silicium

See also: Silicium

English

Etymology

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Latin silexbor.

English silicium

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from Latin silex (“flint”).

Noun

silicium (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The chemical element silicon.

Danish

Noun

silicium

1. silicon (element)

Declension

Declension of silicium

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	silicium	siliciummet	silicium	siliciummene
genitive	siliciums	siliciummets	siliciums	siliciummenes

Dutch

Chemical element
Si
Previous: aluminium (Al)
Next: fosfor (P)

Etymology

Borrowed from English silicium, from Latin silicium, from silex (“flint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsiˈli.si.ʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: si‧li‧ci‧um

Noun

silicium n (uncountable)

1. silicon (chemical element with atomic number 14)

Related terms

• silicone

French

Etymology

From Latin silicium, from silex (“flint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.li.sjɔm/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

Noun

silicium m (plural siliciums)

1. silicon

Descendants

• Lingala: siliki

Further reading

• “silicium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Chemical element
Si
Previous: aluminium (Al)
Next: phosphorus (P)

Etymology

Derived from silex, silicis (“flint”) +‎ -ium (chemical element suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siˈli.ki.um/, [s̠ɪˈlʲɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈli.t͡ʃi.um/, [siˈliːt͡ʃium]

Noun

silicium n (genitive siliciī); second declension

1. silicon (chemical element 14)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	silicium	silicia
Genitive	siliciī	siliciōrum
Dative	siliciō	siliciīs
Accusative	silicium	silicia
Ablative	siliciō	siliciīs
Vocative	silicium	silicia

Related terms

• silica

Descendants

• Dutch: silicium
• English: silicon
• Esperanto: silicio
• Galician: silicio
• Italian: silicio
• Portuguese: silício
• Romanian: siliciu
• Spanish: silicio