helium
English
Chemical element | |
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He | Previous: hydrogen (H) |
Next: lithium (Li) |
Etymology
From New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) (because its presence was first theorised in the Sun's atmosphere); and + -ium
Pronunciation
- enPR: hē'lēəm, IPA(key): /ˈhiːli.əm/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: he‧li‧um
Noun
helium (countable and uncountable, plural heliums)
- (uncountable) A colorless and inert gas, and the second lightest chemical element (symbol He) with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602.
- (countable) A form or sample of the element.
Synonyms
- E939 when used as a packaging gas
Derived terms
terms derived from helium
Translations
chemical element
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Czech
Danish
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of helium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | helium | heliumit | |
genitive | heliumin | heliumien | |
partitive | heliumia | heliumeja | |
illative | heliumiin | heliumeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | helium | heliumit | |
accusative | nom. | helium | heliumit |
gen. | heliumin | ||
genitive | heliumin | heliumien | |
partitive | heliumia | heliumeja | |
inessive | heliumissa | heliumeissa | |
elative | heliumista | heliumeista | |
illative | heliumiin | heliumeihin | |
adessive | heliumilla | heliumeilla | |
ablative | heliumilta | heliumeilta | |
allative | heliumille | heliumeille | |
essive | heliumina | heliumeina | |
translative | heliumiksi | heliumeiksi | |
instructive | — | heliumein | |
abessive | heliumitta | heliumeitta | |
comitative | — | heliumeineen |
Latin
Chemical element | |
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He | Previous: hydrogenium (H) |
Next: lithium (Li) |
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + -ium (chemical element suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈheː.li.um/, [ˈheː.li.ũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.li.um/, [ˈeː.li.um]
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈheː˨ʎɔ˧m]
Inflection
Declension of helium
Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
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Nominative | helium | helia | helieke | heliekes |
Genitive | heliums | helia | heliekes | heliekes |
Locative | helieës | helieëser | helieëske | helieëskes |
Dative¹ | heliumme | — | helieke | — |
Accusative¹ | helium | — | helieke | — |
¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead. |
Malay
Chemical element | |
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He | Previous: hidrogen (H) |
Next: litium (Li) |
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heliom/
- Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om
Northern Sami
Inflection
Odd, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | hēlium | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | hēliuma | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | hēlium | hēliumat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | hēliuma | hēliumiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | hēliuma | hēliumiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | hēliumii | hēliumiidda | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | hēliumis | hēliumiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | hēliumiin | hēliumiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | hēliumin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈheːlɪɵm/
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