonyms edit
- platina (obsolete)
- white gold (obsolete)
Derived terms edit
- carboplatin
- cisplatin
- diplatinum
- eka-platinum
- ferronickelplatinum
- go platinum
- heptaplatinum
- iridio-platinum
- isoferroplatinum
- multiplatinum
- nonplatinum
- organoplatinum
- oxaliplatin
- Paraplatin
- platarsite
- platin-
- platinammonium chloride
- platinate
- platinian
- platinic
- platiniferous
- platiniridium
- platinise, platinize
- platinite
- platino-
- platinocyanide
- platinode
- platinoid
- platinous
- platinum anniversary
- platinum arsenide
- platinum black
- platinum-black
- platinum blond, platinum blonde
- platinum-blue
- platinum coney
- platinum dichloride
- platinum disc, platinum disk
- platinum duck
- platinum fox
- platinum-grey
- platinum group
- platinum hexafluoride
- platinum-iridium
- platinum jubilee
- platinum-lamp
- platinum lamp
- platinumlike
- platinum metal
- platinum mink
- platinum rule
- platinum shower
- platinumsmith
- platinum sombrero
- platinum sponge
- platinum-steel
- platinum tetrachloride
- platinum-zinc
- postplatinum
- potassio-platinum chloride
- radioplatinum
- tetraferroplatinum
- tetraplatinum
- triplatinum
Related terms edit
Translations edit
metal
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colour
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recording that has achieved platinum sales
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Adjective edit
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 edit
Translations edit
colour
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musical recording
Verb edit
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.
Translations edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Platinum”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech[1], Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., page 36.
Further reading edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Platinum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “platinum”, in Mindat.org[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Afrikaans edit
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Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
platinum (attributive platinum, not comparable)
- platinum; made from platinum
Noun edit
platinum (uncountable)
Latin edit
Chemical element | |
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Pt | |
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /plaˈtiː.num/, [pɫ̪äˈt̪iːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /plaˈti.num/, [pläˈt̪iːnum]
Noun edit
platīnum n (genitive platīnī); second declension
Declension edit
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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
platinum m
- (uncountable) platinum
- A part of platinum
Malay edit
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Pt | |
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From English platinum, from Spanish platina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
platinum
Alternative forms edit
- platina (Indonesia)