kobalt

See also: Kobalt

English

Noun

kobalt (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of cobalt.

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Co
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Next: nikkel (Ni)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

kobalt (uncountable)

1. cobalt

Cornish

Chemical element
Co
Previous: horn (Fe)
Next: nikel (Ni)

Etymology

Borrowed from English cobalt.

Noun

kobalt m

1. cobalt

Czech

Chemical element
Co
Previous: železo (Fe)
Next: nikl (Ni)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkobalt]
• Hyphenation: ko‧balt

Noun

kobalt m inan

1. cobalt

Declension

Declension of kobalt (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kobalt	kobalty
genitive	kobaltu	kobaltů
dative	kobaltu	kobaltům
accusative	kobalt	kobalty
vocative	kobalte	kobalty
locative	kobaltu	kobaltech
instrumental	kobaltem	kobalty

Further reading

• “kobalt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kobalt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kobalt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Noun

kobalt

1. Obsolete spelling of cobalt.
   • 1866, Tidsskrift for physik og chemi samt disse videnskabers anvendelse, page 12:

     ... hvorpaa alt Kobalt er bundfældet som et smukt rødviolet krystallinsk Bundfald, ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1857, Archiv for Pharmacie Og Technisk Chemie Med Deres Grundvidenskaber:

     Kobalt er et af de meest strækkelige og især seigeste Metaller, ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1826, Tidsskrift for naturvidenskaberne. ..., page 141:

     I det svovlsure Jern og den svovlsure Kobalt er Forholdet imellem Vandet og Basens Ilt som 6: 1, ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1866, Oversigt over det Kongelige danske videnskabernes selskab virksomhed:

     ... medens det paa den anden Side er nødvendigt for den paafølgende Adskillelse af Zink fra Nikkel og Kobalt, ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Dutch

Chemical element
Co
Previous: ijzer (Fe)
Next: nikkel (Ni)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt, from Kobold, originally an derogatory nickname for the 'inferior' ore which contaminated silver finds.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːˈbɑlt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ko‧balt
• Rhymes: -ɑlt

Noun

kobalt n (uncountable)

1. the metallic element and material cobalt
2. the die made from its oxyde
3. its bluish metallic color shade

Synonyms

• kobaltblauw

Derived terms

• glanskobalt
• kobaltblauw
• kobaltbloem
• kobaltbloesem
• kobaltbrons
• kobalten
• kobalterts
• kobaltgeel
• kobaltglas
• kobaltgroen
• kobaltmijn
• kobaltoker
• kobaltoxide
• kobaltrood
• kobaltspijs
• kobaltultramarijn
• kobaltviolet
• kobaltzout
• slakkenkobalt
• spijskobalt
• verkobalten

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kobalt

Hungarian

Chemical element
Co
Previous: vas (Fe)
Next: nikkel (Ni)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkobɒlt]
• Hyphenation: ko‧balt
• Rhymes: -ɒlt

Noun

kobalt (usually uncountable, plural kobaltok)

1. cobalt (a chemical element)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kobalt	kobaltok
accusative	kobaltot	kobaltokat
dative	kobaltnak	kobaltoknak
instrumental	kobalttal	kobaltokkal
causal-final	kobaltért	kobaltokért
translative	kobalttá	kobaltokká
terminative	kobaltig	kobaltokig
essive-formal	kobaltként	kobaltokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kobaltban	kobaltokban
superessive	kobalton	kobaltokon
adessive	kobaltnál	kobaltoknál
illative	kobaltba	kobaltokba
sublative	kobaltra	kobaltokra
allative	kobalthoz	kobaltokhoz
elative	kobaltból	kobaltokból
delative	kobaltról	kobaltokról
ablative	kobalttól	kobaltoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kobalté	kobaltoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kobaltéi	kobaltokéi

Possessive forms of kobalt
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kobaltom	kobaltjaim
2nd person sing.	kobaltod	kobaltjaid
3rd person sing.	kobaltja	kobaltjai
1st person plural	kobaltunk	kobaltjaink
2nd person plural	kobaltotok	kobaltjaitok
3rd person plural	kobaltjuk	kobaltjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

• kobaltkék

 

Further reading

• kobalt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoː˦bɑ˧lc]

Noun

kobalt

1. (uncountable) The metallic element and material cobalt
2. A part of cobalt

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Malay

Chemical element
Co
Previous: besi (Fe)
Next: nikel (Ni)

Etymology

From English cobalt, from German Kobold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kobalt]
• Rhymes: -alt

Noun

kobalt

1. cobalt (chemical element)

Maltese

Chemical element
Co
Previous: ħadid (Fe)
Next: nikil (Ni)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cobalto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈbalt/

Noun

kobalt m

1. (chemistry) cobalt (chemical element)

Polish

Chemical element
Co
Previous: żelazo (Fe)
Next: nikiel (Ni)

kobalt

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.balt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔbalt
• Syllabification: ko‧balt

Noun

kobalt m inan (related adjective kobaltowy)

1. cobalt (chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal)
2. cobalt, cobalt blue (of the color of the pigment zaffre)

   kobalt:  

Declension

Declension of kobalt

	singular
nominative	kobalt
genitive	kobaltu
dative	kobaltowi
accusative	kobalt
instrumental	kobaltem
locative	kobalcie
vocative	kobalcie

Derived terms

adjectives

• kobaltawy
• kobaltowoniebieski

 

nouns

• kobaltoterapia
• kobaltowiec

 

verbs

• kobaltować impf

 

Related terms

nouns

• kobaltron
• kobaltyn

 

Further reading

• kobalt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kobalt in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kobalt in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kobalt m (Cyrillic spelling кобалт)

1. cobalt

Slovak

Chemical element
Co
Previous: železo (Fe)
Next: nikel (Ni)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt. First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbaɫt/

Noun

kobalt m inan (genitive singular kobaltu, declension pattern of dub)

1. cobalt

Declension

Declension of kobalt

	singulare tantum
nominative	kobalt
genitive	kobaltu
dative	kobaltu
accusative	kobalt
locative	kobalte
instrumental	kobaltom

Further reading

• “kobalt”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

Chemical element
Co
Previous: želézo (Fe)
Next: níkelj (Ni)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kóːbalt/

Noun

kọ̑balt m inan

1. cobalt

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	kóbalt
genitive	kóbalta
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kóbalt
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kóbalta
dative (dajȃlnik)	kóbaltu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kóbalt
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kóbaltu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kóbaltom

Further reading

• “kobalt”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Turkish

Chemical element
Co
Previous: demir (Fe)
Next: nikel (Ni)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوبالت (kobalt), from French cobalt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kobáɫt]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ko‧balt

Noun

kobalt (definite accusative kobaltı, uncountable)

1. cobalt (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kobalt
Definite accusative	kobaltı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kobalt	kobaltlar
Definite accusative	kobaltı	kobaltları
Dative	kobalta	kobaltlara
Locative	kobaltta	kobaltlarda
Ablative	kobalttan	kobaltlardan
Genitive	kobaltın	kobaltların