See also: Selenium and sélénium

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Chemical element
Se
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From French sélénium, the name coined by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1818 from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, moon) in reference to original confusion with the similar element tellurium.[1]

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selenium (usually uncountable, plural seleniums)

  1. A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.
    Hypernym: chalcogen
    • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 4:
      Pluck almost any cell from your body and it will have a million or more selenium atoms in it.
  2. A single atom of this element.

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References

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Selenium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • selenium”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

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Afrikaans

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Chemical element
Se
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selenium (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of seleen (selenium)

Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛlɛːnɪjum]
  • Hyphenation: se‧le‧nium

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selenium n

  1. Alternative form of selen

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Further reading

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  • selenium”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • selenium”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin selēnium, a word coined by Swedish chemist Berzelius in 1818, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, moon).[1]

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  • IPA(key): /səˈleː.ni.ʏm/, /seːˈleː.ni.ʏm/
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  • Hyphenation: se‧le‧ni‧um

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selenium n (uncountable)

  1. selenium [from 1818]
    Synonym: seleen

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  1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

Latin

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Chemical element
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From Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, moon) + -ium.

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selēnium n (genitive selēniī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) selenium

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative selēnium selēnia
Genitive selēniī selēniōrum
Dative selēniō selēniīs
Accusative selēnium selēnia
Ablative selēniō selēniīs
Vocative selēnium selēnia

Malay

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Chemical element
Se
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From English selenium, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē).

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selenium

  1. selenium (chemical element)

Romanian

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selenium n (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of seleniu

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