magnesia
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English magnesia, from Late Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía), a name of several cities (in Thessaly, Lydia, and Asia Minor). Doublet of Magnesia, magnesium, and manganese, and related to magnet.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmæɡˈniʒə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧sia
- Rhymes: -iːʒə
Noun edit
magnesia (countable and uncountable, plural magnesias)
- (mineralogy) magnesium oxide
- 1875, Journal of the Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, volumes 7-8, page 133:
- The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
Further reading edit
- Magnesium oxide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin magnesia.
Noun edit
magnesia f (plural magnesie)
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maɡˈneː.si.a/, [mäŋˈneːs̠iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maɲˈɲe.si.a/, [mäɲˈɲɛːs̬iä]
Noun edit
magnēsia
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía).
Noun edit
magnesia m (definite singular magnesiaen, uncountable)
- (chemistry) magnesia
- Synonyms: magnesiumkarbonat, magnesiumoksid
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “magnesia” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “magnesia” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía).
Noun edit
magnesia m (definite singular magnesiaen, uncountable)
- (chemistry) magnesia
- Synonyms: magnesiumkarbonat, magnesiumoksid
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “magnesia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαγνησία (λίθος) (Magnēsía (líthos), “(stone of) Magnesia”), name of several minerals from the region in Asia Minor.
Noun edit
magnesia f (plural magnesias)
Further reading edit
- “magnesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014