# neon
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: nē'ŏn, IPA: /ˈni.ɒn/
* (US) IPA: /ˈniˌɑn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɒn
* Hyphenation: ne‧on

### Noun

neon (countable and uncountable, plural neons)
* (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
* (countable) A form or sample of the element.
* (countable, uncountable) Neon signs or lights, collectively.
** 1970, “Up Around the Bend”, performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival:Bring a song and a smile for the banjo Better get while the getting's good Hitch a ride to the end of the highway Where the neons turn to wood
** 2009, Jason Syner, How to Install Automotive Mobile Electronic Systems, page 27:Neons and LED lighting can be controlled by remotes.
* (countable) A neon tetra fish.

#### Derived terms

* neon-20
* neon-21
* neon-22
* neon fish
* neon glow lamp
* neon lamp
* neon light
* neon lighting
* neon sign
* neon skimmer
* neon tetra

#### Translations

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### Adjective

neon (not comparable)
* (of a color) That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent

#### Translations
### References

* Neon on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

### Anagrams

* none

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ne‧on

### Noun

neon (uncountable)
* neon

#### Hypernyms

* edelgas

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /neon/, [ne̞.õ̞n]

### Noun

neon inan
* neon

#### Declension
### Noun

neon inan
* neon sign

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “neon”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

## Cornish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English neon.

### Noun

neon m
* neon

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* neón

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɛon]
* IPA: [ˈnɛoːn]
* Hyphenation: neon

### Noun

neon m inan
* neon

#### Declension
## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

### Noun

neon c (singular definite neonen or neonet, not used in plural form)
* neon

### References

* “neon” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English neon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈneː.ɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ne‧on
* Rhymes: -eːɔn

### Noun

neon n (uncountable)
* neon

#### Derived terms

* neongas
* neonlamp
* neonlicht
* neonreclame

### Anagrams

* none

## Esperanto
### Noun

neon
* accusative singular of neo

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈneːɔn/

### Noun

chemical element :
| Ne | Previous: | fluor |
| Ne | Next: | natrium |
neon n (genitive singular neons, uncountable)
* neon

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English neon), ultimately from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈneon/, [ˈne̞o̞n]
* Rhymes: -eon
* Hyphenation: ne‧on

### Noun

chemical element :
| Ne | Previous: | fluori |
| Ne | Next: | natrium |
neon
* neon

#### Declension

Possessive forms of neon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
neonini
neonini
accusative
nom.
neonini
neonini
gen.
neonini
genitive
neonini
neonieni
partitive
neoniani
neonejani
inessive
neonissani
neoneissani
elative
neonistani
neoneistani
illative
neoniini
neoneihini
adessive
neonillani
neoneillani
ablative
neoniltani
neoneiltani
allative
neonilleni
neoneilleni
essive
neoninani
neoneinani
translative
neonikseni
neoneikseni
abessive
neonittani
neoneittani
instructive
comitative
—neoneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
neonisi
neonisi
accusative
nom.
neonisi
neonisi
gen.
neonisi
genitive
neonisi
neoniesi
partitive
neoniasi
neonejasi
inessive
neonissasi
neoneissasi
elative
neonistasi
neoneistasi
illative
neoniisi
neoneihisi
adessive
neonillasi
neoneillasi
ablative
neoniltasi
neoneiltasi
allative
neonillesi
neoneillesi
essive
neoninasi
neoneinasi
translative
neoniksesi
neoneiksesi
abessive
neonittasi
neoneittasi
instructive
comitative
—neoneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
neonimme
neonimme
accusative
nom.
neonimme
neonimme
gen.
neonimme
genitive
neonimme
neoniemme
partitive
neoniamme
neonejamme
inessive
neonissamme
neoneissamme
elative
neonistamme
neoneistamme
illative
neoniimme
neoneihimme
adessive
neonillamme
neoneillamme
ablative
neoniltamme
neoneiltamme
allative
neonillemme
neoneillemme
essive
neoninamme
neoneinamme
translative
neoniksemme
neoneiksemme
abessive
neonittamme
neoneittamme
instructive
comitative
—neoneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
neoninne
neoninne
accusative
nom.
neoninne
neoninne
gen.
neoninne
genitive
neoninne
neonienne
partitive
neonianne
neonejanne
inessive
neonissanne
neoneissanne
elative
neonistanne
neoneistanne
illative
neoniinne
neoneihinne
adessive
neonillanne
neoneillanne
ablative
neoniltanne
neoneiltanne
allative
neonillenne
neoneillenne
essive
neoninanne
neoneinanne
translative
neoniksenne
neoneiksenne
abessive
neonittanne
neoneittanne
instructive
comitative
—neoneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
neoninsa
neoninsa
accusative
nom.
neoninsa
neoninsa
gen.
neoninsa
genitive
neoninsa
neoniensa
partitive
neoniaan neoniansa
neonejaan neonejansa
inessive
neonissaan neonissansa
neoneissaan neoneissansa
elative
neonistaan neonistansa
neoneistaan neoneistansa
illative
neoniinsa
neoneihinsa
adessive
neonillaan neonillansa
neoneillaan neoneillansa
ablative
neoniltaan neoniltansa
neoneiltaan neoneiltansa
allative
neonilleen neonillensa
neoneilleen neoneillensa
essive
neoninaan neoninansa
neoneinaan neoneinansa
translative
neonikseen neoniksensa
neoneikseen neoneiksensa
abessive
neonittaan neonittansa
neoneittaan neoneittansa
instructive
comitative
—neoneineen neoneinensa :

#### Derived terms

* neonputki
* neontetra
* neonvalo
* neonväri

### Further reading

* “neon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* enon, noen

## Galician
### Noun

neon m (uncountable)
* neon

### Further reading

* “neon”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɛon]
* Hyphenation: ne‧on
* Rhymes: -on

### Noun

neon (usually uncountable, plural neonok)
* neon (chemical element)

#### Derived terms

* neonreklám
* neonvilágítás

### Further reading

* neon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

### Noun

neon n (genitive singular neons, no plural)
* neon

#### Derived terms

* neonljós

### Further reading

* “neon” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

## Irish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈnʲoːn̪ˠ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /ˈn̠ʲoːnˠ/, /ˈn̠ʲoːn̪ˠ/

### Noun

neon m (genitive singular neoin)
* neon (chemical element)

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
nominative
neon
vocative
a neoin
genitive
neoin
dative
neon
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative
an neon
genitive
an neoin
dative
leis an neon don neon :

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* neo (obsolete)

### Etymology

From New Latin neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter form of νέος (néos, “new”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɛ.on/
* Rhymes: -ɛon
* Hyphenation: nè‧on

### Noun

neon m (invariable)
* (chemistry) neon

#### Derived terms

* lampada al neon

### Anagrams

* enno, none, onne

## Japanese
### Romanization

neon
* Rōmaji transcription of ネオン

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter form of νέος (néos, “new”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈne.on/, [ˈneɔn]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈne.on/, [ˈnɛːon]

### Noun

neon n (genitive neī); second declension
* (New Latin) neon

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

## Limburgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈneː˦jɔ˧n]

### Noun

neon n
* (uncountable) neon
* A part of neon

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* نيون

### Etymology

From English neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /neɔn/
* Rhymes: -ɔn

### Noun

neon (Jawi spelling نيون)
* neon (chemical element)

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian neon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɛː.ɔn/

### Noun

neon m
* (chemistry) neon

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian neon.

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈneːon/

### Noun

nēon
* neon

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

### Noun

neon n (definite singular neonet, uncountable)
* neon (chemical element with the symbol Ne)

#### Derived terms

* neonlys

### References

* “neon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “neon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

### Anagrams

* -onen, noen, none, onne

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

### Noun

neon n (definite singular neonet, uncountable)
* neon (chemical element with the symbol Ne)

#### Derived terms

* neonlys

### References

* “neon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

neon m (uncountable)
* neon

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English neon, French néon, German Neon, ultimately from Ancient Greek νέος (néos). Doublet of nowy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɛ.ɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɔn
* Syllabification: ne‧on

### Noun

neon m inan (related adjective neonowy)
* (uncountable) neon (chemical element)
* neon sign (sign used on buildings for advertising shops)

#### Declension
### Noun

neon m animal
* tetra (any fish of genus Paracheirodon)

#### Derived terms

* neonówka

#### Related terms

* neonowo

### Further reading

* neon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* neon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Noun

neon m (uncountable)
* Alternative form of néon

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French néon, from English neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /neˈon/
* Hyphenation: ne‧on

### Noun

neon n (uncountable)
* neon (chemical element)

#### Declension
### References

* neon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From New Latin neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ně̞o̞ːn/
* Hyphenation: ne‧on

### Noun

nèōn m (Cyrillic spelling нѐо̄н)
* neon

#### Declension
### References

* “neon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /néːɔn/

### Noun

nẹ̑on m inan
* neon

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “neon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛˈoːn/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

neon n (uncountable)
* neon
** 1987, “Dansa i neon [Dance in neon]”, Tim Norell, Peo Thyrén, Ola Håkansson (music)‎performed by Lena Philipsson:När vi ska dansa i neon på vår resa genom natten. Vi ska färdas i en symfoni mot gryningen. Och vi ska dansa i neon, bortom ropen, bortom skratten. Vi ska fångas av en melodi i skymningen.When we will [shall] dance in neon on our journey through the night. We will travel in a symphony towards [the] dawn. And we will dance in neon, beyond the shouting [shouts], beyond the laughter [laughs]. We will [shall] be caught by a melody at [the] dusk.

#### Derived terms

* neonlampa (“neon lamp”)
* neonljus (“neon light”)
* neonrör (“neon tube”)
* neonskylt (“neon sign”)

### References

* neon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* neon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* neon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French néon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nɛon]
* Hyphenation: ne‧on

### Noun

neon (definite accusative neonu, plural neonlar)
* neon (chemical element)

#### Declension
## Venetan
### Noun

neon m (invariable)
* neon

## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* nê-ông

### Etymology

From French néon, from New Latin neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon).

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ne˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [nej˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [nej˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: nê ông

### Noun

neon
* neon (element)

## Welsh
### Etymology

From English neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter of νέος (néos, “new”), from earlier *νέϝος (*néwos), from Proto-Hellenic *newos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈneː.ɔn/
* Rhymes: -eːɔn

### Noun

neon m (uncountable, not mutable)
* neon

#### Derived terms

* arwydd neon (“neon sign”)
* golau neon (“neon light”)
* lamp neon (“neon lamp”)

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “neon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies