# osmium
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) (because of the strong smell of its oxide) +‎ -ium.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: ŏz'mēəm
* (UK) IPA: /ˈɒz.mi.əm/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈɑz.mi.əm/

### Noun

osmium (countable and uncountable, plural osmiums)
* A chemical element (symbol Os) with atomic number 76: a hard, brittle, heavy, bluish-white transition metal found as a trace element in alloys, mostly in platinum ores.
* (countable) A single atom of this element.

#### Derived terms

* eka-osmium
* iridiosmium
* iridosmine
* osmate
* osmiate
* osmic
* osmio-
* osmious
* osmium dioxide
* osmium lamp
* osmium tetraoxide, osmium tetroxide
* osmiuret
* osmous

#### Related terms

* Osmia
* osmiridium
* osmite
* osmylated
* osmylation

#### Translations
## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

osmium (uncountable)
* osmium

## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) +‎ -ium.

### Noun

osmium n (singular definite osmiummet, not used in plural form)
* osmium

#### Declension
### References

* “osmium” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

osmium n (uncountable)
* osmium

## Estonian
### Etymology

From German Osmium.

### Noun

osmium (genitive osmiumi, partitive osmiumi or osmiumit)
* osmium

#### Declension
### References

* osmium in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English osmium), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈosmium/, [ˈo̞s̠mium]
* Rhymes: -osmium
* Hyphenation: os‧mi‧um

### Noun

osmium
* osmium

#### Declension

Possessive forms of osmium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
osmiumini
osmiumini
accusative
nom.
osmiumini
osmiumini
gen.
osmiumini
genitive
osmiumini
osmiumieni
partitive
osmiumiani
osmiumejani
inessive
osmiumissani
osmiumeissani
elative
osmiumistani
osmiumeistani
illative
osmiumiini
osmiumeihini
adessive
osmiumillani
osmiumeillani
ablative
osmiumiltani
osmiumeiltani
allative
osmiumilleni
osmiumeilleni
essive
osmiuminani
osmiumeinani
translative
osmiumikseni
osmiumeikseni
abessive
osmiumittani
osmiumeittani
instructive
comitative
—osmiumeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
osmiumisi
osmiumisi
accusative
nom.
osmiumisi
osmiumisi
gen.
osmiumisi
genitive
osmiumisi
osmiumiesi
partitive
osmiumiasi
osmiumejasi
inessive
osmiumissasi
osmiumeissasi
elative
osmiumistasi
osmiumeistasi
illative
osmiumiisi
osmiumeihisi
adessive
osmiumillasi
osmiumeillasi
ablative
osmiumiltasi
osmiumeiltasi
allative
osmiumillesi
osmiumeillesi
essive
osmiuminasi
osmiumeinasi
translative
osmiumiksesi
osmiumeiksesi
abessive
osmiumittasi
osmiumeittasi
instructive
comitative
—osmiumeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
osmiumimme
osmiumimme
accusative
nom.
osmiumimme
osmiumimme
gen.
osmiumimme
genitive
osmiumimme
osmiumiemme
partitive
osmiumiamme
osmiumejamme
inessive
osmiumissamme
osmiumeissamme
elative
osmiumistamme
osmiumeistamme
illative
osmiumiimme
osmiumeihimme
adessive
osmiumillamme
osmiumeillamme
ablative
osmiumiltamme
osmiumeiltamme
allative
osmiumillemme
osmiumeillemme
essive
osmiuminamme
osmiumeinamme
translative
osmiumiksemme
osmiumeiksemme
abessive
osmiumittamme
osmiumeittamme
instructive
comitative
—osmiumeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
osmiuminne
osmiuminne
accusative
nom.
osmiuminne
osmiuminne
gen.
osmiuminne
genitive
osmiuminne
osmiumienne
partitive
osmiumianne
osmiumejanne
inessive
osmiumissanne
osmiumeissanne
elative
osmiumistanne
osmiumeistanne
illative
osmiumiinne
osmiumeihinne
adessive
osmiumillanne
osmiumeillanne
ablative
osmiumiltanne
osmiumeiltanne
allative
osmiumillenne
osmiumeillenne
essive
osmiuminanne
osmiumeinanne
translative
osmiumiksenne
osmiumeiksenne
abessive
osmiumittanne
osmiumeittanne
instructive
comitative
—osmiumeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
osmiuminsa
osmiuminsa
accusative
nom.
osmiuminsa
osmiuminsa
gen.
osmiuminsa
genitive
osmiuminsa
osmiumiensa
partitive
osmiumiaan osmiumiansa
osmiumejaan osmiumejansa
inessive
osmiumissaan osmiumissansa
osmiumeissaan osmiumeissansa
elative
osmiumistaan osmiumistansa
osmiumeistaan osmiumeistansa
illative
osmiumiinsa
osmiumeihinsa
adessive
osmiumillaan osmiumillansa
osmiumeillaan osmiumeillansa
ablative
osmiumiltaan osmiumiltansa
osmiumeiltaan osmiumeiltansa
allative
osmiumilleen osmiumillensa
osmiumeilleen osmiumeillensa
essive
osmiuminaan osmiuminansa
osmiumeinaan osmiumeinansa
translative
osmiumikseen osmiumiksensa
osmiumeikseen osmiumeiksensa
abessive
osmiumittaan osmiumittansa
osmiumeittaan osmiumeittansa
instructive
comitative
—osmiumeineen osmiumeinensa :

### Further reading

* “osmium”, 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

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔs.mjɔm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

osmium m (uncountable)
* osmium

### Further reading

* “osmium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “stench, stink”), referring to the smell of its tetroxide.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈos.mi.um/, [ˈɔs̠miʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈos.mi.um/, [ˈɔzmium]

### Noun

osmium n (genitive osmiī); second declension
* osmium

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

## Limburgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈo˧zɱɔ˧m]

### Noun

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

## Malay
### Etymology

From English osmium, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) -ium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɔsmiom], [ɔsmiəm]
* Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

### Noun

osmium
* osmium

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) +‎ -ium.

### Noun

osmium n (definite singular osmiumet, uncountable)
* osmium, chemical element, symbol Os

### References

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) +‎ -ium.

### Noun

osmium n (definite singular osmiumet, uncountable)
* osmium, chemical element, symbol Os

### References

* “osmium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔsmɪjʊm/

### Noun

osmium n (genitive singular osmia, declension pattern of mesto)
* osmium (element)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “osmium”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

osmium n
* osmium

#### Declension
### References

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