PLATINUMとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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 Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platina.

発音

• enPR: plăt'ĭn-əm, IPA: /ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/; enPR: plăt'nəm, IPA: /ˈplæt.nəm/; enPR: plăt'n-əm, IPA: /ˈplæt.n̩.əm/
• (obsolete, nonstandard) IPA: /pləˈtaɪn.əm/, /pləˈtiːn.əm/, /pləˈtɪn.əm/
• 韻: -ætɪnəm, -ætnəm, -ætn̩əm

名詞

platinum (countable and uncountable, plural platinums)

1. The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
2. A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.

   platinum:  

3. (music, countable) A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
4. (medicine, countable, sometimes, elliptically) A platinum-based drug: a platin.

同意語

• platina (obsolete)
• white gold (obsolete)

派生語

関連する語

• platina

形容詞

platinum (not comparable)

1. Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
2. Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).
3. Very expensive, or of very high quality

   We can offer the platinum service for fifty dollars extra.

派生語

• go platinum
• platinum blond

動詞

platinum (third-person singular simple present platinums, present participle platinuming, simple past and past participle platinumed)

1. (computer games) To attain all of the achievements in a game, on certain PlayStation consoles.

   I platinumed in Clash of Clans yesterday.

参考

• cooperite
• sperrylite
• Appendix:Colors

参照

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Platinum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “platinum”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [pɫaˈtiː.nũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [plaˈt̪iː.num]

名詞

platīnum n (genitive platīnī); second declension

1. platinum

語形変化

Second-declension noun (neuter).