florentium
See also: Florentium
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian florentium, florenzio, from Latin Florentia (“Florence”) + -ium (“metallic element”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: flərĕnʹshĭəm, IPA(key): /fləˈɹɛnʃɪəm/,[1]
NounEdit
florentium (uncountable)
- (chemistry, disused nomenclature)[1] Promethium.[1]
Usage notesEdit
- The corresponding element symbol of florentium was at first Fr, and changed to Fl with the discovery of francium in 1939.
TranslationsEdit
chemical element
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ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “florentium” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
LatinEdit
ParticipleEdit
flōrentium