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Etymology
Unclear; possibly from the Greek αν�ιμ�νο� (antimónos), "opposed to solitude", as the element was thought never to exist in its pure form; or from the Pharaonic expression "Antos Ammon", which may be translated as "bloom of the god Ammon."

Noun
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1. a chemical element (symbol Sb) with an atomic number of 51. The symbol is derived from the Latin stibium.

Usage notes
Do not confuse antimony with antinomy.

Derived terms
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antimonate
antimony blende
antimony bloom
antimony glance
antimony hydride
antimonyl
antimony ocher, antimony ochre
antimony oxide
antimony oxysulfide
antimony pentachloride
antimony pentafluoride
antimony pentoxide
antimony pentasulfide, antimony pentasulphide
antimony quintachloride
antimony sesquioxide
antimony sulfide, antimony sulphide
antimony tetroxide
antimony triacetate
antimony tribromide
antimony trichloride
antimony trifluoride
antimony trihydride
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antimony triiodide
antimony trioxide
antimony triselenide
antimony tritelluride
antimony vermilion
arsenical antimony
black antimony
butter of antimony
crocus of antimony
crude antimony
flowers of antimony
glass of antimony
gray antimony
red antimony
regulus of antimony
saffron of antimony
sulfurated antimony, sulphurated antimony
sulfide of antimony, sulphide of antimony
tartarated antimony
pentasulfide antimony, pentasulphide antimony
triphenylantimony
white antimony

Related terms
antimonial
antimonian
antimoniate
antimoniated
antimonic
antimonide
antimonioso-
antimonious, antimonous
antimonite
antimonium
antimoniuret
antimoniuretted

Translations

Afrikaans: antimoon
Albanian: antimon
Arabic: ARchar|ا�ت���� (�antimú:n) m
Armenian: Õ®Õ¡Ö�Õ«Ö� (tsarir)
Basque: antimonioa
Belarusian: ���ма (surmá) f
Bosnian: antimon
Bulgarian: ан�имон (antimon) m
Catalan: antimoni
Chinese: � (tì)
Cornish: antymony
Croatian: antimon
Czech: antimon
Danish: antimon
Dutch: antimoon n
Esperanto: antimono
Estonian: antimon
Faroese: antimon
Finnish: antimoni
French: antimoine m
Frisian: antimoon n
Friulian: antimoni
Gallegan: antimonio
Georgian: �������� (stibiumi)
German: Antimon n
Greek, Modern: αν�ιμ�νιο (andimónio) n
Hebrew: �נ����� (antimón)
Hungarian: antimon
Icelandic: antímon
Interlingua: antimonio
Irish: antamón
Italian: antimonio m
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Japanese: ����� (anchimon), ������ (anchimoni)
Kashmiri: antimón
Kazakh: ����ма (sur�ma)
Korean: ��몬 (antimon)
Latin: stibium
Latvian: antimons
Lithuanian: stibis
Luxembourgish: antimon
Macedonian: ан�имон (antimon) m
Malay: antimoni
Maltese: antimonju
Manx: antimoan
Mongolian: б�даг (budag)
Norwegian: antimon
Polish: antymon m
Portuguese: antimónio (Port.), antimônio (Brazil) m
Romanian: antimoniu n, stibiu
Russian: ����ма (sur�ma) f, ��иби�м (stíbium) m
Scottish Gaelic: antamòn
Serbian: ан�имон (antimon) m
Slovak: antimón
Slovenian: antimon
Spanish: antimonio m
Swedish: antimon
Tajik: sur'ma
Tamil: �ந�திமன� (antimani)
Thai: THchar|�ลว� (pluang)
Turkish: antimon
Ukrainian: ���ма (surmá) f
Uzbek: ����ма (sur�ma)
Vietnamese: antimon
Welsh: antimoni

Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Breton: antimoan (from Peter Vanderkrogt's site), stibiom m which is correct?

External links
For a more extensive etymology and more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/sb.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

See also
allemonite
kermesite
leo ruber
lupus metallorum
plumbum nigrum
proteus
stibnite
stibium
valentinite

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