amerício

See also: americio

Portuguese

Chemical element
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Etymology

Borrowed from English americium, coined by Glenn T. Seaborg in 1944.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /a.meˈɾi.si.u/, [a.meˈɾi.si.u]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ɐ.mɨˈɾi.sju/, [ɐ.mɨˈɾi.sju]

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌameˈɾisio]
• Hyphenation: a‧me‧rí‧ci‧o

Noun

amerício m (usually uncountable, plural amerícios)

1. (chemistry) americium (chemical element with atomic number 95)