iridio
Esperanto
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἶρις, ἶριδος (îris, îridos, “rainbow”) + -io.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): [iriˈdio]
- Rhymes: -io
- Hyphenation: i‧ri‧di‧o
Galician
Italian
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Ir | |
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈri.djo/
- Rhymes: -idjo
- Hyphenation: i‧rì‧dio
Latin
Spanish
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Ir | |
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Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin īridium, from Latin Īridem (“Iris, goddess of rainbows”), from Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris), due to the bright color of many of its salts; cf. also -io, element-forming suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈɾidjo/ [iˈɾi.ð̞jo]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -idjo
- Syllabification: i‧ri‧dio
Further reading
- “iridio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- iridio on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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