wolfraam

Dutch

Chemical element
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Etymology

Borrowed from German Wolfram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɔlfraːm/

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• Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

wolfraam n (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) tungsten

Descendants

• → Indonesian: wolfram

Further reading

• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “wolfraam”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001