florentium

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian florentium, florenzio, from Latin Florentia (“Florence”) + -ium (“metallic element”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

florentium (uncountable)

  1. (physics, chemistry) (disused nomenclature)[1] Promethium.[1]

Usage notes[edit]

  • The chemical symbol was at first Fr, and changed to Fl with the discovery of francium in 1939.

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “florentium” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Latin[edit]

Participle[edit]

flōrentium

  1. genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of flōrēns
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