helium

From New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) (because its presence was first theorised in the Sun's atmosphere); and +‎ -ium

• enPR: hē'lēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈhiːli.əm/

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• Hyphenation: he‧li‧um

helium (countable and uncountable, plural heliums)

1. (uncountable) A colorless and inert gas, and the second lightest chemical element (symbol He) with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602.
2. (countable) A form or sample of the element.

• E939 when used as a packaging gas

• helio-
• Helios

helium (uncountable)

1. helium

helium n

1. helium

helium n (definite singular heliummet or heliumet)

1. (uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)

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helium n (uncountable)

1. helium

helium

1. helium

helium

1. helium

From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) +‎ -ium (chemical element suffix).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈheː.li.um/, [ˈheː.li.ũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.li.um/, [ˈeː.li.um]

hēlium n (genitive hēliī); second declension

1. (New Latin, chemistry) helium

Second declension.

• → Italian: elio

• IPA^(key): [ˈheː˨ʎɔ˧m]

helium n

1. (uncountable) helium
2. A part of helium

• هيليوم‎

From English helium, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios).

• IPA^(key): /heliom/
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

helium (Jawi spelling هيليوم)

1. helium (chemical element)

Borrowed from Norwegian helium.

hēlium

1. helium

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helium n (definite singular heliumet)

1. (uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)

helium n (definite singular heliumet)

1. (uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːlɪɵm/

helium n (definite singular heliumet or heliet or helium)

1. (uncountable) helium