platinum

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") +‎ -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platina. === Pronunciation === 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/ (obsolete, nonstandard) IPA(key): /pləˈtaɪn.əm/, /pləˈtiːn.əm/, /pləˈtɪn.əm/ Rhymes: -ætɪnəm, -ætnəm, -ætn̩əm === Noun === platinum (countable and uncountable, plural platinums) The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value. Alternative form: Pt (symbol) A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal. (music, countable) A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million. (medicine, countable, sometimes, elliptically) A platinum-based drug: a platin. ==== Synonyms ==== platina (obsolete) white gold (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== platina ==== Descendants ==== → Hindustani: Hindi: प्लैटिनम (plaiṭinam) Urdu: پلاٹینم (plāṭīnam) → Malay: platinum → Thai: แพลทินัม (plɛɛ-tí-nâm) ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === platinum (not comparable) Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal. (music) Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums). (figurative) Very expensive, or of very high quality. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === platinum (third-person singular simple present platinums, present participle platinuming, simple past and past participle platinumed) (computer games) To attain all of the achievements in a game (originally on certain PlayStation consoles, now colloquially used regardless of platform). ==== Translations ==== === See also === cooperite sperrylite Appendix:Colors === References === === Further reading === David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Platinum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database. “platinum”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026. == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === platinum (attributive platinum, not comparable) platinum; made from platinum === Noun === platinum (uncountable) platinum == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɫaˈtiː.nũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [plaˈtiː.num] === Noun === platīnum n (genitive platīnī); second declension platinum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only. == Limburgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈplaː˨ti˧nɔ˧m] === Noun === platinum m (uncountable) platinum A part of platinum == Malay == === Alternative forms === pelatinam === Etymology === From English platinum, from Spanish platina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [platinom], [platinəm], [plɛtinəm] Rhymes: -inom, -nom, -om === Noun === platinum platinum ==== Alternative forms ==== platina (Indonesia)