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noble gas

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the elements of group 18 of the periodic table, being monatomic, usually inert (with very limited exceptions), and gaseous at familiar temperatures.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aerogen, rare gas

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inert gas, gas

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noun

Meaning 2

any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inert gas, argonon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical element, element, gas

Narrower terms: argon, Ar, atomic number 18, helium, He, atomic number 2, krypton, Kr, atomic number 36, neon, Ne, atomic number 10, radon, Rn, atomic number 86, xenon, Xe, atomic number 54

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: edelgas — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Arabic: غَازٌ خَامِل (ḡāzun ḵāmil) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Armenian: ազնիվ գազ (azniv gaz) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Azerbaijani: nəcib qaz — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Catalan: gas noble — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Chinese Mandarin: 稀有氣體 /稀有气体 (xīyǒu qìtǐ) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Chinese Mandarin: 惰性氣體 /惰性气体 (duòxìng qìtǐ) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Czech: vzácný plyn — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Danish: ædelgas — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Dutch: edelgas — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Esperanto: nobla gaso — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Estonian: väärisgaas — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Finnish: jalokaasu — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • French: gaz noble — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • French: gaz rare — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Galician: gas nobre — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • German: Edelgas — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Greek: ευγενές αέριο (evgenés aério) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Hungarian: nemesgáz — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Icelandic: eðalgas — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Icelandic: eðalgastegund — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Icelandic: eðallofttegund — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Indonesian: gas mulia — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Italian: gas nobile — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Japanese: 貴ガス (ki-gasu) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Khmer: ឧស្ម័នកំរ (ʼusman kɑmrɑɑ) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Kyrgyz: асыл газ (asıl gaz) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Latvian: cēlgāze — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Macedonian: благороден гас (blagoroden gas) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Malay: gas adi — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Norwegian: edelgass — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Persian: گاز نجیب (gâz-e najib) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Polish: gaz szlachetny — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Portuguese: gás nobre — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Romanian: gaz nobil — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Russian: ине́ртный газ (inértnyj gaz) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Russian: благоро́дный газ (blagoródnyj gaz) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Serbo-Croatian: племенити плин — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Serbo-Croatian: plemeniti plin — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Slovak: vzácny plyn — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Spanish: gas noble — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Swedish: ädelgas — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Thai: แก๊สมีสกุล — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Thai: แก๊สมีตระกูล — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Thai: แก๊สเฉื่อย — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Thai: แก๊สหายาก — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Turkish: soygaz — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Ukrainian: благоро́дний газ (blahoródnyj haz) — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Vietnamese: khí hiếm — element of group 18 of the periodic table
  • Vietnamese: khí trơ — element of group 18 of the periodic table