cobalt

See also Cobalt

English

Etymology

From German Kobold (“goblin”), from Middle High German kobe (“shed, hut”) + *holt (“goblin”), from hold (“friendly, gracious”), euphemistic term for mischievous beings.

Chemical element
Co	Previous: iron (Fe)
	Next: nickel (Ni)

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkəʊ.bɒlt/, X-SAMPA: /"k@U.bQlt/

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Noun

cobalt (uncountable)

1. A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27.
2. Cobalt blue.

Derived terms

terms derived from cobalt

cobalamin cobaltamine cobaltammine cobalt-bicarbonate method cobalt-bloom cobalt blue cobalt bomb cobalt-bronze cobalt chloride cobalt dichloride

cobalt difluoride cobalt fluoride cobalt-glance cobalt green cobalti- cobaltic cobaltiferous cobaltine cobaltite

cobalto- cobaltous cobalt oxide cobalt-pyrites cobalt red cobalt-sixty cobalt-speiss cobalt ultramarine cobalt violet

cobalt-vitriol cobalt yellow earthy cobalt gray cobalt grey cobalt radiocobalt red cobalt samarium-cobalt magnet silver-white cobalt tin-white cobalt

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: kobalt (af)
• Albanian: kobalt (sq)
• Arabic: كوبلت (ar) (kūbalt)
• Armenian: կոբալտ (hy) (kobalt)
• Asturian: cobaltu (ast) m
• Basque: kobaltoa (eu)
• Belarusian: кобальт (be) (kóbalʹt) m
• Breton: kobalt (br) m
• Bulgarian: кобалт (bg) (kobált) m
• Catalan: cobalt (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鈷 (cmn), 钴 (cmn) (gǔ)

• Cornish: cobolt (kw)
• Czech: kobalt (cs) m
• Danish: kobolt (da)
• Dutch: kobalt (nl) n
• Esperanto: kobalto (eo)
• Estonian: koobalt (et)
• Faroese: kobolt (fo)
• Finnish: koboltti (fi)
• French: cobalt (fr) m
• Friulian: cobalt
• Galician: cobalto (gl) m
• Georgian: კობალტი (ka) (kobalti)
• German: Kobalt (de) n
• Greek: κοβάλτιο (el) (kováltio) n
• Hebrew: קובלט (he) (qóbalt)
• Hindi: केत्वातु (hi) (ketvaatu)
• Hungarian: kobalt (hu)
• Icelandic: kóbalt (is)
• Interlingua: cobalt (ia)
• Irish: cóbalt (ga)
• Italian: cobalto (it) m
• Japanese: コバルト (ja) (kobaruto)
• Kashubian: kabalt (csb)

• Kazakh: кобальт (kk) (kobalʹt)
• Korean: 코발트 (ko) (kobalteu)
• Latvian: kobalts (lv) m
• Lithuanian: kobaltas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Kobalt (lb)
• Macedonian: кобалт (mk) (kobalt) m
• Malay: kobalt (ms)
• Maltese: kobalt (mt)
• Manx: cobalt (gv)
• Mongolian: кобальт (mn) (kobal’t) m
• Navajo: béésh łibáhí
• Norwegian: kobolt (no)
• Persian: کبالت (fa) (kobâlt)
• Polish: kobalt (pl) m
• Portuguese: cobalto (pt) m
• Romanian: cobalt (ro) n
• Russian: кобальт (ru) (kóbalʹt) m
• Scottish Gaelic: còbalt (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кобалт (sh) m

  Roman: kobalt (sh) m

• Slovak: kobalt (sk)
• Slovene: kobalt (sl)
• Spanish: cobalto (es) m
• Swedish: kobolt (sv) c (rarely n)
• Tajik: kobal't (tg) (kobal't)
• Tamil: மென்வெள்ளி (ta) (men-veLLi)
• Thai: โคบอลต์ (th) (khōbon)
• Turkish: kobalt (tr)
• Ukrainian: кобальт (uk) (kóbalʹt) m
• Uzbek: кобальт (uz) (kobal’t)
• Vietnamese: coban (vi)
• Volapük: kobaltin (vo)
• Welsh: cobalt (cy)
• West Frisian: kobalt (fy)

See also

• asbolan, asbolite
• erythrite
• glaucodot
• skutterudite
• smaltine

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Catalan

Chemical element
Co	Previous: ferro (Fe)
	Next: níquel (Ni)

Noun

cobalt m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

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French

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ.balt/

Noun

cobalt m (plural cobalts)

1. cobalt