dubnium

See also: Dubnium

English

Chemical element
Db
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Etymology

From Dubna +‎ -ium, named after Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, the site of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, which discovered the element.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: dŭb'nēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbniəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: do͞ob'nēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈduːbniəm/ (US) enPR: dŭb'nēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbniəm/

• Audio (General American); /ˈduːbniəm/:

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• Audio (General American); /ˈdʌbniəm/:

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Noun

dubnium (uncountable)

2. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Db) with atomic number 105.
3. (chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for rutherfordium.

Synonyms

• eka-tantalum (used before the element was discovered)
• hahnium (proposed by American scientists, but rejected; still used by some Western scientists; see also hassium)
• joliotium (proposed by the IUPAC, but rejected)
• nielsbohrium (proposed by Russian scientists, but rejected)
• unnilpentium (used before the element had been officially named to avoid disputes between Western and Russian scientists over "hahnium" and "dubnium" respectively)

Related terms

• Dubna
• dubnate

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: dubnium (af)
• Albanian: dubnium
• Arabic: دُوبْنِيُوم m (dubniyum)
• Armenian: դուբնիում (dubnium)
• Belarusian: ду́бній m (dúbnij)
• Bulgarian: д́убний m (d́ubnij)
• Catalan: dubni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 𨧀 / 𬭊 (zh) (dù)

• Cornish: dubnyum
• Danish: dubnium (da)
• Dutch: dubnium (nl) n
• Esperanto: dubnio (eo)
• Estonian: dubnium (et)
• Finnish: dubnium (fi)
• French: dubnium (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: dubnium

• Galician: dubnio (gl) m
• Georgian: ნილსბორიუმი (nilsboriumi), დუბნიუმი (dubniumi)
• German: Dubnium (de) n
• Greek: ντούμπνιο (el) n (ntoúmpnio)
• Hebrew: דובניום (he) (dúbniyum)
• Hungarian: dubnium (hu)
• Italian: dubnio (it) m
• Japanese: ドブニウム (ja) (dobuniumu)
• Kashubian: dubn
• Kazakh: дубний (dubnii)
• Korean: 더브늄 (ko) (deobeunyum), 두브늄 (dubeunyum)
• Latvian: dubnijs m
• Lithuanian: dubnis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Dubnium
• Macedonian: дубниум m (dubnium)
• Malay: dubnium
• Manx: dubnium
• Norwegian: dubnium
• Polish: dubn (pl) m
• Portuguese: dúbnio (pt) m
• Romanian: dubniu (ro) n
• Russian: ду́бний (ru) m (dúbnij), (obsolete) нильсбо́рий (ru) m (nilʹsbórij)
• Scottish Gaelic: duibniam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дубниj m, дубниjум m

  Latin: dubnij m, dubnijum m

• Slovak: dubnium
• Spanish: dubnio (es) m
• Swedish: dubnium (sv) n
• Tajik: дубний (dubniy)
• Tamil: டப்னியம் (ṭapṉiyam)
• Thai: ดุบเนียม (dúp-nîiam)
• Ukrainian: ду́бній m (dúbnij)
• Uzbek: dubniy
• Vietnamese: dubni (vi),
• Volapük: dubnin (vo)

Danish

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Etymology

From Russian Дубна́ (Dubná) +‎ -ium.

Noun

dubnium n (singular definite dubniummet, not used in plural form)

1. dubnium

   Synonyms: hahnium, (dated) unnilpentium

   • 2004, Gyldendal Mini-lex. Fysik, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 144:

     Grundstoffet dubnium (105) har en halveringstid på omkring et sekund, ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2006, Bogen Om Grundstofferne, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 224:

     ... og det samme gør flere af datterprodukterne dubnium- 258, ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of dubnium

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	dubnium	dubniummet
genitive	dubniums	dubniummets

References

• “dubnium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Chemical element
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Etymology

Borrowed from English dubnium or Russian ду́бний (dúbnij). Named after Dubna in Russia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʏp.ni.ʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: dub‧ni‧um

Noun

dubnium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. dubnium

Estonian

Chemical element
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Etymology

English dubnium.

Noun

dubnium (genitive dubniumi, partitive dubniumi or dubniumit)

1. dubnium

Declension

Declension of dubnium (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		dubnium	dubniumid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	dubniumi
genitive			dubniumide
partitive		dubniumi	dubniume dubniumisid
illative		dubniumi dubniumisse	dubniumidesse dubniumesse
inessive		dubniumis	dubniumides dubniumes
elative		dubniumist	dubniumidest dubniumest
allative		dubniumile	dubniumidele dubniumele
adessive		dubniumil	dubniumidel dubniumel
ablative		dubniumilt	dubniumidelt dubniumelt
translative		dubniumiks	dubniumideks dubniumeks
terminative		dubniumini	dubniumideni
essive		dubniumina	dubniumidena
abessive		dubniumita	dubniumideta
comitative		dubniumiga	dubniumidega

Declension of dubnium (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		dubnium	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	dubniumi
genitive			—
partitive		dubniumit	—
illative		dubniumisse	—
inessive		dubniumis	—
elative		dubniumist	—
allative		dubniumile	—
adessive		dubniumil	—
ablative		dubniumilt	—
translative		dubniumiks	—
terminative		dubniumini	—
essive		dubniumina	—
abessive		dubniumita	—
comitative		dubniumiga	—

Further reading

• dubnium in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English dubnium).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdubnium/, [ˈdubnium]
• Rhymes: -ubnium
• Syllabification^(key): dub‧ni‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): dub‧ni‧um

Noun

dubnium

1. dubnium

Declension

Inflection of dubnium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		dubnium	dubniumit
genitive		dubniumin	dubniumien
partitive		dubniumia	dubniumeja
illative		dubniumiin	dubniumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		dubnium	dubniumit
accusative	nom.	dubnium	dubniumit
	gen.	dubniumin
genitive		dubniumin	dubniumien
partitive		dubniumia	dubniumeja
inessive		dubniumissa	dubniumeissa
elative		dubniumista	dubniumeista
illative		dubniumiin	dubniumeihin
adessive		dubniumilla	dubniumeilla
ablative		dubniumilta	dubniumeilta
allative		dubniumille	dubniumeille
essive		dubniumina	dubniumeina
translative		dubniumiksi	dubniumeiksi
abessive		dubniumitta	dubniumeitta
instructive		—	dubniumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dubniumini dubniumini accusative nom. dubniumini dubniumini gen. dubniumini genitive dubniumini dubniumieni partitive dubniumiani dubniumejani inessive dubniumissani dubniumeissani elative dubniumistani dubniumeistani illative dubniumiini dubniumeihini adessive dubniumillani dubniumeillani ablative dubniumiltani dubniumeiltani allative dubniumilleni dubniumeilleni essive dubniuminani dubniumeinani translative dubniumikseni dubniumeikseni abessive dubniumittani dubniumeittani instructive — — comitative — dubniumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dubniumisi dubniumisi accusative nom. dubniumisi dubniumisi gen. dubniumisi genitive dubniumisi dubniumiesi partitive dubniumiasi dubniumejasi inessive dubniumissasi dubniumeissasi elative dubniumistasi dubniumeistasi illative dubniumiisi dubniumeihisi adessive dubniumillasi dubniumeillasi ablative dubniumiltasi dubniumeiltasi allative dubniumillesi dubniumeillesi essive dubniuminasi dubniumeinasi translative dubniumiksesi dubniumeiksesi abessive dubniumittasi dubniumeittasi instructive — — comitative — dubniumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dubniumimme dubniumimme accusative nom. dubniumimme dubniumimme gen. dubniumimme genitive dubniumimme dubniumiemme partitive dubniumiamme dubniumejamme inessive dubniumissamme dubniumeissamme elative dubniumistamme dubniumeistamme illative dubniumiimme dubniumeihimme adessive dubniumillamme dubniumeillamme ablative dubniumiltamme dubniumeiltamme allative dubniumillemme dubniumeillemme essive dubniuminamme dubniumeinamme translative dubniumiksemme dubniumeiksemme abessive dubniumittamme dubniumeittamme instructive — — comitative — dubniumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dubniuminne dubniuminne accusative nom. dubniuminne dubniuminne gen. dubniuminne genitive dubniuminne dubniumienne partitive dubniumianne dubniumejanne inessive dubniumissanne dubniumeissanne elative dubniumistanne dubniumeistanne illative dubniumiinne dubniumeihinne adessive dubniumillanne dubniumeillanne ablative dubniumiltanne dubniumeiltanne allative dubniumillenne dubniumeillenne essive dubniuminanne dubniumeinanne translative dubniumiksenne dubniumeiksenne abessive dubniumittanne dubniumeittanne instructive — — comitative — dubniumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative dubniuminsa dubniuminsa accusative nom. dubniuminsa dubniuminsa gen. dubniuminsa genitive dubniuminsa dubniumiensa partitive dubniumiaan dubniumiansa dubniumejaan dubniumejansa inessive dubniumissaan dubniumissansa dubniumeissaan dubniumeissansa elative dubniumistaan dubniumistansa dubniumeistaan dubniumeistansa illative dubniumiinsa dubniumeihinsa adessive dubniumillaan dubniumillansa dubniumeillaan dubniumeillansa ablative dubniumiltaan dubniumiltansa dubniumeiltaan dubniumeiltansa allative dubniumilleen dubniumillensa dubniumeilleen dubniumeillensa essive dubniuminaan dubniuminansa dubniumeinaan dubniumeinansa translative dubniumikseen dubniumiksensa dubniumeikseen dubniumeiksensa abessive dubniumittaan dubniumittansa dubniumeittaan dubniumeittansa instructive — — comitative — dubniumeineen dubniumeinensa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyb.njɔm/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

dubnium m (plural dubniums)

1. dubnium

Hungarian

Chemical element
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdubnijum]
• Hyphenation: dub‧ni‧um
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

dubnium (usually uncountable, plural dubniumok)

1. dubnium (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	dubnium	dubniumok
accusative	dubniumot	dubniumokat
dative	dubniumnak	dubniumoknak
instrumental	dubniummal	dubniumokkal
causal-final	dubniumért	dubniumokért
translative	dubniummá	dubniumokká
terminative	dubniumig	dubniumokig
essive-formal	dubniumként	dubniumokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	dubniumban	dubniumokban
superessive	dubniumon	dubniumokon
adessive	dubniumnál	dubniumoknál
illative	dubniumba	dubniumokba
sublative	dubniumra	dubniumokra
allative	dubniumhoz	dubniumokhoz
elative	dubniumból	dubniumokból
delative	dubniumról	dubniumokról
ablative	dubniumtól	dubniumoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	dubniumé	dubniumoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	dubniuméi	dubniumokéi

Possessive forms of dubnium

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dubniumom	dubniumaim
2nd person sing.	dubniumod	dubniumaid
3rd person sing.	dubniuma	dubniumai
1st person plural	dubniumunk	dubniumaink
2nd person plural	dubniumotok	dubniumaitok
3rd person plural	dubniumuk	dubniumaik

Latin

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdʊb.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdub.ni.um]

Noun

dubnium n (genitive dubniī); second declension

1. dubnium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	dubnium	dubnia
genitive	dubniī	dubniōrum
dative	dubniō	dubniīs
accusative	dubnium	dubnia
ablative	dubniō	dubniīs
vocative	dubnium	dubnia

Malay

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Etymology

From English dubnium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dubniom/
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

dubnium

1. (chemistry) dubnium (chemical element)

Synonyms

• hahnium

Slovak

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdubnɪjʊm/

Noun

dubnium n

1. dubnium (element)

Declension

Declension of dubnium

	singulare tantum
nominative	dubnium
genitive	dubnia
dative	dubniu
accusative	dubnium
locative	dubniu
instrumental	dubniom

Further reading

• “dubnium”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
• dubnium on the Slovak Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sk

Swedish

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Noun

dubnium n (uncountable)

1. dubnium

Declension

Declension of dubnium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dubnium	dubniums
	definite	dubniumet	dubniumets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of dubnium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dubnium	dubniums
	definite	dubniet	dubniets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of dubnium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dubnium	dubniums
	definite	dubnium	dubniums
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—