Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

platina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: plati-na
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"She recites the principal metals, and has Sophie repeat them: gold, silver, platina, quicksilver, copper, iron, lead, tin, aluminium."

Etymology

From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto"). 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 Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platinum.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: platina

Usage

Phrases

platina mohr platina yellow

Questions

What does platina mean?: platinum.
Where does platina come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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