berkelium

See also: Berkelium and berkélium

English

Chemical element (edit)
Bk Atomic number 97 berkelium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
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English Wikipedia article on Berkelium

Etymology

After Berkeley, California, because of discovery at UC Berkeley, +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bûrkēl'ēəm, IPA^(key): /bɜːɹˈkiːliəm/; enPR: bûrk'lēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːɹkliəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (General American); /bɜːɹˈkiːliəm/:

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• Audio (General American); /ˈbɜːɹkliəm/:

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• Rhymes: -iːliəm

Noun

berkelium (uncountable)

2. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.

Derived terms

• berkelium chloride
• berkelium dioxide
• berkelium fluoride
• berkelium oxychloride
• berkelium trioxide

Related terms

• berkelate
• Berkeley

Translations

transuranic chemical element

• Afrikaans: berkelium (af)
• Albanian: berkelium
• Arabic: بِرْكِيلِيُوم m (birkīliyūm)
• Armenian: բերկլիում (hy) (berklium)
• Asturian: berkeliu m
• Basque: berkelioa
• Belarusian: бе́рклій m (bjérklij)
• Breton: berkeliom (br)
• Bulgarian: бе́рклий m (bérklij)
• Catalan: berkeli (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 锫 (zh) (péi)

• Cornish: berkelyum
• Czech: berkelium (cs)
• Danish: berkelium (da)
• Dutch: berkelium (nl) n
• Esperanto: berkelio (eo)
• Estonian: berkeelium (et)
• Faroese: berkelium
• Finnish: berkelium (fi)
• French: berkélium (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: berkelium

• Friulian: bercheli
• Galician: berkelio (gl) m
• Georgian: ბერკლიუმი (berḳliumi), ბერკელიუმი (berḳeliumi)
• German: Berkelium (de) n
• Greek: μπερκέλιο (el) n (berkélio)
• Hebrew: ברקליום (he) (berkliyum)
• Hungarian: berkélium (hu)
• Icelandic: berkelín (is)
• Interlingua: berkelium
• Irish: beircéiliam
• Italian: berkelio (it) m
• Japanese: バークリウム (ja) (bākuriumu)
• Kashubian: bekerél
• Kazakh: беркелий (berkelii)
• Korean: 버클륨 (ko) (beokeullyum)
• Latin: berkelium (la)
• Latvian: berklijs
• Lithuanian: berklis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Berkelium
• Macedonian: беркелиум m (berkelium)
• Malay: berkelium
• Maltese: berkeljum
• Manx: berkelium
• Mongolian: беркли (berkli)
• Norwegian: berkelium
• Persian: برکلیم (berkelyom)
• Polish: berkel (pl) m
• Portuguese: berquélio (pt) m
• Romanian: berkeliu (ro) n
• Russian: берке́лий (ru) m (berkélij), бе́рклий (ru) m (bérklij)
• Scottish Gaelic: beircèiliam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: беркелиj m, беркелиjум m

  Latin: berkelij (sh) m, berkelijum m

• Slovak: berkelium
• Spanish: berkelio (es) m
• Swedish: berkelium (sv)
• Tajik: берклий (berkliy)
• Tamil: பெர்கெலியம் (perkeliyam)
• Thai: เบอร์คีเลียม (bəə-kii-lîiam)
• Turkish: berkelyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: берке́лій m (berkélij), бе́рклій m (bérklij)
• Uzbek: berkliy, берклий (berkliy)
• Vietnamese: beckeli
• Volapük: berkelin (vo)
• Welsh: berkeliwm

Afrikaans

Chemical element (edit)
Bk Atomic number 97 berkelium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
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Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

berkelium (uncountable)

1. berkelium

Danish

Chemical element (edit)
Bk Atomic number 97 berkelium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
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Next: californium (Cf) →

Etymology

From English Berkeley +‎ -ium. After Berkeley, California, because of discovery at UC Berkeley

Noun

berkelium n (singular definite berkeliummet, not used in plural form)

1. berkelium

Declension

Declension of berkelium

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	berkelium	berkeliummet
genitive	berkeliums	berkeliummets

References

• “berkelium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Chemical element (edit)
Bk Atomic number 97 berkelium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
Previous: ← curium (Cm)
Next: californium (Cf) →

Etymology

Borrowed from English berkelium, though the English did not influence the pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛrˈkeː.li.ʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ber‧ke‧li‧um

Noun

berkelium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. berkelium [from 1950]
   • 1950 January 20, “Berkelium 97”, in Nieuwe Courant, volume 5, number 16, page 1:

     Geleerden van de Universiteit van Berkeley hebben een nieuw element ontdekt, dat de naam ontving „berkelium 97”.^[sic] […] Professor Seaborg verklaarde evenwel, dat Berkelium niet gebruikt zou worden voor atoom-doeleinden in verband met „theoretische redenen”.

     Scientists from the University of Berkeley have discovered a new element, that received the name "berkelium-97". […] Professor Seaborg nonetheless explained that berkelium would not be used for nuclear end because of "theoretical reasons".

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English berkelium).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈberkelium/, [ˈbe̞rk̟e̞ˌlium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): ber‧ke‧li‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): ber‧ke‧li‧um

Noun

berkelium

1. berkelium

Declension

Inflection of berkelium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		berkelium	—
genitive		berkeliumin	—
partitive		berkeliumia	—
illative		berkeliumiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		berkelium	—
accusative	nom.	berkelium	—
	gen.	berkeliumin
genitive		berkeliumin	—
partitive		berkeliumia	—
inessive		berkeliumissa	—
elative		berkeliumista	—
illative		berkeliumiin	—
adessive		berkeliumilla	—
ablative		berkeliumilta	—
allative		berkeliumille	—
essive		berkeliumina	—
translative		berkeliumiksi	—
abessive		berkeliumitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of berkelium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative berkeliumini — accusative nom. berkeliumini — gen. berkeliumini genitive berkeliumini — partitive berkeliumiani — inessive berkeliumissani — elative berkeliumistani — illative berkeliumiini — adessive berkeliumillani — ablative berkeliumiltani — allative berkeliumilleni — essive berkeliuminani — translative berkeliumikseni — abessive berkeliumittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative berkeliumisi — accusative nom. berkeliumisi — gen. berkeliumisi genitive berkeliumisi — partitive berkeliumiasi — inessive berkeliumissasi — elative berkeliumistasi — illative berkeliumiisi — adessive berkeliumillasi — ablative berkeliumiltasi — allative berkeliumillesi — essive berkeliuminasi — translative berkeliumiksesi — abessive berkeliumittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative berkeliumimme — accusative nom. berkeliumimme — gen. berkeliumimme genitive berkeliumimme — partitive berkeliumiamme — inessive berkeliumissamme — elative berkeliumistamme — illative berkeliumiimme — adessive berkeliumillamme — ablative berkeliumiltamme — allative berkeliumillemme — essive berkeliuminamme — translative berkeliumiksemme — abessive berkeliumittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative berkeliuminne — accusative nom. berkeliuminne — gen. berkeliuminne genitive berkeliuminne — partitive berkeliumianne — inessive berkeliumissanne — elative berkeliumistanne — illative berkeliumiinne — adessive berkeliumillanne — ablative berkeliumiltanne — allative berkeliumillenne — essive berkeliuminanne — translative berkeliumiksenne — abessive berkeliumittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative berkeliuminsa — accusative nom. berkeliuminsa — gen. berkeliuminsa genitive berkeliuminsa — partitive berkeliumiaan berkeliumiansa — inessive berkeliumissaan berkeliumissansa — elative berkeliumistaan berkeliumistansa — illative berkeliumiinsa — adessive berkeliumillaan berkeliumillansa — ablative berkeliumiltaan berkeliumiltansa — allative berkeliumilleen berkeliumillensa — essive berkeliuminaan berkeliuminansa — translative berkeliumikseen berkeliumiksensa — abessive berkeliumittaan berkeliumittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Latin

Chemical element (edit)
Bk Atomic number 97 berkelium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɛrˈkɛ.li.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [berˈkɛː.li.um]

Noun

berkelium n (genitive berkeliī); second declension

1. berkelium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	berkelium	berkelia
genitive	berkeliī	berkeliōrum
dative	berkeliō	berkeliīs
accusative	berkelium	berkelia
ablative	berkeliō	berkeliīs
vocative	berkelium	berkelia

Malay

Chemical element (edit)
Bk Atomic number 97 berkelium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
Previous: ← kurium (Cm)
Next: kalifornium (Cf) →

Etymology

From English berkelium, from Berkeley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛ(r)keliom], [bɛ(r)keliəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

berkelium

1. berkelium (chemical element)

Swedish

Chemical element (edit)
Bk Atomic number 97 berkelium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
Previous: ← curium (Cm)
Next: californium (Cf) →

Noun

berkelium n

1. berkelium

Declension

Declension of berkelium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	berkelium	berkeliums
	definite	berkeliumet	berkeliumets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of berkelium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	berkelium	berkeliums
	definite	berkeliet	berkeliets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of berkelium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	berkelium	berkeliums
	definite	berkelium	berkeliums
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• Svensk MeSH