cerium
See also: cérium
English edit
Chemical element | |
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Ce | |
Previous: lanthanum (La) | |
Next: praseodymium (Pr) |
Alternative forms edit
- cererium (a name proposed (but not accepted) to indicate "cerium" does not come from the Greek word for "wax")
Etymology edit
From Ceres (“a recently discovered asteroid”) + -ium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cerium (usually uncountable, plural ceriums)
- A chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58, a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Related terms edit
Translations edit
chemical element
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See also edit
- allanite
- bastnasite
- CAN
- hydroxylbastnasite
- jeweler's rouge, jeweller's rouge
- monazite
- orthite
- rhabdophane
- synchysite
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
cerium
- cerium
Dutch edit
Chemical element | |
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Ce | |
Previous: lanthaan (La) | |
Next: praseodymium (Pr) |
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish cerium, New Latin cerium or French cérium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cerium n (uncountable)
- cerium [from 1830s or earlier]
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English cerium).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cerium
Declension edit
Inflection of cerium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | cerium | — | ||
genitive | ceriumin | — | ||
partitive | ceriumia | — | ||
illative | ceriumiin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | cerium | — | ||
accusative | nom. | cerium | — | |
gen. | ceriumin | |||
genitive | ceriumin | — | ||
partitive | ceriumia | — | ||
inessive | ceriumissa | — | ||
elative | ceriumista | — | ||
illative | ceriumiin | — | ||
adessive | ceriumilla | — | ||
ablative | ceriumilta | — | ||
allative | ceriumille | — | ||
essive | ceriumina | — | ||
translative | ceriumiksi | — | ||
abessive | ceriumitta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek κηρίον (kēríon).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.ri.um/, [ˈkeːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ri.um/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːrium]
Noun edit
cērium n (genitive cēriī or cērī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cērium | cēria |
Genitive | cēriī cērī1 |
cēriōrum |
Dative | cēriō | cēriīs |
Accusative | cērium | cēria |
Ablative | cēriō | cēriīs |
Vocative | cērium | cēria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈke.ri.um/, [ˈkɛriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ri.um/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːrium]
Noun edit
cerium n (genitive ceriī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cerium | ceria |
Genitive | ceriī | ceriōrum |
Dative | ceriō | ceriīs |
Accusative | cerium | ceria |
Ablative | ceriō | ceriīs |
Vocative | cerium | ceria |
References edit
- “cerium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cerium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Swedish edit
Chemical element | |
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Ce | |
Previous: lantan (La) | |
Next: praseodym (Pr) |
Noun edit
cerium n
Declension edit
Declension of cerium | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | cerium | ceriumet | — | — |
Genitive | ceriums | ceriumets | — | — |