selenium

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See also: Selenium and sélénium

English

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Chemical element
Se
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Etymology

From French sélénium, the name coined by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1818 from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) in reference to original confusion with the similar element tellurium.

Pronunciation

Noun

selenium (usually uncountable, plural seleniums)

  2. A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.
    Hypernym: chalcogen
    • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 4:
      Pluck almost any cell from your body and it will have a million or more selenium atoms in it.
  3. A single atom of this element.

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Translations

References

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Selenium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “selenium”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
  1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

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Afrikaans

Chemical element
Se
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Pronunciation

Noun

selenium (uncountable)

  1. synonym of seleen (“selenium”)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: se‧le‧nium

Noun

selenium n

  1. alternative form of selen

Declension

Declension of selenium (semisoft neuter foreign)
singular plural
nominative selenium selenia
genitive selenia selenií
dative seleniu seleniím
accusative selenium selenia
vocative selenium selenia
locative seleniu seleniích
instrumental seleniem selenii

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Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin selēnium, a word coined by Swedish chemist Berzelius in 1818, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “moon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈleː.ni.ʏm/, /seːˈleː.ni.ʏm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧le‧ni‧um

Noun

selenium n (uncountable)

  1. selenium
    Synonym: seleen

References

  1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

Latin

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Chemical element
Se
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “moon”) + -ium.

Pronunciation

Noun

selēnium n (genitive selēniī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) selenium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative selēnium selēnia
genitive selēniī selēniōrum
dative selēniō selēniīs
accusative selēnium selēnia
ablative selēniō selēniīs
vocative selēnium selēnia

Malay

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Chemical element
Se
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Etymology

From English selenium, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē).

Pronunciation

Noun

selenium

  1. selenium (chemical element)

Romanian

Noun

selenium n (uncountable)

  1. alternative form of seleniu

Declension

Declension of selenium
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative selenium seleniumul
genitive-dative selenium seleniumului
vocative seleniumule
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