cerium
See also: cérium
English
| Chemical element | |
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| Ce | |
| Previous: lanthanum (La) | |
| Next: praseodymium (Pr) | |
Alternative forms
- cererium (a name proposed (but not accepted) to indicate "cerium" does not come from the Greek word for "wax")
Pronunciation
- enPR: sîr'ēəm, IPA(key): /ˈsɪəɹiəm/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm
Noun
cerium (usually uncountable, plural ceriums)
- A chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58, a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.
Derived terms
Translations
chemical element
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See also
- allanite
- bastnasite
- CAN
- hydroxylbastnasite
- jeweler's rouge, jeweller's rouge
- monazite
- orthite
- rhabdophane
- synchysite
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
cerium
- cerium
Dutch
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Ce | |
| Previous: lanthaan (La) | |
| Next: praseodymium (Pr) | |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseː.riˌʏm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ce‧ri‧um
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseːri.um/, [ˈs̠e̞ːri.um]
Declension
| Inflection of cerium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cerium | — | ||
| genitive | ceriumin | — | ||
| partitive | ceriumia | — | ||
| illative | ceriumiin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | cerium | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | cerium | — | |
| gen. | ceriumin | |||
| genitive | ceriumin | — | ||
| partitive | ceriumia | — | ||
| inessive | ceriumissa | — | ||
| elative | ceriumista | — | ||
| illative | ceriumiin | — | ||
| adessive | ceriumilla | — | ||
| ablative | ceriumilta | — | ||
| allative | ceriumille | — | ||
| essive | ceriumina | — | ||
| translative | ceriumiksi | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| abessive | ceriumitta | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek κηρίον (kēríon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.ri.um/, [ˈkeːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ri.um/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːrium]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cērium | cēria |
| Genitive | cēriī cērī1 |
cēriōrum |
| Dative | cēriō | cēriīs |
| Accusative | cērium | cēria |
| Ablative | cēriō | cēriīs |
| Vocative | cērium | cēria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈke.ri.um/, [ˈkɛriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ri.um/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːrium]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cerium | ceria |
| Genitive | ceriī | ceriōrum |
| Dative | ceriō | ceriīs |
| Accusative | cerium | ceria |
| Ablative | ceriō | ceriīs |
| Vocative | cerium | ceria |
References
- “cerium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cerium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Swedish
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Ce | |
| Previous: lantan (La) | |
| Next: praseodym (Pr) | |
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