yttrium
See also: Yttrium
EnglishEdit
Chemical element | |
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Y | |
Previous: strontium (Sr) | |
Next: zirconium (Zr) |
EtymologyEdit
From Ytterby (literally “outer village”), a town in Sweden, + -ium.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yttrium (usually uncountable, plural yttriums)
- A silvery metallic chemical element (symbol Y) with an atomic number of 39, mainly found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare-earth minerals.
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TranslationsEdit
chemical element
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AfrikaansEdit
Chemical element | |
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Y | |
Previous: strontium (Sr) | |
Next: sirkonium (Zr) |
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
yttrium (uncountable)
CzechEdit
Chemical element | |
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Y | |
Previous: stroncium (Sr) | |
Next: zirkonium (Zr) |
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yttrium n
- yttrium (metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 39)
DeclensionEdit
DanishEdit
NounEdit
yttrium n (singular definite yttriummet, not used in plural form)
DutchEdit
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Y | |
Previous: strontium (Sr) | |
Next: zirkonium (Zr) |
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from New Latin yttrium or Swedish yttrium. Named after Ytterby in Sweden. The first mention is from the late eighteenth century, which in fact referred to gadolinite, a mineral that was at the time misidentified as an element.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yttrium n (uncountable)
- yttrium [from mid 19th c.]
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FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Internationalism (see English yttrium).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yttrium
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of yttrium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | yttrium | — | ||
genitive | yttriumin | — | ||
partitive | yttriumia | — | ||
illative | yttriumiin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | yttrium | — | ||
accusative | nom. | yttrium | — | |
gen. | yttriumin | |||
genitive | yttriumin | — | ||
partitive | yttriumia | — | ||
inessive | yttriumissa | — | ||
elative | yttriumista | — | ||
illative | yttriumiin | — | ||
adessive | yttriumilla | — | ||
ablative | yttriumilta | — | ||
allative | yttriumille | — | ||
essive | yttriumina | — | ||
translative | yttriumiksi | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
abessive | yttriumitta | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yttrium m (uncountable)
Further readingEdit
- “yttrium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
LatinEdit
Chemical element | |
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Y | |
Previous: strontium (Sr) | |
Next: zirconium (Zr) |
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈyt.tri.um/, [ˈʏt̪ːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈit.tri.um/, [ˈit̪ːrium]
NounEdit
yttrium n (genitive yttriī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | yttrium | yttria |
Genitive | yttriī | yttriōrum |
Dative | yttriō | yttriīs |
Accusative | yttrium | yttria |
Ablative | yttriō | yttriīs |
Vocative | yttrium | yttria |
SwedishEdit
Chemical element | |
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Y | |
Previous: strontium (Sr) | |
Next: zirkonium (Zr) |
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
yttrium n (uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of yttrium | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | yttrium | yttriumet | — | — |
Genitive | yttriums | yttriumets | — | — |
Declension of yttrium | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | yttrium | yttriet | — | — |
Genitive | yttriums | yttriets | — | — |