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adj
Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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adj
Very expensive, or of very high quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable
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noun
The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A platinum-based drug: a platin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, ellipsis, sometimes
Topics: medicine, sciences
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verb
To attain all of the achievements in a game (originally on certain PlayStation consoles, now colloquially used regardless of platform).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-games, games
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noun
a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Pt, atomic number 78
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Broader terms: noble metal
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth2- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth2us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor. Vulgar Latin *plattusder. Spanish plata Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Spanish -ina Spanish platina English -um English 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 Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platina.
Across languages
135 source translations are retained for this English entry.
