argon

Chemical element
Ar
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From Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), neuter of ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness.

• (US) enPR: är'gŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹɡɒn/

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argon (countable and uncountable, plural argons)

2. The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.

• E938 when used as a packaging gas

• Argon on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

• nagor, grano, angor, organ, rango, groan, rag on, Goran, Organ, Ongar, Angor, Agron, Garon, Rogan, Grano, Ragon, orang, Ronga

Chemical element
Ar
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• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

argon (uncountable)

1. argon

• edelgas

Chemical element
Ar
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Borrowed from English argon.

argon m

1. argon

Chemical element
Ar
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• IPA^(key): [ˈarɡon]
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

argon m inan

1. argon (chemical element)

• “argon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “argon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Chemical element
Ar
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• IPA^(key): [ˈɑːɡʌn]

argon n (singular definite argonet, not used in plural form)

1. argon

• “argon” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “argon” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Chemical element
Ar
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Next: kalium (K)

Borrowed from English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑr.ɣɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

argon n (uncountable)

1. argon

• → Indonesian: argon

Chemical element
Ar
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Internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrɡon/, [ˈɑ̝rɡo̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɡon
• Hyphenation^(key): ar‧gon

argon

1. argon

• “argon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Chemical element
Ar
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• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɡɔ̃/

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argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

• Lingala: alago

• “argon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• rogna

Chemical element
Ar
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• árgon (reintegrationist)

• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

• “argon”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Chemical element
Ar
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From Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), neuter of ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒrɡon]
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon
• Rhymes: -on

argon (usually uncountable, plural argonok)

1. argon (a chemical element, symbol: Ar)

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	argon	argonok
accusative	argont	argonokat
dative	argonnak	argonoknak
instrumental	argonnal	argonokkal
causal-final	argonért	argonokért
translative	argonná	argonokká
terminative	argonig	argonokig
essive-formal	argonként	argonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	argonban	argonokban
superessive	argonon	argonokon
adessive	argonnál	argonoknál
illative	argonba	argonokba
sublative	argonra	argonokra
allative	argonhoz	argonokhoz
elative	argonból	argonokból
delative	argonról	argonokról
ablative	argontól	argonoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	argoné	argonoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	argonéi	argonokéi

Possessive forms of argon
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	argonom	argonjaim
2nd person sing.	argonod	argonjaid
3rd person sing.	argonja	argonjai
1st person plural	argonunk	argonjaink
2nd person plural	argonotok	argonjaitok
3rd person plural	argonjuk	argonjaik

• argon in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Chemical element
Ar
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argon n (genitive singular argons, no plural)

1. argon (chemical element)

Chemical element
Ar
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From Dutch argon, from English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

• IPA^(key): [ˈarɡɔn]
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

argon (first-person possessive argonku, second-person possessive argonmu, third-person possessive argonnya)

1. argon (chemical element)

• “argon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Chemical element
Ar
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Next: potassio (K)

• argo

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), substantivized neuter form of ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡon/
• Rhymes: -arɡon
• Hyphenation: àr‧gon

argon m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) argon

• Grano, Ragno, grano, ragno, rango, rogna

Chemical element
Ar
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ργόν (ārgón), the neuter substantive form of ᾱ̓ργός (ārgós, “idle, lazy”) because of the element's inertness.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaːr.ɡon/, [ˈäːrɡɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡon/, [ˈärɡon]

ārgon n (genitive ārgī); second declension

1. (New Latin) argon

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

• ārgōnum

Chemical element
Ar
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• IPA^(key): [ˈa˨ʁʝo˦n]

argon n

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

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Chemical element
Ar
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From English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

• IPA^(key): /a(r)ɡɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɡɔn, -ɔn

argon (Jawi spelling ارݢون, plural argon-argon, informal 1st possessive argonku, 2nd possessive argonmu, 3rd possessive argonnya)

1. argon (chemical element)

Chemical element
Ar
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Borrowed from Italian argon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡɔn/

argon m

1. (chemistry) argon

Chemical element
Ar
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Next: potashum (K)

Borrowed from English argon.

argon m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. argon

Borrowed from Norwegian argon.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈarːkon/

argon

1. argon

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	argon
Genitive	argona
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	argon	argonat
Accusative	argona	argoniid
Genitive	argona	argoniid
Illative	argonii	argoniidda
Locative	argonis	argoniin
Comitative	argoniin	argoniiguin
Essive	argonin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person argonan argoneamẹ argoneamẹt 2nd person argonat argoneattẹ argoneattẹt 3rd person argonis argoneaskkạ argoneasẹt

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Chemical element
Ar
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argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

Chemical element
Ar
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Borrowed from German Argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡɔn/
• Rhymes: -arɡɔn
• Syllabification: ar‧gon

argon m inan

1. (chemistry) argon

• argon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• argon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Chemical element
Ar
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Next: potasiu, kaliu (K)

Borrowed from French argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), neuter of ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness.

• IPA^(key): /arˈɡon/
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

argon n (uncountable)

1. argon (chemical element)

• argon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Chemical element
Ar
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Next: kalium (K)

• IPA^(key): /ǎrɡoːn/
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

àrgōn m (Cyrillic spelling а̀рго̄н)

1. argon

Chemical element
Ar
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• IPA^(key): /áːrɡɔn/, /arɡóːn/

argọ̑n or argón m inan

1. argon

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	árgon
genitive	árgona
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	árgon
genitive (rodȋlnik)	árgona
dative (dajȃlnik)	árgonu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	árgon
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	árgonu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	árgonom

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	argón
genitive	argóna
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	argón
genitive (rodȋlnik)	argóna
dative (dajȃlnik)	argónu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	argón
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	argónu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	argónom

• “argon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Chemical element
Ar
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• IPA^(key): /arˈɡoːn/

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argon n

1. argon

• argon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• argon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• argon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• organ

Chemical element
Ar
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Borrowed from French argon.

• IPA^(key): [aɾɟón]
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

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argon (definite accusative argonu, plural argonlar)

1. argon

Inflection
Nominative	argon
Definite accusative	argonu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	argon	argonlar
Definite accusative	argonu	argonları
Dative	argona	argonlara
Locative	argonda	argonlarda
Ablative	argondan	argonlardan
Genitive	argonun	argonların

Chemical element
Ar
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Borrowed from English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), neuter of ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈarɡɔn/
• Rhymes: -arɡɔn

argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “argon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies