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Helium

Helium

See also: helium and hélium

German

Chemical element
He Previous: Wasserstoff (H)
Next: Lithium (Li)
Schematische Ansicht von Helium — Schematic view of helium. (1)

Noun

Helium n (genitive Heliums, no plural)

  1. helium; the chemical element and lighest noble gas with the atomic number 2
    Helium ist das zweithäufigste Element im Universum.Helium is the second most common element in the universe.
    Heliumballonhelium balloon
    Helium ist ein farbloses Gas.Helium is a colorless gas.

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Luxembourgish

Noun

Helium m (uncountable)

  1. helium

helium

helium

See also: Helium and hélium

English

Chemical element
He Previous: hydrogen (H)
Next: lithium (Li)

Noun

helium (countable and uncountable, plural heliums)

  1. (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.
  2. (countable) A form or sample of the element.

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Afrikaans

Chemical element
He Previous: waterstof (H)
Next: litium (Li)

Noun

helium (uncountable)

  1. helium

Czech

Noun

helium n

  1. helium

Danish

Noun

helium n (definite singular heliummet or heliumet)

  1. (uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)

Dutch

Chemical element
He Previous: waterstof (H)
Next: lithium (Li)

Pronunciation

Noun

helium n (uncountable)

  1. helium

Finnish

Noun

element
He Previous: vety
Next: litium

helium

  1. helium

Declension

Inflection of helium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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
He Previous: hydrogenium (H)
Next: lithium (Li)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, sun).

Pronunciation

Noun

hēlium n (genitive hēliī); second declension

  1. (New Latin, chemistry) helium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative hēlium hēlia
genitive hēliī hēliōrum
dative hēliō hēliīs
accusative hēlium hēlia
ablative hēliō hēliīs
vocative hēlium hēlia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈheː˨ʎɔ˧m]

Noun

helium n

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

Inflection


Malay

Chemical element
He Previous: hidrogen (H)
Next: litium (Li)

Etymology

From English helium, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heliom/
  • Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

helium (Jawi spelling هيليوم)

  1. helium (chemical element)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

helium n (definite singular heliumet)

  1. (uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

helium n (definite singular heliumet)

  1. (uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːlɪɵm/

Noun

helium n (definite singular heliumet or heliet or helium)

  1. (uncountable) helium

Declension