noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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US:är'gŏn
US:/ˈɑːɹɡɒn/
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CMU ARPABET:AA1 R G AA2 N
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An atom of this element.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ar, atomic number 18
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element, noble gas, inert gas, argonon
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ργός (ārgós) Proto-Indo-European *kerh3-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbonbf. English -on English argon From Ancient Greek ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”), because of its inertness, + -on, used for all noble gases.
Across languages
Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
argon
— a chemical element
Albanian:
argon
— a chemical element
Arabic:
أَرْجُون m or أُرْجُون
(ʔarjūn)
— a chemical element
Arabic:
أَرْغُون
(ʔarḡūn)
— a chemical element
Arabic:
آرْغُون
(ʔārḡūn)
— a chemical element
Armenian:
արգոն
(argon)
— a chemical element
Asturian:
argón
— a chemical element
Basque:
argon
— a chemical element
Belarusian:
арго́н
(arhón)
— a chemical element
Breton:
argon
— a chemical element
Bulgarian:
арго́н
(argón)
— a chemical element
Catalan:
argó
— a chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
氬 /氩
(yà)
— a chemical element
Cornish:
argon
— a chemical element
Czech:
argon
— a chemical element
Danish:
argon
— a chemical element
Dutch:
argon
— a chemical element
Esperanto:
argono
— a chemical element
Estonian:
argoon
— a chemical element
Faroese:
argon
— a chemical element
Finnish:
argon
— a chemical element
French:
argon
— a chemical element
West-Frisian:
argon
— a chemical element
Friulian:
argon
— a chemical element
Galician:
argon
— a chemical element
Georgian:
არგონი
(argoni)
— a chemical element
German:
Argon
— a chemical element
Greek:
αργό
(argó)
— a chemical element
Hebrew:
ארגון
(argón)
— a chemical element
Hungarian:
argon
— a chemical element
Icelandic:
argon
— a chemical element
Interlingua:
argon
— a chemical element
Irish:
argón
— a chemical element
Italian:
argon
— a chemical element
Italian:
argo
— a chemical element
Japanese:
アルゴン
(arugon)
— a chemical element
Kashubian:
argón
— a chemical element
Kazakh:
аргон
(argon)
— a chemical element
Khmer:
អាកុង
(aakong)
— a chemical element
Korean:
아르곤
(areugon)
— a chemical element
Northern Kurdish:
argon
— a chemical element
Latvian:
argons
— a chemical element
Lingala:
alago class 9a/10a
— a chemical element
Lithuanian:
argonas
— a chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Argon
— a chemical element
Macedonian:
аргон
(argon)
— a chemical element
Malay:
argon
— a chemical element
Malayalam:
ആർഗോൺ
(āṟgōṇ)
— a chemical element
Maltese:
argon
— a chemical element
Manx:
argon
— a chemical element
Māori:
hauhauhā
— a chemical element
Mongolian:
аргон
(argon)
— a chemical element
Navajo:
níłchʼi dootłʼizhí
— a chemical element
Norwegian:
argon
— a chemical element
Occitan:
argon
— a chemical element
Persian:
آرگون
(ârgon)
— a chemical element
Polish:
argon
— a chemical element
Portuguese:
árgon
— a chemical element
Brazilian Portuguese:
argônio
— a chemical element
