rubidio

See also: rubídio

Esperanto

Chemical element
Rb
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Next: stroncio (Sr)

Etymology

From Latin rubidus (“red”), with reference to its spectral lines.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rubiˈdio]

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: ru‧bi‧di‧o

Noun

rubidio (uncountable, accusative rubidion)

1. rubidium (element with atomic number 37)

   rubidia klorido ― rubidium chloride

Galician

Noun

rubidio m (uncountable)

1. rubidium

Italian

Chemical element
Rb
Previous: cripto (Kr)
Next: stronzio (Sr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈbi.djo/
• Rhymes: -idjo
• Hyphenation: ru‧bì‧dio

Noun

rubidio m (plural rubidi)

1. (chemistry) rubidium

Anagrams

• ubidirò

Latin

Noun

rubidiō

1. dative/ablative singular of rubidium

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin rubidium, from Latin rubidus (“blonde”), because under spectroscopic analysis it has two red stripes; cf. also the element-forming suffix -io.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈbidjo/ [ruˈβ̞i.ð̞jo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -idjo
• Syllabification: ru‧bi‧dio

Noun

rubidio m (uncountable)

1. rubidium

Further reading

• “rubidio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28