vanadium

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See also: Vanadium and vanádium

English

Chemical element
V
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Etymology

Vanadis, a name of the goddess Freyja, +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: vənā'dēəm, IPA(key): /vəˈneɪdi.əm/
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Noun

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vanadium (countable and uncountable, plural vanadiums)

  2. A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
  3. (countable) A single atom of this element.

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Afrikaans

Chemical element
V
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Pronunciation

Noun

vanadium (uncountable)

  1. vanadium

Danish

Noun

vanadium

  1. vanadium

Declension

Declension of vanadium
neuter
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative vanadium vanadiummet
genitive vanadiums vanadiummets

Dutch

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Chemical element
V
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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin vanadium or Swedish vanadium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌvaːˈnaː.di.ʏm/
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  • Hyphenation: va‧na‧di‧um

Noun

vanadium n (uncountable)

  1. vanadium (chemical element)

French

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Pronunciation

Noun

vanadium m (uncountable)

  1. vanadium

Descendants

  • Lingala: vanadu

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Latin

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Chemical element
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

Noun

vanadium n (genitive vanadiī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) vanadium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case 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

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

Malay

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Chemical element
V
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Etymology

From English vanadium.

Pronunciation

Noun

vanadium

  1. vanadium (chemical element)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya).

Noun

vanadium n (definite singular vanadiumet, uncountable)

  1. vanadium, chemical element, symbol V

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya).

Noun

vanadium n (definite singular vanadiumet, uncountable)

  1. vanadium, chemical element, symbol V

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