cerium
See also: cérium
EnglishEdit
Chemical element | |
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Ce | |
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Alternative formsEdit
- cererium (a name proposed (but not accepted) to indicate "cerium" does not come from the Greek word for "wax")
EtymologyEdit
From Ceres (“a recently discovered asteroid”) + -ium.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
Derived terms
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
chemical element
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See alsoEdit
- allanite
- bastnasite
- CAN
- hydroxylbastnasite
- jeweler's rouge, jeweller's rouge
- monazite
- orthite
- rhabdophane
- synchysite
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
NounEdit
cerium
- cerium
DutchEdit
Chemical element | |
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Ce | |
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Next: praseodymium (Pr) |
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Swedish cerium, New Latin cerium or French cérium.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cerium n (uncountable)
- cerium [from 1830s or earlier]
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Internationalism (see English cerium).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cerium
DeclensionEdit
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 | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | ceriumitta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of cerium (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | ceriumini | ceriumimme |
2nd person | ceriumisi | ceriuminne |
3rd person | ceriuminsa |
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Ancient Greek κηρίον (kēríon).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.ri.um/, [ˈkeːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ri.um/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːrium]
NounEdit
cērium n (genitive cēriī or cērī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
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 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈke.ri.um/, [ˈkɛriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ri.um/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːrium]
NounEdit
cerium n (genitive ceriī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
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 |
ReferencesEdit
- “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
SwedishEdit
Chemical element | |
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Ce | |
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NounEdit
cerium n
DeclensionEdit
Declension of cerium | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | cerium | ceriumet | — | — |
Genitive | ceriums | ceriumets | — | — |