kobalt

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English

Noun

kobalt (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete form of cobalt.

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Co
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Pronunciation

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Noun

kobalt (uncountable)

  1. cobalt

Czech

Chemical element
Co
Previous: železo (Fe)
Next: nikl (Ni)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ko‧balt

Noun

kobalt m inan

  1. cobalt

Declension

Further reading

  • kobalt in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kobalt in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • kobalt in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Noun

kobalt

  1. Obsolete spelling of cobalt.
    • 1866, Tidsskrift for physik og chemi samt disse videnskabers anvendelse, page 12:
      ... hvorpaa alt Kobalt er bundfældet som et smukt rødviolet krystallinsk Bundfald, ...
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    • 1857, Archiv for Pharmacie Og Technisk Chemie Med Deres Grundvidenskaber:
      Kobalt er et af de meest strækkelige og især seigeste Metaller, ...
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    • 1826, Tidsskrift for naturvidenskaberne. ..., page 141:
      I det svovlsure Jern og den svovlsure Kobalt er Forholdet imellem Vandet og Basens Ilt som 6: 1, ...
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    • 1866, Oversigt over det Kongelige danske videnskabernes selskab virksomhed:
      ... medens det paa den anden Side er nødvendigt for den paafølgende Adskillelse af Zink fra Nikkel og Kobalt, ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Dutch

Chemical element
Co
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Next: nikkel (Ni)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt, from Kobold, originally an derogatory nickname for the 'inferior' ore which contaminated silver finds.

Pronunciation

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Noun

kobalt n (uncountable)

  1. The metallic element and material cobalt
  2. The die made from its oxyde
  3. Its bluish metallic color shade

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: kobalt

Hungarian

 kobalt on Hungarian Wikipedia
Chemical element
Co
Previous: vas (Fe)
Next: nikkel (Ni)

Pronunciation

Noun

kobalt (usually uncountable, plural kobaltok)

  1. cobalt (a chemical element)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kobalt kobaltok
accusative kobaltot kobaltokat
dative kobaltnak kobaltoknak
instrumental kobalttal kobaltokkal
causal-final kobaltért kobaltokért
translative kobalttá kobaltokká
terminative kobaltig kobaltokig
essive-formal kobaltként kobaltokként
essive-modal
inessive kobaltban kobaltokban
superessive kobalton kobaltokon
adessive kobaltnál kobaltoknál
illative kobaltba kobaltokba
sublative kobaltra kobaltokra
allative kobalthoz kobaltokhoz
elative kobaltból kobaltokból
delative kobaltról kobaltokról
ablative kobalttól kobaltoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kobalté kobaltoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kobaltéi kobaltokéi
Possessive forms of kobalt
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kobaltom kobaltjaim
2nd person sing. kobaltod kobaltjaid
3rd person sing. kobaltja kobaltjai
1st person plural kobaltunk kobaltjaink
2nd person plural kobaltotok kobaltjaitok
3rd person plural kobaltjuk kobaltjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • kobalt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Limburgish

Pronunciation

Noun

kobalt

  1. (uncountable) The metallic element and material cobalt
  2. A part of cobalt

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms
Chemical element
Co
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Next: nikel (Ni)

Etymology

From English cobalt, from German Kobold.

Pronunciation

Noun

kobalt

  1. cobalt (chemical element)

Maltese

Chemical element
Co
Previous: ħadid (Fe)
Next: nikil (Ni)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cobalto.

Pronunciation

Noun

kobalt m

  1. (chemistry) cobalt (chemical element)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Chemical element
Co
Previous: żelazo (Fe)
Next: nikiel (Ni)

Pronunciation

Noun

kobalt m inan

  1. cobalt (element)

Declension

Further reading

  • kobalt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kobalt in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kobalt m (Cyrillic spelling кобалт)

  1. cobalt

Slovak

Chemical element
Co
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Next: nikel (Ni)

Pronunciation

Noun

kobalt m inan (genitive singular kobaltu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. cobalt

Declension

Further reading

  • kobalt”, 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, 2024

Slovene

Chemical element
Co
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Next: níkelj (Ni)

Pronunciation

Noun

kọ̑balt m inan

  1. cobalt

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 kóbalt
genitive kóbalta
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
kóbalt
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
kóbalta
dative
(dajȃlnik)
kóbaltu
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
kóbalt
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
kóbaltu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
kóbaltom

Further reading

  • kobalt”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Turkish

Chemical element
Co
Previous: demir (Fe)
Next: nikel (Ni)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوبالت (kobalt), from French cobalt.

Pronunciation

Noun

kobalt (definite accusative kobaltı, uncountable)

  1. cobalt (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kobalt
Definite accusative kobaltı
Singular Plural
Nominative kobalt kobaltlar
Definite accusative kobaltı kobaltları
Dative kobalta kobaltlara
Locative kobaltta kobaltlarda
Ablative kobalttan kobaltlardan
Genitive kobaltın kobaltların