copernicium

See also: Copernicium

English

Chemical element
Cn
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Etymology

Copernicus +‎ -ium. Named after Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kōpərnĭsʹēəm, IPA^(key): /koʊpəɹˈnɪsi.əm/

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Noun

copernicium (uncountable)

1. The transuranic chemical element (symbol Cn) with atomic number 112.
   • 2013, Eric Scerri, 30-Second Elements, →ISBN:

     Copernicium is one of a group of superheavy elements made artificially in a particle accelerator by colliding ions into a heavymetal target; and, like the other superheavy elements, it is radioactive and decays very quickly.

Synonyms

• eka-mercury
• ununbium

Derived terms

• trans-copernicium

Related terms

• Copernicus
• Copernican
• copernicate

Translations

chemical element

• Armenian: կոպեռնիցիում (kopeṙnicʻium)
• Asturian: coperniciu m
• Bashkir: коперниций (kopernitsiy)
• Belarusian: каперніцый (kapjernicyj)
• Bengali: ইউনুনবিয়াম (iununbiẏam)
• Bulgarian: коперниций (kopernicij)
• Catalan: copernici (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鎶／鿔 (zh) (gē)

• Chuvash: коперници (kop̬ernitsi)
• Czech: kopernicium (cs)
• Dutch: copernicium (nl)
• Esperanto: kopernicio (eo), kopernisio
• Estonian: koperniitsium
• Finnish: kopernikium (fi)
• French: copernicium (fr)
• Georgian: კოპერნიციუმი (ḳoṗerniciumi)
• German: Copernicium (de)
• Greek: κοπερνίκιο (el) (koperníkio)
• Hebrew: קופרניקיום (he)
• Hungarian: kopernícium (hu)
• Ido: koperniko
• Italian: copernicio (it)
• Japanese: コペルニシウム (ja) (koperunishiumu)
• Kazakh: коперниций (kopernisii)
• Korean: 코페르니슘 (ko) (kopereunisyum)
• Kyrgyz: коперниций (kopernitsiy)
• Latin: copernicium (la)
• Latvian: kopernikijs m
• Lithuanian: kopernikis m
• Malay: kopernisium
• Malayalam: കോപ്പർനിസിയം (kōppaṟnisiyaṁ)
• Persian: کوپرنیسیم (kopernisiom)
• Polish: kopernik (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: copernício (pt) m
• Romanian: coperniciu (ro)
• Russian: коперни́ций (ru) m (kopernícij)
• Serbo-Croatian: коперницијум
• Slovak: kopernikium
• Slovene: kopernicij
• Spanish: copernicio (es) m
• Swedish: copernicium (sv)
• Tamil: கோப்பர்நீசியம் (ta) (kōpparnīciyam)
• Thai: โคเปอร์นิเซียม (koo-bpəə-ní-sîiam)
• Turkish: kopernikyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: коперницій m (kopernycij)
• Welsh: coperniciwm

Dutch

Chemical element
Cn
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Etymology

Borrowed from German Copernicium. Equivalent to Copernicus +‎ -ium. Officially named in 2010.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkoː.pɛrˈni.si.ʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: co‧per‧ni‧ci‧um

Noun

copernicium n (uncountable)

1. copernicium [from 2009]

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ko.perˈni.ki.um/, [kɔpɛrˈnɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.perˈni.t͡ʃi.um/, [koperˈniːt͡ʃium]

Noun

copernicium n (genitive coperniciī); second declension

1. copernicium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	copernicium	copernicia
Genitive	coperniciī	coperniciōrum
Dative	coperniciō	coperniciīs
Accusative	copernicium	copernicia
Ablative	coperniciō	coperniciīs
Vocative	copernicium	copernicia