tellurium

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English

Chemical element
Te
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Pronunciation

  • enPR: tĭlyo͝or'ēəm, IPA(key): /tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/
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Etymology 1

Latin tellūs (“earth”) +‎ -ium

Noun

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tellurium (countable and uncountable, plural telluriums)

  1. (uncountable) The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.
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Etymology 2

Latin tellus (“earth”).

Noun

tellurium

  1. A variant spelling of tellurion.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Tellurium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “tellurium”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Danish

Noun

tellurium

  1. tellurium

Dutch

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Noun

tellurium n (uncountable)

  1. tellurium

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Latin

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Chemical element
Te
Previous: stibium (Sb)
Next: iodum (I)

Pronunciation

Noun

tellūrium n (genitive tellūriī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) tellurium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tellūrium tellūria
Genitive tellūriī tellūriōrum
Dative tellūriō tellūriīs
Accusative tellūrium tellūria
Ablative tellūriō tellūriīs
Vocative tellūrium tellūria

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tellurium n (definite singular telluriet, indefinite plural tellurier, definite plural telluria or telluriene)

  1. tellurion

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tellurium n (definite singular telluriet, indefinite plural tellurium, definite plural telluria)

  1. tellurion

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin tellūrium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛlˈlu.rjum/
  • Rhymes: -urjum
  • Syllabification: tel‧lu‧rium

Noun

tellurium n

  1. (astronomy, historical) orrery, tellurion

Declension

Declension of tellurium
singular plural
nominative tellurium telluria
genitive tellurium telluriów
dative tellurium telluriom
accusative tellurium telluria
instrumental tellurium telluriami
locative tellurium telluriach
vocative tellurium telluria

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