cobalto

See also: cobalto-

Galician

Noun

cobalto m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

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Italian

Chemical element
Co
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Etymology

From New Latin cōbaltum, derived from German Kobalt, derived from Kobolet, alteration of Kobold (“elf, goblin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈbal.to/, [koˈbäl̺t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -alto
• Hyphenation: co‧bàl‧to

Noun

cobalto m (plural cobalti)

1. (chemistry) cobalt
2. cobalt blue
   • 1909, Giovanni Pascoli, “L'altra faccia lunare [The Other Lunar Face]”, in Gli emigranti nella luna [The Migrants in the Moon]‎^[1], collected in Nuovi poemetti, 4th edition, Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, published 1918, lines 32–34, page 170:

     Videro tutti là, di soprassalto, ¶ quella fanciulla, con le braccia in croce, ¶ bianca sul liscio lago di cobalto.

     They all saw, suddenly, ¶ that lady, with arms crossed, ¶ white over the smooth cobalt lake.

Synonyms

• (cobalt blue): blu cobalto

Derived terms

• cobaltatura
• cobaltico
• cobaltina
• cobaltocalcite
• cobaltopirite
• cobaltoso
• cobaltoterapia

 

Adjective

cobalto (invariable)

1. (following a noun) cobalt-coloured, cobalt (attributive)

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Latin

Noun

cōbaltō

1. dative singular of cōbaltum
2. ablative singular of cōbaltum

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Portuguese

cobalto

Etymology

From German Kobalt, from Kobold (“goblin”), so called because of its toxicity.

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ˈbaw.to/
• (Brazil) Rhymes: -awtu
• (Portugal) Rhymes: -aɫtu

Noun

cobalto m (uncountable)

1. cobalt (element)

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Spanish

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

Etymology

From German Kobalt, from Kobold (“goblin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈbalto/, [koˈβ̞al̪.t̪o]

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Noun

cobalto m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

Derived terms

• azul de cobalto

See also

• cobalto on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “cobalto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.