name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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krĭp'tŏn
/ˈkɹɪptɒn/
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CMU ARPABET:K R IH1 P T AA0 N
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1
name
Meaning 1
A fictional planet, the native world of Superman, named after the element krypton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: DC Comics fictional milieu
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An atom of this element.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Kr, atomic number 36
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element, noble gas, inert gas, argonon
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + -on, used for all noble gases.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
kripton
— a chemical element
Albanian:
kripton
— a chemical element
Arabic:
كِرِبْتُون
(kiribtūn)
— a chemical element
Arabic:
كِرِيبْتُون
(kirībtūn)
— a chemical element
Armenian:
կրիպտոն
(kripton)
— a chemical element
Asturian:
criptón
— a chemical element
Basque:
kriptona
— a chemical element
Belarusian:
крыпто́н
(kryptón)
— a chemical element
Breton:
kripton
— a chemical element
Bulgarian:
крипто́н
(kriptón)
— a chemical element
Catalan:
criptó
— a chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
氪
(kè)
— a chemical element
Cornish:
krypton
— a chemical element
Czech:
krypton
— a chemical element
Danish:
krypton
— a chemical element
Dutch:
krypton
— a chemical element
Esperanto:
kriptono
— a chemical element
Estonian:
krüptoon
— a chemical element
Faroese:
krypton
— a chemical element
Finnish:
krypton
— a chemical element
French:
krypton
— a chemical element
West-Frisian:
krypton
— a chemical element
Friulian:
criton
— a chemical element
Galician:
cripton
— a chemical element
Georgian:
კრიპტონი
(ḳriṗṭoni)
— a chemical element
German:
Krypton
— a chemical element
Greek:
κρυπτό
(kryptó)
— a chemical element
Hebrew:
קריפטון
(kriptón)
— a chemical element
Hindi:
लीनाति
(līnāti)
— a chemical element
Hungarian:
kripton
— a chemical element
Icelandic:
krypton
— a chemical element
Interlingua:
krypton
— a chemical element
Irish:
crioptón
— a chemical element
Italian:
cripto
— a chemical element
Italian:
kripto
— a chemical element
Italian:
krypto
— a chemical element
Japanese:
クリプトン
(kuriputon)
— a chemical element
Kashubian:
kriptón
— a chemical element
Kazakh:
криптон
(kripton)
— a chemical element
Khmer:
គ្រីបតុង
(kriiptong)
— a chemical element
Korean:
크립톤
(keuripton)
— a chemical element
Latin:
krypton
— a chemical element
Latvian:
kriptons
— a chemical element
Lithuanian:
kriptonas
— a chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Krypton
— a chemical element
Macedonian:
крипто́н
(kriptón)
— a chemical element
Malay:
kripton
— a chemical element
Maltese:
kriptu
— a chemical element
Manx:
krypton
— a chemical element
Mongolian:
криптон
(kripton)
— a chemical element
Norwegian:
krypton
— a chemical element
Occitan:
cripton
— a chemical element
Polish:
krypton
— a chemical element
Portuguese:
crípton
— a chemical element
Portuguese:
criptônio
— a chemical element
Romanian:
kripton
— a chemical element
Russian:
крипто́н
(kriptón)
— a chemical element
Sanskrit:
लीनाति
(līnāti)
— a chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
criopton
— a chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
криптон
— a chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
kripton
— a chemical element
Slovak:
kryptón
— a chemical element
Slovene:
kripton
— a chemical element
Spanish:
criptón
— a chemical element
Swedish:
krypton
— a chemical element
Tagalog:
kripton
— a chemical element
Tajik:
kripton
— a chemical element
Tamil:
மறைவியம்
(maṟaiviyam)
— a chemical element
Telugu:
క్రిప్టాన్
(kripṭān)
— a chemical element
Thai:
คริปทอน
(kríp-tɔ̂n)
— a chemical element
Turkish:
kripton
— a chemical element
Ukrainian:
крипто́н
(kryptón)
— a chemical element
