Dictionary

palladium en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /pəˈleːdi.əm/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
• /-di-/ (Scotland)
• /pəˈlɛjdɪjəm/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /-dɪ-/ (Scotland)
• /pəˈlede.əm/ (Scotland)
• /pəˈleɪdi.əm/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /pəˈlæɪdi.əm/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• (General-American) audio
• pəlā'dēəm

Etymology

The sense of "safeguard" comes from Latin Palladium (the image of Pallas that protected Troy), from Ancient Greek Παλλάδιον (Palládion), from Παλλάς (Pallás), an epithet used before Athena.

Meanings

1. A safeguard.
   • [H]ow unspeakably ominous to dim Royalist participators; for whom Royalism was Mankind's palladium[.] 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
   • The trial by jury is the Palladium of our civil rights. 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
   • The presupposition of the Prometheus myth is to be found in the extravagant value which a naive humanity attached to fire as the true palladium of every ascending culture. 1967, Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Walter Kaufman, The Birth of Tragedy, published 1872, in 1967:

Forms

Translations (7)

es paladión (a safeguard) · sh pàlādij (a safeguard) · bg защита (a safeguard) · sh па̀ла̄диј (a safeguard) · bg щит (a safeguard) · ru палла́диум (a safeguard) · de Schutz (a safeguard)

palladium en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /pəˈleːdi.əm/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
• /-di-/ (Scotland)
• /pəˈlɛjdɪjəm/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /-dɪ-/ (Scotland)
• /pəˈlede.əm/ (Scotland)
• /pəˈleɪdi.əm/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /pəˈlæɪdi.əm/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• (General-American) audio
• pəlā'dēəm

Etymology

The element was named after Pallas, an asteroid that had been discovered two years before the element.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46: a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Forms

Deriveds

palladium hydride · palladiumise · tetrapalladium · pallad- · organopalladium · palladium cyanide · octapalladium · palladium dinitrate · dioxide of palladium · pentapalladium · palladio- · palladium black · testibiopalladite · palladic · palladide · palladium nitrate · palladoan · palladiferous · protoxide of palladium · palladious · palladium dichloride · palladous · allylpalladium · palladian · palladiumize · radiopalladium · palladium chloride · dipalladium · nonapalladium

Relateds

Pallas

Translations (80)

he פָּלַדְיוּם (chemical element) · km ប៉ាឡាដ្យូម (chemical element) · nb palladium (chemical element) · tr palladyum (chemical element) · hu palládium (chemical element) · rsk паладиюм (chemical element) · eu paladioa (chemical element) · hi निचूषातु (chemical element) · ms paladium (chemical element) · br palladiom (chemical element) · pl pallad (chemical element) · fur paladi (chemical element) · cs palladium (chemical element) · sh паладиjум (chemical element) · ca pal·ladi (chemical element) · oc palladi (chemical element) · kk палладий (chemical element) · be пала́дый (chemical element) · tg палладий (chemical element) · sq palad (chemical element) · ka პალადიუმი (chemical element) · nl palladium (chemical element) · lv pallādijs (chemical element) · mn паллади (chemical element) · yue 鈀 /钯 (chemical element) · uk пала́дій (chemical element) · el παλλάδιο (chemical element) · th แพลเลเดียม (chemical element) · cmn 鈀 /钯 (chemical element) · ia palladium (chemical element) · csb pallôd (chemical element) · ru палла́дий (chemical element) · rsk паладий (chemical element) · uz palladiy (chemical element) · tk palladiý (chemical element) · pt paládio (chemical element) · gd paladium (chemical element) · my ပယ်လေဒီယမ် (chemical element) · ga pallaidiam (chemical element) · fy palladium (chemical element) · sh па̀ла̄диј (chemical element) · vi palađi (chemical element) · it palladio (chemical element) · et pallaadium (chemical element) · ar بَالَادِيُوم (chemical element) · hy պալադիում (chemical element) · ja パラジウム (chemical element) · mk паладиум (chemical element) · is palladín (chemical element) · fa پالادیم (chemical element) · lt paladis (chemical element) · sh pàlādij (chemical element) · sl paládij (chemical element) · cy paladiwm (chemical element) · de Palladium (chemical element) · az palladium (chemical element) · bg пала́дий (chemical element) · ast paladiu (chemical element) · sk paládium (chemical element) · sv palladium (chemical element) · ro paladiu (chemical element) · nn palladium (chemical element) · lb Palladium (chemical element) · fi palladium (chemical element) · sh paladijum (chemical element) · mt palladju (chemical element) · ar بَلَادِيُوم (chemical element) · tl paladyo (chemical element) · kw paladiom (chemical element) · fo palladium (chemical element) · ta வெண்ணிரும்பு (chemical element) · es paladio (chemical element) · ky палладий (chemical element) · af palladium (chemical element) · gl paladio (chemical element) · gv pallaadjum (chemical element) · da palladium (chemical element) · fr palladium (chemical element) · ko 팔라듐 (chemical element) · eo paladio (chemical element)

wikidata: Q1089