polonio

See also: Polonio, polônio, and polónio

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poloˈnio/
• Hyphenation: po‧lo‧ni‧o

Noun

polonio (uncountable, accusative polonion)

1. polonium

Galician

Noun

polonio m (uncountable)

1. polonium

Italian

Chemical element
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈlɔ.njo/
• Rhymes: -ɔnjo
• Hyphenation: po‧lò‧nio

Noun

polonio m (plural poloni)

1. (chemistry) polonium

Related terms

• Polonia
• polacco

Latin

Noun

polōniō

1. dative/ablative singular of polōnium

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin polōnium, after Polōnia (“Poland”), Latin name of the homeland of Marie Curie, one of its discoverers and namers (the other being her husband Pierre Curie).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈlonjo/ [poˈlo.njo]

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• Rhymes: -onjo
• Syllabification: po‧lo‧nio

Noun

polonio m (uncountable)

1. polonium

Related terms

• polaco
• Polonia

Further reading

• “polonio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10