plumbum

Latin

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Etymology

Related to Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead”). May be borrowed from Etruscan, Iberian or some other pre-Indo-European Mediterranean language.

Noun

plumbum (genitive plumbī); n, second declension

1. Lead (the metal)
2. A ball of lead.
3. (poetic) Pipe of lead.
4. (New Latin) A pencil.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	plumbum	plumba
genitive	plumbī	plumbōrum
dative	plumbō	plumbīs
accusative	plumbum	plumba
ablative	plumbō	plumbīs
vocative	plumbum	plumba

Synonyms

• (a ball of lead): plumbea

Related terms

plumbāgō plumbārium plumbārius plumbātūra

plumbātus plumbea plumbeum

plumbeus plumbō plumbōsus

Descendants

Albanian: plumb Aromanian: pljiumbu, pljumbu Catalan: plom English: plumb, plumber French: plomb Friulian: plomb Galician: chumbo Italian: piombo

Limburgish: plómb Occitan: plomb Portuguese: chumbo, prumo Romanian: plumb Romansch: plum Sardinian: peumu, piumbu, piumu, plumbu Spanish: plomo

References

• plumbum in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Etymology

From Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos).

Alternative forms

• pelambam
• ڤلومبوم
• ڤلمبم

Pronunciation

• IPA: [plumbom], [plumbəm], [plambəm]
• Rhymes: -umbom, -bom, -om

Noun

plumbum (Jawi spelling ڤلومبوم)

1. lead (chemical element)

Synonyms

• timah hitam / تيمه هيتم
• timbel / تيمبل