magnesium

English

Etymology

From New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”), a region in Thessaly. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy, as a modification of his original suggestion, magnium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: măgnē'zēəm, IPA^(key): /ˌmæɡˈniːzi.əm/
• (US) enPR: măgnē'zēəm, IPA^(key): /ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/; enPR: măgnē'zhəm, IPA^(key): /ˌmæɡˈniʒəm/

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• Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧si‧um

Noun

magnesium (uncountable)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

magnesium

Wikipedia

2. The chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.
   • 1999, Chapter 1 "Barrens" Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

     The building looked only like a wall glowing in the firelight, but sometimes a barrage of magnesium blue light made its windowframes jump out of the darkness.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Welsh: magnesiwm

Translations

See also

• artinite
• Birmabright
• bischofite
• brucite
• carnallite
• deweylite
• epsomite
• gymnite
• kieserite
• lansfordite
• nesquehonite
• nigari
• olivine
• sellaite
• talc

References

• Magnesium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

Anagrams

• mesangium

Afrikaans

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Noun

magnesium (uncountable)

1. magnesium

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

magnesium

Wikipedia ^da

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡˈne.sium/,

Noun

magnesium n (singular definite magnesiummet, not used in plural form)

1. (chemistry) magnesium

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

magnesium

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin magnesium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑxˈneː.zi.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧si‧um

Noun

magnesium n (uncountable)

1. magnesium

Derived terms

• magnesiumpoeder

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

magnesium

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Etymology

Internationalism (see English magnesium), ultimately from New Latin magnēsium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɡne(ː)s(ː)ium/,
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): mag‧ne‧si‧um

Noun

magnesium

1. magnesium

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “magnesium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Interlingua

Noun

magnesium (uncountable)

1. magnesium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maɡˈneː.si.um/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maɲˈɲe.si.um/,

Etymology 1

Form of magnēsius.

Adjective

magnēsium

1. inflection of magnēsius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Etymology 2

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

magnesium

Wikipedia ^la

Substantivization of the neuter form of magnēsius (“of or pertaining to the region of Magnesia”).

Noun

magnēsium n (genitive magnēsiī); second declension

1. (New Latin) magnesium (chemical element 12)
   • 1782, D. Laurentius, Gulielmo Huntero, “Nova experimenta Chemica quae ad penitiorem Acidi e Pinguedine eruti cognitionem valere videntur”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Part I, page 28:

     Magnesium nitratum nullum converſionem expertum eſt a noſtri acidi admixtione.

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Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Related terms

• Magnēsia
• magnēsius

Descendants

• → English: magnesium
  • → Welsh: magnesiwm
• → French: magnésium (learned)
• → Galician: magnesio (learned)
• → German: Magnesium
• → Italian: magnesio (learned)
• → Luxembourgish: Magnesium
• → Portuguese: magnésio (learned)
• → Romanian: magneziu (learned)
• → Spanish: magnesio (learned)

Limburgish

Pronunciation

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Noun

magnesium n

1. (uncountable) magnesium
2. A part of magnesium

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

magnesium

Wikipedia ^ms

Alternative forms

• مݢنيسيوم

Etymology

From English magnesium, from New Latin magnēsium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maknesiom/
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

magnesium (Jawi spelling مݢنيسيوم)

1. magnesium (chemical element)

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian magnesium.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmakːneːˌsiuːm/

Noun

magnēsium

1. magnesium

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

magnesium

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From magnesia +‎ -ium.

Noun

magnesium m or n (definite singular magnesiumen or magnesiumet, uncountable)

1. magnesium, chemical element, symbol Mg

References

• “magnesium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “magnesium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

magnesium

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From magnesia +‎ -ium.

Noun

magnesium m or n (definite singular magnesiumen or magnesiumet, uncountable)

1. magnesium, chemical element, symbol Mg

References

• “magnesium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

magnesium

Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋˈneːsɪɵm/

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Noun

magnesium n (uncountable)

1. magnesium

Declension