platīns

See also: platins and Platins

Latvian

platīns on Latvian Wikipedia

Etymology

Via some other European language, ultimately from Spanish platina (“little silver”), the diminutive form of plata (“silver”), because platinum was found as an apparent impurity with silver.

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Noun

Chemical element
Pt
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platīns m (1st declension)

platinum (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 78.)
platīna oksīds ― platinum oxide

platīna stieple ― platinum wire

Declension

Declension of *platīns* (1st declension)
	singular	plural
nominative	platīns	—
genitive	platīna	—
dative	platīnam	—
accusative	platīnu	—
instrumental	platīnu	—
locative	platīnā	—
vocative	platīn	—