lutetium
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English
| Chemical element | |
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| Lu | |
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Alternative forms
- lutecium (no longer used after 1949, when lutetium was made the official spelling)
Etymology
From Latin Lutetia (“Paris, the capital of France”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
Noun
lutetium (uncountable)
- A chemical element (symbol Lu) with an atomic number of 71, a silvery-white metal which resists corrosion in dry air.
Synonyms
- cassiopeium (name proposed by Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, one of the discoverers of lutetium, but rejected)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
chemical element with atomic number of 71
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Afrikaans
| Chemical element | |
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| Lu | |
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Pronunciation
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Noun
lutetium (uncountable)
- Nonstandard form of lutesium.
Danish
Noun
lutetium
Dutch
| Chemical element | |
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| Lu | |
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Noun
lutetium n (uncountable)
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English lutetium).
Pronunciation
Noun
lutetium
Declension
| Inflection of lutetium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lutetium | lutetiumit | ||
| genitive | lutetiumin | lutetiumien | ||
| partitive | lutetiumia | lutetiumeja | ||
| illative | lutetiumiin | lutetiumeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | lutetium | lutetiumit | ||
| accusative | nom. | lutetium | lutetiumit | |
| gen. | lutetiumin | |||
| genitive | lutetiumin | lutetiumien | ||
| partitive | lutetiumia | lutetiumeja | ||
| inessive | lutetiumissa | lutetiumeissa | ||
| elative | lutetiumista | lutetiumeista | ||
| illative | lutetiumiin | lutetiumeihin | ||
| adessive | lutetiumilla | lutetiumeilla | ||
| ablative | lutetiumilta | lutetiumeilta | ||
| allative | lutetiumille | lutetiumeille | ||
| essive | lutetiumina | lutetiumeina | ||
| translative | lutetiumiksi | lutetiumeiksi | ||
| abessive | lutetiumitta | lutetiumeitta | ||
| instructive | — | lutetiumein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
lutetium n (genitive lutetiī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lutetium | lutetia |
| Genitive | lutetiī | lutetiōrum |
| Dative | lutetiō | lutetiīs |
| Accusative | lutetium | lutetia |
| Ablative | lutetiō | lutetiīs |
| Vocative | lutetium | lutetia |
Limburgish
Pronunciation
Noun
lutetium n
- (uncountable) lutetium
- a part of lutetium
Malay
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Lu | |
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Etymology
From English lutetium, from Latin Lutetia.
Pronunciation
Noun
lutetium