vanadium
English edit
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Etymology edit
Vanadis, a name of the goddess Freyja, + -ium.
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Noun edit
vanadium (countable and uncountable, plural vanadiums)
- A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Synonyms edit
- panchromium (name proposed by the mineralogist Andrés Manuel del Río)
- rionium (name proposed by the geologist George William Featherstonhaugh)
Derived terms edit
- ferrovanadium
- vanadate
- vanadian
- vanadiate
- vanadic
- vanadinite
- vanadious
- vanadite
- vanadium-50
- vanadium-51
- vanadium-associated protein
- vanadium bromoperoxidase
- vanadium bronze
- vanadium carbide
- vanadium carbonyl
- vanadium chloride
- vanadium chromagen
- vanadium dichloride
- vanadium dioxide
- vanadium group
- vanadium oxide
- vanadium oxytrichloride
- vanadium pentachloride
- vanadium pentoxide
- vanadium steel
- vanadium sulfide, vanadium sulphide
- vanadium tetrachloride
- vanadium tetraoxide
- vanadium trichloride
- vanadium trioxide
- vanadium trisulfate, vanadium trisulphate
- vanadocyte
- vanadous
- vanadyl
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Afrikaans edit
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Noun edit
vanadium (uncountable)
Danish edit
Noun edit
vanadium
- vanadium
Declension edit
neuter gender |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vanadium | vanadiummet |
genitive | vanadiums | vanadiummets |
Dutch edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin vanadium or Swedish vanadium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vanadium n (uncountable)
- vanadium (chemical element)
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vanadium m (uncountable)
Descendants edit
- Lingala: vanadu
Further reading edit
- “vanadium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
Derived from Old Norse Vanadis, (one of the names of Freyja, goddess of beauty) + -ium (chemical element suffix), in reference to the many beautifully colored chemical compounds it produces. The Norse name is a compound of the names Vana (from vanr (“lacking, missing”)) and Dis (from dís (“goddess”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯aˈna.di.um/, [u̯äˈnäd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vaˈna.di.um/, [väˈnäːd̪ium]
Noun edit
vanadium n (genitive vanadiī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | vanadium | vanadia |
Genitive | vanadiī | vanadiōrum |
Dative | vanadiō | vanadiīs |
Accusative | vanadium | vanadia |
Ablative | vanadiō | vanadiīs |
Vocative | vanadium | vanadia |
References edit
- Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
Limburgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vanadium n
- (uncountable) vanadium
- A part of vanadium
Malay edit
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Noun edit
vanadium
- vanadium (chemical element)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya).
Noun edit
vanadium n (definite singular vanadiumet, uncountable)
References edit
- “vanadium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “vanadium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya).
Noun edit
vanadium n (definite singular vanadiumet, uncountable)
References edit
- “vanadium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.