ζιρκόνιο

Greek

Etymology

Ultimately a reborrowing: in the chemical sense, from German Zirkon (“zircon mineral”) via French zircon, formed in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون‎ (zarqūn, “zircon, minium”). Itself زَرْقُون‎ (zarqūn) is from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭭‎ (zargōn), a borrowing from Ancient Greek Συρικόν (Surikón, “minium, red lead”, literally “Syrian [stone]”) perhaps transformed under the influence of Middle Persian *zarr (“gold”). Doublet of ζιργκόν (zirgkón).

Noun

ζιρκόνιο • (zirkónio) n (uncountable)

(chemistry, metallurgy) zirconium metal, element 40
(mineralogy) the mineral zircon (a zirconium nesosilicate)
Synonym: ζιρκονίτης (zirkonítis)

Declension

ζιρκόνιο

case \\ number	singular
nominative	ζιρκόνιο •
genitive	ζιρκονίου •
accusative	ζιρκόνιο •
vocative	ζιρκόνιο •

Coordinate terms

Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements

Derived terms

ζιρκονία f (zirkonía)
ζιρκονικός (zirkonikós, adjective)
ζιρκονίτης m (zirkonítis)