argon

See also: Argon, argón, and árgon

English

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argon

Wikipedia

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlorine (Cl)
Next: potassium (K)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness, + -on, used for all noble gases.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: är'gŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹɡɒn/

• Audio (General American):

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• Audio (US):

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Noun

argon (countable and uncountable, plural argons)

2. The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Synonyms

• E938 when used as a packaging gas

Derived terms

• argide
• argon-36
• argon-38
• argon-40
• argonated
• argon chloride fluoride
• argon chloride hydride
• argon fluoride hydride
• argon fluorohydride
• argon hydrofluoride
• argonide
• argonium
• argonlike
• metaargon
• meta-argon
• metargon
• potassium-argon dating
• radioargon

Translations

a chemical element

Afrikaans: argon (af) Albanian: argon (sq) Arabic: أَرْجُون (ar) m (ʔarjūn) or أُرْجُون m (ʔurjūn), أَرْغُون m (ʔarḡūn) Armenian: արգոն (hy) (argon) Asturian: argón (ast) m Basque: argon (eu) Belarusian: арго́н m (arhón) Breton: argon Bulgarian: арго́н m (argón) Catalan: argó (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 氬 / 氩 (zh) (yà) Cornish: argon Czech: argon (cs) m Danish: argon (da) Dutch: argon (nl) n Esperanto: argono (eo) Estonian: argoon (et) Faroese: argon n Finnish: argon (fi) French: argon (fr) m Friulian: argon m Galician: argon (gl) m Georgian: არგონი (argoni) German: Argon (de) n Greek: αργό (el) n (argó) Hebrew: ארגון (he) (argón) Hindi: (please verify) मंदाति (mandāti), (please verify) अर्गोन (argon) Hungarian: argon (hu) Icelandic: argon (is) Interlingua: argon Irish: argón (ga) Italian: argon (it) m, argo (it) m Japanese: アルゴン (ja) (arugon) Kashubian: argón Kazakh: аргон (argon) Khmer: អាកុង (aakong) Korean: 아르곤 (ko) (areugon) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: argon (ku) f Latvian: argons Lingala: alago class 9a/10a Lithuanian: argonas (lt) Luxembourgish: Argon Macedonian: аргон (mk) m (argon) Malay: argon Malayalam: ആർഗോൺ (āṟgōṇ) Maltese: argon m Manx: argon Maori: hauhauhā Mongolian: аргон (mn) (argon) Navajo: níłchʼi dootłʼizhí Norwegian: argon (no) n Occitan: argon (oc) m Persian: آرگون (fa) (ârgon) Polish: argon (pl) m Portuguese: árgon (pt) m Brazilian: argônio (pt) m European: argónio (pt) m Romanian: argon (ro) n Russian: арго́н (ru) m (argón) Scottish Gaelic: argon Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: а̀рго̄н m Roman: àrgōn (sh) m Slovak: argón (sk) m Slovene: argon (sl) m Spanish: argón (es) m Swahili: agoni Swedish: argon (sv) n Tagalog: argon Tajik: аргон (argon) Tamil: ஆர்கன் (ārkaṉ) Thai: อาร์กอน (th) (aa-gɔ̂n) Turkish: argon (tr) Ukrainian: арго́н (uk) m (arhón), арґон m (argon) Uzbek: argon (uz) Cyrillic: аргон (uz) (argon) Vietnamese: agon (vi) Volapük: largonin (vo) Welsh: argon (cy) m West Frisian: argon (fy) Yiddish: אַרגאָן m (argon)

References

• Argon on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

Anagrams

• nagor, grano, angor, organ, rango, groan, rag on, Goran, Organ, Ongar, Angor, Agron, Garon, Rogan, Grano, Ragon, orang, Ronga

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

argon

Wikipedia ^af

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chloor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon (uncountable)

1. argon

Hypernyms

• edelgas

Cornish

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klorin (Cl)
Next: potassiom (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from English argon.

Noun

argon m

1. argon

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

argon

Wikipedia ^cs

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlor (Cl)
Next: draslík (K)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarɡon]
• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon m inan

1. argon (chemical element)

Declension

Declension of argon (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	argon	argony
genitive	argonu	argonů
dative	argonu	argonům
accusative	argon	argony
vocative	argone	argony
locative	argonu	argonech
instrumental	argonem	argony

Further reading

• “argon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “argon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “argon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

argon

Wikipedia ^da

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: klor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑːɡʌn]

Noun

argon n (singular definite argonet, not used in plural form)

1. argon

Declension

Declension of argon

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	argon	argonet
genitive	argons	argonets

Further reading

• “argon” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “argon” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

argon

Wikipedia ^nl

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chloor (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

Borrowed from English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑr.ɣɔn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. argon

Descendants

• → Indonesian: argon

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

argon

Wikipedia ^fi

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: kloori (Cl)
Next: kalium (K)

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrɡon/, [ˈɑ̝rɡo̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɡon
• Syllabification^(key): ar‧gon
• Hyphenation^(key): ar‧gon

Noun

argon

1. argon

Declension

Inflection of argon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		argon	argonit
genitive		argonin	argonien argoneiden argoneitten
partitive		argonia	argoneita argoneja
illative		argoniin	argoneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		argon	argonit
accusative	nom.	argon	argonit
	gen.	argonin
genitive		argonin	argonien argoneiden argoneitten
partitive		argonia	argoneita argoneja
inessive		argonissa	argoneissa
elative		argonista	argoneista
illative		argoniin	argoneihin
adessive		argonilla	argoneilla
ablative		argonilta	argoneilta
allative		argonille	argoneille
essive		argonina	argoneina
translative		argoniksi	argoneiksi
abessive		argonitta	argoneitta
instructive		—	argonein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of argon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative argonini argonini accusative nom. argonini argonini gen. argonini genitive argonini argonieni argoneideni argoneitteni partitive argoniani argoneitani argonejani inessive argonissani argoneissani elative argonistani argoneistani illative argoniini argoneihini adessive argonillani argoneillani ablative argoniltani argoneiltani allative argonilleni argoneilleni essive argoninani argoneinani translative argonikseni argoneikseni abessive argonittani argoneittani instructive — — comitative — argoneineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative argonisi argonisi accusative nom. argonisi argonisi gen. argonisi genitive argonisi argoniesi argoneidesi argoneittesi partitive argoniasi argoneitasi argonejasi inessive argonissasi argoneissasi elative argonistasi argoneistasi illative argoniisi argoneihisi adessive argonillasi argoneillasi ablative argoniltasi argoneiltasi allative argonillesi argoneillesi essive argoninasi argoneinasi translative argoniksesi argoneiksesi abessive argonittasi argoneittasi instructive — — comitative — argoneinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative argonimme argonimme accusative nom. argonimme argonimme gen. argonimme genitive argonimme argoniemme argoneidemme argoneittemme partitive argoniamme argoneitamme argonejamme inessive argonissamme argoneissamme elative argonistamme argoneistamme illative argoniimme argoneihimme adessive argonillamme argoneillamme ablative argoniltamme argoneiltamme allative argonillemme argoneillemme essive argoninamme argoneinamme translative argoniksemme argoneiksemme abessive argonittamme argoneittamme instructive — — comitative — argoneinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative argoninne argoninne accusative nom. argoninne argoninne gen. argoninne genitive argoninne argonienne argoneidenne argoneittenne partitive argonianne argoneitanne argonejanne inessive argonissanne argoneissanne elative argonistanne argoneistanne illative argoniinne argoneihinne adessive argonillanne argoneillanne ablative argoniltanne argoneiltanne allative argonillenne argoneillenne essive argoninanne argoneinanne translative argoniksenne argoneiksenne abessive argonittanne argoneittanne instructive — — comitative — argoneinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative argoninsa argoninsa accusative nom. argoninsa argoninsa gen. argoninsa genitive argoninsa argoniensa argoneidensa argoneittensa partitive argoniaan argoniansa argoneitaan argonejaan argoneitansa argonejansa inessive argonissaan argonissansa argoneissaan argoneissansa elative argonistaan argonistansa argoneistaan argoneistansa illative argoniinsa argoneihinsa adessive argonillaan argonillansa argoneillaan argoneillansa ablative argoniltaan argoniltansa argoneiltaan argoneiltansa allative argonilleen argonillensa argoneilleen argoneillensa essive argoninaan argoninansa argoneinaan argoneinansa translative argonikseen argoniksensa argoneikseen argoneiksensa abessive argonittaan argonittansa argoneittaan argoneittansa instructive — — comitative — argoneineen argoneinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• argon-fluorihydridi

Further reading

• “argon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: chlore (Cl)
Next: potassium (K)

French Wikipedia has an article on:

argon

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɡɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

Descendants

• Lingala: alago

Further reading

• “argon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rogna

Galician

Chemical element
Ar
Previous: cloro (Cl)
Next: potasio (K)

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

argon

Wikipedia ^gl

Alternative forms

• árgon (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾɡoŋ/ [ˈaɾ.ɣ̞oŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈaɾɡoŋ/ [ˈaɾ.ɣ̞oŋ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈaɾħoŋ/ [ˈaɾ.ħoŋ]

 

• Rhymes: -aɾɡoŋ

• Rhymes: -aɾɡoŋ
• Rhymes: -aɾħoŋ

• Hyphenation: ar‧gon

Noun

argon m (uncountable)

1. argon

Further reading

• “argon”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025