platinum

Spanish platina (“little silver”), because platinum was found as an apparent impurity with silver.

• enPR: plăt'ĭnəm, IPA^(key): /ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/; enPR: plăt'nəm, IPA^(key): /ˈplæt.nəm/

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platinum (countable and uncountable, plural platinums)

1. The metallic chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt.
2. A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.

   platinum colour:  

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

• platina (obsolete)
• white gold (obsolete)

• platina

platinum (comparative more platinum, superlative most platinum)

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).

• go platinum
• platinum blond

platinum (third-person singular simple present platinums, present participle platinuming, simple past and past participle platinumed)

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

   I platinumed in Clash of Clans yesterday.

• cooperite
• sperrylite
• Appendix:Colors

• “Platinum” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
• “platinum”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

platinum (attributive platinum, not comparable)

1. platinum; made from platinum

platinum (uncountable)

1. platinum

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /plaˈtiː.num/, [pɫaˈtiː.nʊ̃]

platīnum n (genitive platīnī); second declension

1. platinum

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• IPA^(key): [ˈplaː˨ti˧nɔ˧m]

platinum m

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

• pelatinam

Borrowed from English platinum, from Spanish platina.

• IPA^(key): [platinom], [platinəm], [plɛtinəm]
• Rhymes: -inom, -nom, -om

platinum

1. platinum (chemical element)