magnesia

magnesia

See also: Magnesia and magnésia

English

Etymology

From Middle English magnesia, from Late Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía), a name of several cities (in Thessaly, Lydia, and Asia Minor). Doublet of Magnesia, magnesium, and manganese, and related to magnet.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmæɡˈniʒə/
• Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧sia
• Rhymes: -iːʒə

Noun

magnesia (countable and uncountable, plural magnesias)

1. (mineralogy) magnesium oxide
   • 1875, Journal of the Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (volumes 7–8, page 133)

     The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.

Derived terms

• calcined magnesia
• magnesian
• magnesioferrite
• magnesite
• magnesium
• milk of magnesia

 

Related terms

• magnesiferous
• magnet

Translations

magnesium oxide

Finnish: magnesia Greek: μαγνησία (el) f (magnisía) Ancient: μαγνησία f (magnēsía) Ido: magnezio (io) Italian: magnesia (it) f Japanese: 苦土 (くど, kudo) Norwegian: Bokmål: magnesia m Nynorsk: magnesia m Persian: مغنیسیا‎ (maɣnēsiyā) (classic), مغنسیا‎ (maɣnesiyā)

Further reading

• Magnesium oxide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mesangia, ænigmas

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin magnesia.

Noun

magnesia f (plural magnesie)

1. (mineralogy) magnesia

Derived terms

• latte di magnesia

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maɡˈneː.si.a/, [mäŋˈneːs̠iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maɲˈɲe.si.a/, [mäɲˈɲɛːs̬iä]

Noun

magnēsia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of magnēsium

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía).

Noun

magnesia m (definite singular magnesiaen, uncountable)

1. (chemistry) magnesia

   Synonyms: magnesiumkarbonat, magnesiumoksid

Derived terms

• magnesium

References

• “magnesia” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “magnesia” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía).

Noun

magnesia m (definite singular magnesiaen, uncountable)

1. (chemistry) magnesia

   Synonyms: magnesiumkarbonat, magnesiumoksid

Derived terms

• magnesium

References

• “magnesia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαγνησία (λίθος) (Magnēsía (líthos), “(stone of) Magnesia”), name of several minerals from the region in Asia Minor.

Noun

magnesia f (plural magnesias)

1. (mineralogy) magnesia

Further reading

• “magnesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014