anion

See also: Anion, anión, aníon, and ânion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνιόν (anión, “(thing) going up”), neuter past participle of ἄνειμι (áneimi, “go up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + εἶμι (eîmi, “go”). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year. By surface analysis, ana- +‎ ion.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ăn'-ī-ŏn IPA^(key): /ˈænˌaɪ.ən/, /ˈænˌaɪ.ɑn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈænˌaɪ.ɒn/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

anion (plural anions)

1. A negatively charged ion.

Derived terms

• anex
• anion gap
• anionic
• anionization
• anionize
• anionoid
• carbanion
• counteranion
• dianion
• fluoroanion
• high anion gap metabolic acidosis
• interanion
• monoanion
• oxoanion
• oxyanion
• polyanion
• radical anion
• superanion
• tetraanion
• thioanion
• trianion

 

Related terms

• cation

Translations

negatively charged ion

• Armenian: անիոն (hy) (anion)
• Belarusian: аніён m (anijón)
• Bengali: ঋণাত্মক আয়ন (rinattok aẏon)
• Bulgarian: анио́н m (anión)
• Catalan: anió (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陰離子／阴离子 (zh) (yīnlízǐ)

• Czech: aniont m
• Dutch: anion (nl) n
• Esperanto: anjono
• Finnish: anioni (fi)
• French: anion (fr) m
• Galician: anión m
• German: Anion (de) n
• Greek: ανιόν (el) n (anión)
• Hungarian: anion (hu)
• Ido: aniono (io)
• Irish: ainian m
• Italian: anione (it) m
• Japanese: 陰イオン (ja) (in-ion), アニオン (ja) (anion)
• Kabuverdianu:

  ALUPEC: anioni

  São Vicente: anione

• Khmer: អាញ៉ុង (ʼaañong)
• Korean: 음이온 (eumion)
• Manx: aneean m
• Occitan: anion m
• Polish: anion (pl) m
• Portuguese: ânion (pt) m (Brazil), anião (pt) m (Portugal), aníon (pt) m, anionte m
• Russian: анио́н (ru) m (anión)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} анјон m, ^{(please verify)} а̏нио̄н m

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} anjon m, ^{(please verify)} ȁniōn (sh) m

• Slovene: anion (sl) m
• Spanish: anión (es) m
• Swedish: anjon (sv) c
• Tagalog: tahapik
• Turkish: anyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: аніо́н (uk) m (anión)

Further reading

• Ion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• NAION

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• ani-on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈniʔon/ [ʔaˈn̪i.ʔon̪]
• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧on

Adverb

aníon (Basahan spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜂᜈ᜔)

1. (formal, location) over here (both near the speaker and the listener)

See also

• itoon
• niyaon
• yaon

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.njɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

anion m (plural anions)

1. anion

Further reading

• “anion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Anion, from Ancient Greek ἀνιόν (anión, “(thing) going up”), neuter past participle of ἄνειμι (áneimi, “go up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + εἶμι (eîmi, “go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒnijon]
• Hyphenation: an‧ion
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

anion (plural anionok)

1. (chemistry) anion (a negatively charged ion)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	anion	anionok
accusative	aniont	anionokat
dative	anionnak	anionoknak
instrumental	anionnal	anionokkal
causal-final	anionért	anionokért
translative	anionná	anionokká
terminative	anionig	anionokig
essive-formal	anionként	anionokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	anionban	anionokban
superessive	anionon	anionokon
adessive	anionnál	anionoknál
illative	anionba	anionokba
sublative	anionra	anionokra
allative	anionhoz	anionokhoz
elative	anionból	anionokból
delative	anionról	anionokról
ablative	aniontól	anionoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	anioné	anionoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	anionéi	anionokéi

Possessive forms of anion
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	anionom	anionjaim
2nd person sing.	anionod	anionjaid
3rd person sing.	anionja	anionjai
1st person plural	anionunk	anionjaink
2nd person plural	anionotok	anionjaitok
3rd person plural	anionjuk	anionjaik

Derived terms

• anionos

 

Further reading

• anion in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English anion, from Ancient Greek ἀνιόν (anión).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɲ.jɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɲjɔn
• Syllabification: an‧ion

Noun

anion m inan

1. anion

   Antonym: kation

Declension

Declension of anion

	singular	plural
nominative	anion	aniony
genitive	anionu	anionów
dative	anionowi	anionom
accusative	anion	aniony
instrumental	anionem	anionami
locative	anionie	anionach
vocative	anionie	aniony

Derived terms

adjective

• anionowy

 

Related terms

noun

• anionit

 

Further reading

• anion in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• anion in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anion.

Noun

anion m (plural anioni)

1. anion

Declension

Declension of anion

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) anion	anionul	(niște) anioni	anionii
genitive/dative	(unui) anion	anionului	(unor) anioni	anionilor
vocative	anionule		anionilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ȁniōn m (Cyrillic spelling а̏нио̄н)

1. anion