berkelium

berkelium

See also: Berkelium and berkélium

English

Chemical element
Bk
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Etymology

After Berkeley, California, because of discovery at UC Berkeley, +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bûrkēl'ēəm, IPA^(key): /bɜːɹˈkiːliəm/; enPR: bûrk'lēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːɹkliəm/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -iːliəm

Noun

berkelium (uncountable)

1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• berkelium chloride
• berkelium dioxide
• berkelium fluoride
• berkelium oxychloride
• berkelium trioxide

Related terms

• berkelate
• Berkeley

Translations

transuranic chemical element

Afrikaans: berkelium (af) Albanian: berkelium Arabic: بِرْكِلْيُوم‎ m (birkilyum) Armenian: բերկլիում (hy) (berklium) Asturian: berkeliu m Basque: berkelioa Belarusian: бе́рклій m (bjérklij) Breton: berkeliom (br) Bulgarian: бе́рклий m (bérklij) Catalan: berkeli (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 锫 (zh) (péi) Cornish: berkelyum Czech: berkelium (cs) Danish: berkelium (da) Dutch: berkelium (nl) n Esperanto: berkelio (eo) Estonian: berkeelium (et) Faroese: berkelium Finnish: berkelium (fi) French: berkélium (fr) m Friulian: bercheli Galician: berkelio (gl) m Georgian: ბერკლიუმი (berḳliumi) German: Berkelium (de) n Greek: μπερκέλιο (el) n (berkélio) Hebrew: ברקליום‎ (he) (berkliyum) Hungarian: berkélium (hu) Icelandic: berkelín (is) Interlingua: berkelium Irish: beircéiliam Italian: berkelio (it) m Japanese: バークリウム (ja) (bākuriumu) Kashubian: bekerél Kazakh: беркелий (berkelii) Korean: 버클륨 (ko) (beokeullyum) Latin: berkelium (la) Latvian: berklijs Lithuanian: berklis (lt) Luxembourgish: Berkelium Macedonian: беркелиум m (berkelium) Malay: berkelium Maltese: berkeljum Manx: berkelium Mongolian: беркли (berkli) Norwegian: berkelium Persian: برکلیم‎ (berkelyom) Polish: berkel (pl) m Portuguese: berquélio (pt) m Romanian: berkeliu (ro) n Russian: берке́лий (ru) m (berkélij), бе́рклий (ru) m (bérklij) Scottish Gaelic: beircèiliam Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: беркелиj m, беркелиjум m Roman: berkelij (sh) m, berkelijum m Slovak: berkelium Spanish: berkelio (es) m Swedish: berkelium (sv) Tajik: берклий (berkliy) Tamil: பெர்கெலியம் (perkeliyam) Thai: เบอร์คีเลียม (bəə-kii-lîiam) Turkish: berkelyum (tr) Ukrainian: берке́лій m (berkélij) Uzbek: berkliy, берклий (berkliy) Vietnamese: beckeli Volapük: berkelin (vo) Welsh: berkeliwm West Frisian: berkelium

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Afrikaans

Chemical element
Bk
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Noun

berkelium (uncountable)

1. berkelium

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Danish

Noun

berkelium

1. berkelium

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Dutch

Chemical element
Bk
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Etymology

Borrowed from English berkelium, though the English did not influence the pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛrˈkeː.li.ʏm/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ber‧ke‧li‧um

Noun

berkelium n (uncountable)

1. berkelium [from 1950]
   • 1950 January 20, "Berkelium 97", Nieuwe Courant, Vol. 5, No. 16, page 1.

     Geleerden van de Universiteit van Berkeley hebben een nieuw element ontdekt, dat de naam ontving „berkelium 97”.^[sic] […] Professor Seaborg verklaarde evenwel, dat Berkelium niet gebruikt zou worden voor atoom-doeleinden in verband met „theoretische redenen”.

     Scientists from the University of Berkeley have discovered a new element, that received the name "berkelium-97". […] Professor Seaborg nonetheless explained that berkelium would not be used for nuclear end because of "theoretical reasons".

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English berkelium).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈberkelium/, [ˈbe̞rke̞ˌlium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): ber‧ke‧li‧um

Noun

berkelium

1. berkelium

Declension

Inflection of berkelium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		berkelium	—
genitive		berkeliumin	—
partitive		berkeliumia	—
illative		berkeliumiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		berkelium	—
accusative	nom.	berkelium	—
	gen.	berkeliumin
genitive		berkeliumin	—
partitive		berkeliumia	—
inessive		berkeliumissa	—
elative		berkeliumista	—
illative		berkeliumiin	—
adessive		berkeliumilla	—
ablative		berkeliumilta	—
allative		berkeliumille	—
essive		berkeliumina	—
translative		berkeliumiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		berkeliumitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of berkelium (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	berkeliumini	berkeliumimme
2nd person	berkeliumisi	berkeliuminne
3rd person	berkeliuminsa

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /berˈke.li.um/, [bɛrˈkɛlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /berˈke.li.um/, [berˈkɛːlium]

Noun

berkelium n (genitive berkeliī); second declension

1. berkelium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	berkelium	berkelia
Genitive	berkeliī	berkeliōrum
Dative	berkeliō	berkeliīs
Accusative	berkelium	berkelia
Ablative	berkeliō	berkeliīs
Vocative	berkelium	berkelia

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Malay

Chemical element
Bk
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Etymology

From English berkelium, from Berkeley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛ(r)keliom], [bɛ(r)keliəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

berkelium

1. berkelium (chemical element)