vanadium
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English
| Chemical element | |
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| V | |
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Etymology
Old Norse Vanadís, a name of the goddess Freyja, + -ium.
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Pronunciation
Noun
vanadium (countable and uncountable, plural vanadiums)
- A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Synonyms
- panchromium (name proposed by the mineralogist Andrés Manuel del Río)
- rionium (name proposed by the geologist George William Featherstonhaugh)
Derived terms
- ferrovanadium
- vanadate
- vanadian
- vanadiate
- vanadic
- vanadinite
- vanadious
- vanadite
- vanadium-50
- vanadium-51
- vanadium-associated protein
- vanadium bromoperoxidase
- vanadium bronze
- vanadium carbide
- vanadium carbonyl
- vanadium chloride
- vanadium chromagen
- vanadium dichloride
- vanadium dioxide
- vanadium group
- vanadium oxide
- vanadium oxytrichloride
- vanadium pentachloride
- vanadium pentoxide
- vanadium steel
- vanadium sulfide, vanadium sulphide
- vanadium tetrachloride
- vanadium tetraoxide
- vanadium trichloride
- vanadium trioxide
- vanadium trisulfate, vanadium trisulphate
- vanadocyte
- vanadous
- vanadyl
Related terms
Translations
chemical element
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See also
Afrikaans
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| V | |
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Pronunciation
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Noun
vanadium (uncountable)
Danish
Noun
vanadium
- vanadium
Declension
| neuter gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vanadium | vanadiummet |
| genitive | vanadiums | vanadiummets |
Dutch
| Chemical element | |
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| V | |
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Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin vanadium or Swedish vanadium.
Pronunciation
Noun
vanadium n (uncountable)
- vanadium (chemical element)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
vanadium m (uncountable)
Descendants
- Lingala: vanadu
Further reading
- “vanadium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
| Chemical element | |
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| V | |
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Etymology
Derived from Old Norse Vanadis, (one of the names of Freyja, goddess of beauty) + -ium (chemical element suffix), in reference to the many beautifully colored chemical compounds it produces. The Norse name is a compound of the names Vana (from vanr (“lacking, missing”)) and Dis (from dís (“goddess”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯aˈna.di.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vaˈna.di.um/,
Noun
vanadium n (genitive vanadiī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vanadium | vanadia |
| genitive | vanadiī | vanadiōrum |
| dative | vanadiō | vanadiīs |
| accusative | vanadium | vanadia |
| ablative | vanadiō | vanadiīs |
| vocative | vanadium | vanadia |
References
- Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
Limburgish
Pronunciation
Noun
vanadium n
- (uncountable) vanadium
- A part of vanadium
Malay
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| V | |
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
vanadium
- vanadium (chemical element)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya).
Noun
vanadium n (definite singular vanadiumet, uncountable)
References
- “vanadium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “vanadium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya).
Noun
vanadium n (definite singular vanadiumet, uncountable)
References
- “vanadium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.