tantal

See also: Tantal, Tàntal, tàntal, and tantál

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtantal]

Noun

tantal m inan

1. tantalum (metallic chemical element)

Declension

Declension of tantal (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	tantal	tantaly
genitive	tantalu	tantalů
dative	tantalu	tantalům
accusative	tantal	tantaly
vocative	tantale	tantaly
locative	tantalu	tantalech
instrumental	tantalem	tantaly

Danish

Alternative forms

• tantalum (now rare)

Noun

tantal

1. tantalum

Icelandic

Chemical element
Ta
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Noun

tantal n (genitive singular tantals, no plural)

1. tantalum (metallic chemical element with atomic number 73)

Declension

Declension of tantal (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tantal	tantalið
accusative	tantal	tantalið
dative	tantali	tantalinu
genitive	tantals	tantalsins

Polish

Chemical element
Ta
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin tantalum, from Latin Tantalus, from Ancient Greek Τάνταλος (Tántalos). Doublet of Tantal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.tal/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -antal
• Syllabification: tan‧tal
• Homophone: Tantal

Noun

tantal m inan

1. tantalum (chemical element, Ta, atomic number 73)

Declension

Declension of tantal

	singular
nominative	tantal
genitive	tantalu
dative	tantalowi
accusative	tantal
instrumental	tantalem
locative	tantalu
vocative	tantalu

Further reading

• tantal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

tantal

Etymology

Borrowed from French tantale.

Noun

tantal n (uncountable)

1. tantalum (a metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 73.)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tantal	tantalul
genitive-dative	tantal	tantalului
vocative	tantalule

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tantal m (Cyrillic spelling тантал)

1. tantalum

Slovak

Chemical element
Ta
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtantaɫ/

Noun

tantal m inan (related adjective tantalový)

1. tantalum (element)

Declension

Declension of tantal (pattern dub)

	singular
nominative	tantal
genitive	tantalu
dative	tantalu
accusative	tantal
locative	tantale
instrumental	tantalom

Further reading

• “tantal”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

Chemical element
Ta
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /táːntal/

Noun

tȃntal m inan

1. tantalum

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	tántal
genitive	tántala
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	tántal
genitive (rodȋlnik)	tántala
dative (dajȃlnik)	tántalu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	tántal
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	tántalu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	tántalom

Further reading

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

Swedish

Chemical element
Ta
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Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

tantal c or n

1. tantalum (metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 73)

Declension

Declension of tantal

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tantal	tantals
	definite	tantalen	tantalens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of tantal

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tantal	tantals
	definite	tantalet	tantalets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• tantal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tantal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tantal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Turkish

Etymology

From French tantale.

Noun

tantal (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. (chemistry) tantalum