astato

See also: ástato

Esperanto

Chemical element (edit)
At Atomic number 85 astato
Classification data Period 6 Group 17 Block p-block Class halogen
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Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ἄστατος (ástatos, “unstable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈtato/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: as‧ta‧to

Noun

astato (uncountable, accusative astaton)

1. (chemistry) astatine

Further reading

• “astato”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “astato”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin hastātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈta.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: a‧stà‧to

Adjective

astato (feminine astata, masculine plural astati, feminine plural astate)

1. armed with a pole or a rod

Related terms

• asta

Etymology 2

Chemical element (edit)
At Atomic number 85 astato
Classification data Period 6 Group 17 Block p-block Class halogen
Previous: ← polonio (Po)
Next: radon (Rn) →

From Ancient Greek ἄστατος (ástatos, “unstable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.to/
• Rhymes: -astato
• Hyphenation: à‧sta‧to

Noun

astato m (plural astati)

1. (chemistry) astatine

Anagrams

• attosa, ostata, tosata

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [asˈtaː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [asˈtaː.to]

Verb

astātō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of astō

Portuguese

Chemical element (edit)
At Atomic number 85 astato
Classification data Period 6 Group 17 Block p-block Class halogen
Previous: ← polónio (Europe), polônio (Brazil) (Po)
Next: radão (Europe), rádon (Europe), radónio (Europe), radônio (Brazil) (Rn) →
Portuguese Wikipedia article on Astato

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄστατος (ástatos, “unstable”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈta.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈta.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʃˈta.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /asˈta.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃˈta.tu/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [as.ˈtaː.tu]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: as‧ta‧to

Noun

astato m (usually uncountable, plural astatos)

1. (chemistry) astatine (chemical element)

Further reading

• “astato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Chemical element (edit)
At Atomic number 85 astato
Classification data Period 6 Group 17 Block p-block Class halogen
Previous: ← polonio (Po)
Next: radón (Rn) →

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈtato/ [asˈt̪a.t̪o]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: as‧ta‧to

Noun

astato m (uncountable)

1. astatine

Further reading

• “astato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025