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Etymology
Sp. platina#Spanish|platina, "little silver" (because platinum was found as an apparent impurity with silver)

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/�plætɪn�m/
italbrac|US IPA|/�plæt�n�m/ or /�plætn�m/
audio|en-uk-platinum.ogg|Audio (UK)
audio|en-us-platinum.ogg|Audio (US)

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

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Synonyms
platina (obsolete)

Derived terms
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carboplatin
cisplatin
eka-platinum
go platinum
iridio-platinum
oxaliplatin
w:Carboplatin|Paraplatin&reg;
platin-
platinammonium chloride
platinate
platinic
platiniferous
platiniridium
platinise, platinize
platinite
platino-
platinocyanide
platinode
platinoid
platinous
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platinum arsenide
platinum-black
platinum blond, platinum blonde
platinum-blue
platinum coney
platinum dichloride
platinum disc, platinum disk
platinum fox
platinum-grey
platinum hexafluoride
platinum-iridium
platinum-lamp
platinum metal
platinum mink
platinum sponge
platinum-steel
platinum tetrachloride
platinum-zinc
potassio-platinum chloride

Related terms
platina

Translations
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Afrikaans: platinum
Albanian: platin
Arabic: ARchar|ب�ات�� (blá:tin) m
Armenian: ÕºÕ¬Õ¡Õ¿Õ«Õ¶ (platin)
Basque: platinoa
Belarusian: пла�iна (plátsina) f
Bosnian: platinum
Breton: platin
Bulgarian: пла�ина (plátina) f
Catalan: platí m
Chinese: ��� (bó), �� (báijīn)
Breton: platin m
Cornish: platynum
Croatian: platina
Czech: platina f
Danish: platin
Dutch: platina n
Esperanto: plateno
Estonian: plaatina
Faroese: platin
Finnish: platina
French: platine m
Frisian: platina n
Friulian: platin
Galician: platino
Georgian: ������� (platina)
German: Platin n
Greek, Modern: �λα�ίνα (platina) m
Hebrew: פ���נ� (platína)
Hungarian: platina
Icelandic: platína
Irish: platanam
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Italian: platino m
Japanese: ���� (purachina), �� (����, hakkin)
Kashmiri: platina
Kazakh: пла�ина (platina)
Korean: 백� (��, baekkeum), ���� (peullaetina)
Latin: platinum
Latvian: platīns
Lithuanian: platina
Luxembourgish: platin
Macedonian: пла�ина (plátina) f
Malay: platinum, platina
Maltese: platinu
Manx: platinum
Mongolian: пла�ин (platin), �агаан (tsagaan)
Norwegian: platina
Polish: platyna f
Portuguese: platina f
Romanian: platinâ f
Russian: пла�ина (plátina) f
Scottish Gaelic: platanam
Serbian: пла�ина (platina) f
Slovak: platina
Slovenian: platina f
Spanish: platino m
Swedish: platina
Tajik: platina
Tamil: வ�ண�த���ம�/வ�ண�மம�/விழ�ப�ப�ன� (veNthangam/veNmam/vizhuppon)
Thai: THchar|��ล�ิ�ัม (plaetínam)
Turkish: platin
Ukrainian: пла�ина (plátina) f
Uzbek: пла�ина (platina)
Vietnamese: platin
Welsh: platinwm
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trans-top|colour
Portuguese: platinado m, platinada f
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Adjective
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).

Derived terms
go platinum

Translations

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trans-top|musical recording
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See also
cooperite
sperrylite
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

External links
rfc-level|External links at L4+ not in L3 POS section
For more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/pt.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

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Category:Colors
Category:Greys
Category:Metals

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