tellurium
See also: Tellurium
English
Chemical element | |
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Te | |
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Pronunciation
- enPR: tĭlyo͝or'ēəm, IPA(key): /tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Etymology 1
Latin tellūs (“earth”) + -ium
Noun
tellurium (countable and uncountable, plural telluriums)
- (uncountable) The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Synonyms
- sylvanium (obsolete)
Hypernyms
- chalcogen
Derived terms
Derived terms
- bismuthic tellurium
- bismuth-tellurium
- black tellurium
- foliated tellurium
- graphic tellurium
- tellur-, telluri-
- tellurane
- tellurate
- telluret
- tellureted, telluretted
- telluric
- telluride
- tellurious
- tellurise, tellurize
- tellurite
- tellurium-128
- tellurium-130
- tellurium bromide
- tellurium chloride
- tellurium dioxide
- tellurium glance
- tellurium hydride
- tellurium nitrate
- tellurium oxalate
- tellurium salt
- tellurium sulfate, tellurium sulphate
- tellurium sulfide, tellurium sulphide
- tellurium tetrachloride
- tellurium trioxide
- tellurous
- tellururet
- tetratellurium
- white tellurium
- yellow tellurium
Related terms
Related terms
- tellane
- tellural
- tellurian
- telluric (of the earth)
- tellurion
- tellurism
- tellurometer
- Tellus
Translations
chemical element
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See also
- calaverite
- nagyagite
- sylvanite
Etymology 2
Latin tellus (“earth”).
Noun
tellurium
- A variant spelling of tellurion.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Tellurium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “tellurium”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Danish
Noun
tellurium
- tellurium
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
tellurium n (uncountable)
- tellurium
Synonyms
- telluur
Latin
Chemical element | |
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Te | |
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /telˈluː.ri.um/, [t̪ɛlˈlʲuːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /telˈlu.ri.um/, [t̪elˈluːrium]
Noun
tellūrium n (genitive tellūriī); second declension
- (New Latin) tellurium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tellūrium | tellūria |
Genitive | tellūriī | tellūriōrum |
Dative | tellūriō | tellūriīs |
Accusative | tellūrium | tellūria |
Ablative | tellūriō | tellūriīs |
Vocative | tellūrium | tellūria |
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
tellurium n (definite singular telluriet, indefinite plural tellurier, definite plural telluria or telluriene)
- tellurion
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
tellurium n (definite singular telluriet, indefinite plural tellurium, definite plural telluria)
- tellurion
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin tellūrium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛlˈlu.rjum/
- Rhymes: -urjum
- Syllabification: tel‧lu‧rium
Noun
tellurium n
- (astronomy, historical) orrery, tellurion
Declension
Declension of tellurium
singular | plural | |
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nominative | tellurium | telluria |
genitive | tellurium | telluriów |
dative | tellurium | telluriom |
accusative | tellurium | telluria |
instrumental | tellurium | telluriami |
locative | tellurium | telluriach |
vocative | tellurium | telluria |
Further reading
- tellurium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tellurium in Polish dictionaries at PWN