platinum
/ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
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8
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Meaning
noun
The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
Countable
adj
Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).
adj
Very expensive, or of very high quality.
verb
To attain all of the achievements in a game (originally on certain PlayStation consoles, now colloquially used regardless of platform).
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor. Vulgar Latin *plattusder. Spanish plata Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Spanish -ina Spanish platina English -um English platinum From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") + -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Gran Colombia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platina.
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Phrases
eka-platinum
go platinum
iridio-platinum
platin-
platinammonium chloride
platino-
platinum anniversary
platinum arsenide