ion
English
Etymology 1
From the ending of anion and cation, which in turn is from Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”), neuter present participle of εἶμι (eîmi, “I go”). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: ī'ən, IPA(key): /ˈaɪən/; enPR: ī'ŏn, IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.ɒn/
- (US) enPR: ī'ŏn, IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.ɑn/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -aɪən, (UK) -aɪɒn
- Homophone: iron (in some accents only)
Noun
ion (plural ions)
- An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.
Derived terms
- alkanium ion
- amidium ion
- aminium ion
- anion
- arenium ion
- arenonium ion
- arsanylium ion
- autoion
- benzenium ion
- benzenonium ion
- bromonium ion
- byion
- carbenium ion
- carbonium ion
- cation
- chloronium ion
- coion
- common-ion effect
- complex ion
- counterion
- dipolar ion
- fluoronium ion
- gegenion
- halonium ion
- heavy ion
- hydrogen ion
- iodonium ion
- ion carrier
- ion channel
- ion channelopathy
- ion chromatography
- ion engine
- ion exchange
- ion exchange chromatography
- ion exchange resin
- ionic
- ionise, ionize
- ion milling
- ion mirror
- ionogenic
- ionome
- ion-selective electrode
- ion selective electrode
- ion-selective membrane
- ion storm
- ion trap
- ion wind
- Li-ion
- lithium-ion battery
- lithium ion battery
- macroion
- microion
- multiion
- nebenion
- oxoion
- oxylium ion
- photoion
- polyion
- radical ion
- secondary ion mass spectrometry
- spectator ion
- sulphion
- t
- thermion
Translations
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Etymology 2
From a reduction of I don't.
Pronunciation
Phrase
ion
Anagrams
Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ion m inan
Declension
Further reading
- “ion”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “ion”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- ion in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ion n (plural ionen)
- ion (charged atom or compound)
Derived terms
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ion
- accusative singular of io
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ion m (plural ions)
Further reading
- “ion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Japanese
Romanization
ion
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”).
Noun
ion n (definite singular ionet, indefinite plural ioner, definite plural iona or ionene)
Derived terms
References
- “ion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”).
Noun
ion n (definite singular ionet, indefinite plural ion, definite plural iona)
Derived terms
References
- “ion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
ion m (plural ioni)
Declension
Spanish
Alternative forms
- ión (superseded spelling)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ion, i‧on
Noun
ion m (plural iones)
- ion (atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge)
Further reading
- “ion”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Vietnamese
Etymology
From French ion, from English ion.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔi˧˧ ʔɔn˧˧], [ʔi˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔɔŋ˧˧], [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔɔŋ˧˧], [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: i on, i ông
Noun
ion
- an ion
See also
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms coined by William Whewell
- English coinages
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/aɪən
- Rhymes:English/aɪən/2 syllables
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- English terms with homophones
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English phrases
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- en:Ions
- en:Physical chemistry
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech nouns with irregular stem
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔn
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch nouns with lengthened vowel in the plural
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Esperanto/ion
- Esperanto non-lemma forms
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- French terms borrowed from English
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- French 1-syllable words
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- French terms with IPA pronunciation
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- French nouns
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- fr:Chemistry
- fr:Physics
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- nb:Chemistry
- nb:Physics
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- nn:Chemistry
- nn:Physics
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
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- Spanish 1-syllable words
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/on
- Rhymes:Spanish/on/1 syllable
- Rhymes:Spanish/on/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Vietnamese terms borrowed from French
- Vietnamese terms derived from French
- Vietnamese terms derived from English
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
- vi:Ions