ammonium

See also: ammónium, ammonium-, and Ammonium

English

Etymology

ammonia + -ium

Pronunciation

Noun

ammonium (usually uncountable, plural ammoniums)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) The univalent NH4+ cation, derived by the protonation of ammonia
  2. (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any similar cation formed by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with alkyl or aryl radicals

Derived terms

Translations


Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Latin ammonium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑmːonium/, [ˈɑmːo̞ˌnium]
  • Rhymes: -ium
  • Syllabification(key): am‧mo‧ni‧um

Noun

ammonium

  1. (chemistry) ammonium; used as mass noun, see also ammoniumioni (ammonium)
    Korkea ammoniumin pitoisuus häiritsee aivojen aineenvaihduntaa.
    A high concentration of ammonium disturbs the metabolism of the brain.

Declension

Inflection of ammonium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative ammonium
genitive ammoniumin
partitive ammoniumia
illative ammoniumiin
singular plural
nominative ammonium
accusative nom. ammonium
gen. ammoniumin
genitive ammoniumin
partitive ammoniumia
inessive ammoniumissa
elative ammoniumista
illative ammoniumiin
adessive ammoniumilla
ablative ammoniumilta
allative ammoniumille
essive ammoniumina
translative ammoniumiksi
instructive
abessive ammoniumitta
comitative
Possessive forms of ammonium (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person ammoniumini ammoniumimme
2nd person ammoniumisi ammoniuminne
3rd person ammoniuminsa

Compounds


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.mɔ.njɔm/

Noun

ammonium m (plural ammoniums)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) ammonium

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