rubidium

See also: Rubidium and rubídium

English

Chemical element
Rb Previous: krypton (Kr)
Next: strontium (Sr)

Etymology

A New Latin word derived by German chemist R. W. Bunsen in 1861, from Latin rubidus (red) because its spectrum has two red lines.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ro͞obĭd'ēəm, IPA(key): /ˌɹuːˈbɪd.i.əm/

Noun

rubidium (usually uncountable, plural rubidiums)

  1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Rb) with an atomic number of 37.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Rb Previous: kripton (Kr)
Next: strontium (Sr)

Noun

rubidium (uncountable)

  1. rubidium

Czech

Noun

rubidium n

  1. rubidium

Danish

Noun

rubidium

  1. rubidium

Dutch

Chemical element
Rb Previous: krypton (Kr)
Next: strontium (Sr)

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

rubidium n (uncountable)

  1. rubidium

Finnish

Noun

rubidium

  1. rubidium

Declension

Inflection of rubidium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative rubidium rubidiumit
genitive rubidiumin rubidiumien
partitive rubidiumia rubidiumeja
illative rubidiumiin rubidiumeihin
singular plural
nominative rubidium rubidiumit
accusative nom. rubidium rubidiumit
gen. rubidiumin
genitive rubidiumin rubidiumien
partitive rubidiumia rubidiumeja
inessive rubidiumissa rubidiumeissa
elative rubidiumista rubidiumeista
illative rubidiumiin rubidiumeihin
adessive rubidiumilla rubidiumeilla
ablative rubidiumilta rubidiumeilta
allative rubidiumille rubidiumeille
essive rubidiumina rubidiumeina
translative rubidiumiksi rubidiumeiksi
instructive rubidiumein
abessive rubidiumitta rubidiumeitta
comitative rubidiumeineen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁy.bi.djɔm/

Noun

rubidium m (uncountable)

  1. rubidium

Further reading


Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ruˈbi.di.um/, [rʊˈbɪ.di.ũ]

Noun

rubidium n (genitive rubidiī); second declension

  1. rubidium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rubidium rubidia
Genitive rubidiī rubidiōrum
Dative rubidiō rubidiīs
Accusative rubidium rubidia
Ablative rubidiō rubidiīs
Vocative rubidium rubidia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʁyˈbi˦ɖɔ˧m]

Noun

rubidium n

  1. (uncountable) rubidium
  2. A part of rubidium

Inflection


Malay

Chemical element
Rb Previous: kripton (Kr)
Next: strontium (Sr)

Etymology

From English rubidium, from New Latin, from Latin rubidus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rubidiom], [rubidiəm]
  • Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

rubidium

  1. rubidium (element with atomic number 37)

Swedish

Noun

rubidium n (uncountable)

  1. rubidium

Declension

Declension of rubidium 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative rubidium rubidiumet
Genitive rubidiums rubidiumets
Declension of rubidium 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative rubidium rubidiet
Genitive rubidiums rubidiets
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