platinumとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Spanish platina (“little silver”) +‎ -um, because the metal, platinum, was found as an apparent impurity with silver.

発音

• enPR: plăt'ĭn-əm, IPA^(key): /ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/; enPR: plăt'nəm, IPA^(key): /ˈplæt.nəm/; enPR: plăt'n-əm, IPA^(key): /ˈplæt.n̩.əm/

名詞

platinum (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 platinums)

1. The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
2. A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.

   platinum:  

3. (music) A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.

同意語

• platina (廃れた用法)
• white gold (廃れた用法)

派生語

関連する語

• platina

形容詞

platinum (not comparable)

1. Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
2. Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).

派生語

• go platinum
• platinum blond

動詞

platinum (三人称単数 現在形 platinums, 現在分詞 platinuming, 過去形および過去分詞形 platinumed)

1. (computer games) to reach platinum level in a game

   I platinumed in Clash of Clans yesterday.

参考

• cooperite
• sperrylite
• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Platinum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “platinum”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /plaˈtiː.num/, [pɫ̪äˈt̪iːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /plaˈti.num/, [plɑˈt̪iːnum]

名詞

platīnum n (genitive platīnī); second declension

1. platinum

語形変化

Second-declension noun (neuter).