platinum
/ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/
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nonstandard/pləˈtaɪn.əm/
platinum noun: the chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
Noun
platinum (countable and uncountable, plural platinums)
- The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
- A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
- A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
- A platinum-based drug: a platin.
Adjective
platinum (not comparable)
- Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
- Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).
- Very expensive, or of very high quality.
- We can offer the platinum service for fifty dollars extra.
Verb
platinum (third-person singular simple present platinums, present participle platinuming, simple past and past participle platinumed)
- To attain all of the achievements in a game (originally on certain PlayStation consoles, now colloquially used regardless of platform).
- I platinumed in Clash of Clans yesterday.
platinum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
platinum in Hindi
- metal
- महातु mahātu, प्लैटिनम plaiṭinam
platinum in Tamil
- metal
- வெண்தங்கம் veṇtaṅkam, வெண்மம் veṇmam, விழுப்பொன் viḻuppoṉ
platinum in Marathi
- प्लॅटिनम, प्लेटिनम, प्लाटिनम
platinum in Urdu
- metal
- پلاٹینم plāṭīnam
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- platinum in Bengali
- প্লাটিনাম plaṭinam
- platinum in Telugu
- ప్లాటినము plāṭinamu
- platinum in Malayalam
- പ്ലാറ്റിനം plāṟṟinaṁ
- platinum in Kannada
- ಪ್ಲಾಟಿನಂ ಲೋಹ
- platinum in Punjabi
- ਪਲੈਟੀਨਮ, ਪਲੈਟੀਨਾਮ, ਪਲਟੀਨਮ
- platinum in Gujarati
- પ્લેટિનમ, પ્લેટીનમ, પ્લાટિનમ
- platinum in Odia
- ପ୍ଲାଟିନମ୍, ପ୍ଲାଟିନାମ, ପ୍ଲାଟିନମ
- platinum in Assamese
- প্লেটিনাম pletinam
- platinum in Nepali
- प्लेटिनम, प्ल्याटिनम, प्लाटिनम
- platinum in Pashto
- پلاټينيوم plāṭīnium
- platinum in Tagalog
- platino
- platinum in Arabic
- بَلَاتِين balātīn, بَلَاتِينُوم balātīnūm
- platinum in Malay
- platinum, platina, mas kodok
- platinum in Indonesian
- platina, emas putih, emas kodok
- platinum in Persian
- پلاتین pelâtin, طلای سفید talā-ye sefīd, اسپیدزر espīdzarr
- platinum in Thai
- ทองคำขาว tɔɔng-kam-kǎao, แพลทินัม plɛɛ-tí-nâm
- platinum in Vietnamese
- platin, bạch kim, màu bạch kim, màu xám trắng
- platinum in Myanmar
- ရွှေဖြူ hrwehpru, ပလာတီနမ် pa.latinam
Examples of platinum in a sentence
- Mike had to witness his dad achieve a platinum sombrero last night.
- With her shoulder-length platinum blonde hair, she was easy to spot from afar.
- Get your pink frilly frocks out, zhuzh up your platinum locks.
Synonyms of platinum
Forms of platinum
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | platinums |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | platinums |
| present participle | platinuming |
| past participle | platinumed |
| past | platinumed |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from platinum
- carboplatin
- cisplatin
- diplatinum
- eka-platinum
- ferronickelplatinum
- heptaplatinum
- iridio-platinum
- isoferroplatinum
- multiplatinum
- nonplatinum
- organoplatinum
- oxaliplatin
- Paraplatin
- platarsite
- platin-
- platinammonium chloride
- platinate
- platinian
- platinic
- platiniferous
- platiniridium
- platinise
- platinize
- platinite
- platino-
- platinocyanide
- platinode
- platinoid
- platinous
- platinum anniversary
- platinum arsenide
- platinum-black
- platinum black
- platinum blonde
- platinum-blue
- platinum coney
- platinum dichloride
- platinum disc
- platinum disk
- platinum duck
- platinum fox
- platinum-grey
- platinum group
- platinum hexafluoride
- platinum-iridium
- platinum jubilee
- platinum-lamp
- platinum lamp
- platinumlike
- platinum metal
- platinum mink
- platinum open access
- platinum rule
- platinum shower
- platinumsmith
- platinum sombrero
- platinum sponge
- platinum-steel
- platinum tetrachloride
- platinum-zinc
Phrases with platinum
- go platinum
- goes platinum
- gone platinum
- went platinum
- going platinum
- platinum blond
- platinum ducks
- platinum foxes
- platinum lamps
- platinum rules
- platinum blonds
- platinum blondes
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Questions about platinum
- What does platinum mean?
- Platinum means the chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
- What is platinum in Hindi?
- Platinum in Hindi is महातु (mahātu), प्लैटिनम (plaiṭinam). See Platinum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is platinum?
- Platinum can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce platinum?
- Platinum is pronounced /ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/.
- What is the plural of platinum?
- The plural of platinum is platinums.
Words near platinum in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: platinum (page history and authors); platinum (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ప్లాటినము (Telugu) (page history and authors); പ്ലാറ്റിനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); Platinum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); platinum (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platinum (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platinum (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platinum (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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