hafnium

See also: Hafnium

English

Chemical element
Hf
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hafnia (“Copenhagen”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hăf'nēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈhæfniəm/

Noun

hafnium (uncountable)

1. A chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.

Synonyms

• celtium (former name)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• eka-hafnium
• hafnian
• hafnium bomb
• hafnium carbide
• hafnium dioxide

• hafnium nitride
• hafnium tetrachloride
• hafnium tetrahalide

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: hafnium (af)
• Albanian: hafnium
• Arabic: هَفْنِيُوم m (hafniyum)
• Armenian: հաֆնիում (hafnium)
• Asturian: hafniu m
• Basque: hafnioa
• Belarusian: га́фній m (háfnij)
• Breton: hafniom
• Bulgarian: ха́фний m (háfnij)
• Catalan: hafni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鉿／铪 (zh), 铪 (zh) (hā)

• Cornish: hafnyum
• Czech: hafnium (cs)
• Danish: hafnium (da) n
• Dutch: hafnium (nl) n
• Esperanto: hafnio (eo)
• Estonian: hafnium (et)
• Faroese: hafnium n
• Finnish: hafnium (fi)
• French: hafnium (fr) m
• Friulian: afni
• Galician: hafnio (gl) m
• Georgian: ჰაფნიუმი (hapniumi)
• German: Hafnium (de) n
• Greek: άφνιο (el) n (áfnio)
• Hebrew: הפניום (he) (hafniyum)
• Hindi: गावातु (gāvātu)
• Hungarian: hafnium (hu)
• Icelandic: hafnín (is)
• Irish: haifniam
• Italian: afnio (it) m
• Japanese: ハフニウム (ja) (hafuniumu), 鉿 (ja)
• Kashubian: hafen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kazakh: гафний (gafnii)
• Korean: 하프늄 (ko) (hapeunyum)
• Latin: hafnium (la)
• Latvian: hafnijs
• Lithuanian: hafnis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Hafnium
• Macedonian: хафниум m (hafnium)
• Malay: hafnium
• Maltese: afniju
• Manx: hafnium
• Mongolian: гафни (gafni)
• Norwegian: hafnium
• Occitan: afni m
• Polish: hafn (pl) m
• Portuguese: háfnio (pt) m
• Romanian: hafniu (ro) n
• Russian: га́фний (ru) m (gáfnij)
• Scottish Gaelic: haifniam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хафниj m, хафниjум m

  Roman: hafnij (sh) m, hafnijum m

• Slovak: hafnium (sk) n
• Slovene: hafnij (sl)
• Spanish: hafnio (es) m
• Swedish: hafnium (sv)
• Tajik: гафний (gafniy)
• Tamil: ஹப்னியம் (hapṉiyam)
• Thai: แฮฟเนียม (th) (hɛ́ɛf-nîiam)
• Turkish: hafniyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: га́фній m (háfnij)
• Uzbek: gafniy (uz), гафний (uz) (gafniy)
• Vietnamese: hafini
• Volapük: hafnin (vo)
• Welsh: haffniwm (cy)
• West Frisian: hafnium

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Afrikaans

Chemical element
Hf
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Noun

hafnium (uncountable)

1. hafnium

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Czech

Noun

hafnium n

1. hafnium

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Danish

Noun

hafnium n (singular definite hafniummet, not used in plural form)

1. hafnium

References

“hafnium” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Chemical element
Hf
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Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

hafnium n (uncountable)

1. hafnium

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Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hafnium (genitive hafniumi, partitive hafniumi or hafniumit)

1. hafnium

Declension

Declension of hafnium (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hafnium	hafniumid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	hafniumi
genitive			hafniumide
partitive		hafniumi	hafniume hafniumisid
illative		hafniumi hafniumisse	hafniumidesse hafniumesse
inessive		hafniumis	hafniumides hafniumes
elative		hafniumist	hafniumidest hafniumest
allative		hafniumile	hafniumidele hafniumele
adessive		hafniumil	hafniumidel hafniumel
ablative		hafniumilt	hafniumidelt hafniumelt
translative		hafniumiks	hafniumideks hafniumeks
terminative		hafniumini	hafniumideni
essive		hafniumina	hafniumidena
abessive		hafniumita	hafniumideta
comitative		hafniumiga	hafniumidega

Declension of hafnium (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hafnium	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	hafniumi
genitive			—
partitive		hafniumit	—
illative		hafniumisse	—
inessive		hafniumis	—
elative		hafniumist	—
allative		hafniumile	—
adessive		hafniumil	—
ablative		hafniumilt	—
translative		hafniumiks	—
terminative		hafniumini	—
essive		hafniumina	—
abessive		hafniumita	—
comitative		hafniumiga	—

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Finnish

Noun

hafnium

1. hafnium

Declension

Inflection of hafnium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		hafnium	hafniumit
genitive		hafniumin	hafniumien
partitive		hafniumia	hafniumeja
illative		hafniumiin	hafniumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hafnium	hafniumit
accusative	nom.	hafnium	hafniumit
	gen.	hafniumin
genitive		hafniumin	hafniumien
partitive		hafniumia	hafniumeja
inessive		hafniumissa	hafniumeissa
elative		hafniumista	hafniumeista
illative		hafniumiin	hafniumeihin
adessive		hafniumilla	hafniumeilla
ablative		hafniumilta	hafniumeilta
allative		hafniumille	hafniumeille
essive		hafniumina	hafniumeina
translative		hafniumiksi	hafniumeiksi
abessive		hafniumitta	hafniumeitta
instructive		—	hafniumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hafniumini hafniumini accusative nom. hafniumini hafniumini gen. hafniumini genitive hafniumini hafniumieni partitive hafniumiani hafniumejani inessive hafniumissani hafniumeissani elative hafniumistani hafniumeistani illative hafniumiini hafniumeihini adessive hafniumillani hafniumeillani ablative hafniumiltani hafniumeiltani allative hafniumilleni hafniumeilleni essive hafniuminani hafniumeinani translative hafniumikseni hafniumeikseni abessive hafniumittani hafniumeittani instructive — — comitative — hafniumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hafniumisi hafniumisi accusative nom. hafniumisi hafniumisi gen. hafniumisi genitive hafniumisi hafniumiesi partitive hafniumiasi hafniumejasi inessive hafniumissasi hafniumeissasi elative hafniumistasi hafniumeistasi illative hafniumiisi hafniumeihisi adessive hafniumillasi hafniumeillasi ablative hafniumiltasi hafniumeiltasi allative hafniumillesi hafniumeillesi essive hafniuminasi hafniumeinasi translative hafniumiksesi hafniumeiksesi abessive hafniumittasi hafniumeittasi instructive — — comitative — hafniumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hafniumimme hafniumimme accusative nom. hafniumimme hafniumimme gen. hafniumimme genitive hafniumimme hafniumiemme partitive hafniumiamme hafniumejamme inessive hafniumissamme hafniumeissamme elative hafniumistamme hafniumeistamme illative hafniumiimme hafniumeihimme adessive hafniumillamme hafniumeillamme ablative hafniumiltamme hafniumeiltamme allative hafniumillemme hafniumeillemme essive hafniuminamme hafniumeinamme translative hafniumiksemme hafniumeiksemme abessive hafniumittamme hafniumeittamme instructive — — comitative — hafniumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hafniuminne hafniuminne accusative nom. hafniuminne hafniuminne gen. hafniuminne genitive hafniuminne hafniumienne partitive hafniumianne hafniumejanne inessive hafniumissanne hafniumeissanne elative hafniumistanne hafniumeistanne illative hafniumiinne hafniumeihinne adessive hafniumillanne hafniumeillanne ablative hafniumiltanne hafniumeiltanne allative hafniumillenne hafniumeillenne essive hafniuminanne hafniumeinanne translative hafniumiksenne hafniumeiksenne abessive hafniumittanne hafniumeittanne instructive — — comitative — hafniumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hafniuminsa hafniuminsa accusative nom. hafniuminsa hafniuminsa gen. hafniuminsa genitive hafniuminsa hafniumiensa partitive hafniumiaan hafniumiansa hafniumejaan hafniumejansa inessive hafniumissaan hafniumissansa hafniumeissaan hafniumeissansa elative hafniumistaan hafniumistansa hafniumeistaan hafniumeistansa illative hafniumiinsa hafniumeihinsa adessive hafniumillaan hafniumillansa hafniumeillaan hafniumeillansa ablative hafniumiltaan hafniumiltansa hafniumeiltaan hafniumeiltansa allative hafniumilleen hafniumillensa hafniumeilleen hafniumeillensa essive hafniuminaan hafniuminansa hafniumeinaan hafniumeinansa translative hafniumikseen hafniumiksensa hafniumeikseen hafniumeiksensa abessive hafniumittaan hafniumittansa hafniumeittaan hafniumeittansa instructive — — comitative — hafniumeineen hafniumeinensa

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated or mute h)} IPA^(key): /af.njɔm/

Noun

hafnium m (uncountable)

1. hafnium

Further reading

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhaf.ni.um/, [ˈhäfniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈaf.ni.um/, [ˈäfnium]

Noun

hafnium n (genitive hafniī); second declension

1. hafnium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hafnium	hafnia
Genitive	hafniī	hafniōrum
Dative	hafniō	hafniīs
Accusative	hafnium	hafnia
Ablative	hafniō	hafniīs
Vocative	hafnium	hafnia

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Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɑ˦fɲɔ˧m]

Noun

hafnium n

1. (uncountable) hafnium
2. A part of hafnium

Inflection

Declension of hafnium

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
Nominative	hafnium	hafnia	hafnieke	hafniekes
Genitive	hafniums	hafnia	hafniekes	hafniekes
Locative	hafnieës	hafnieëser	hafnieëske	hafnieëskes
Dative¹	hafniumme	—	hafnieke	—
Accusative¹	hafnium	—	hafnieke	—
¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead.

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Malay

Chemical element
Hf
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Next: tantalum (Ta)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English hafnium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Hafnia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hafniom], [hafniəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

hafnium

1. hafnium (chemical element)

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Slovak

Chemical element
Hf
Previous: lutécium (Lu)
Next: tantal (Ta)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Hafnia (“Copenhagen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦafnium/

Noun

hafnium n (genitive singular hafnia, declension pattern of mesto)

1. hafnium (element)

Declension

Declension of hafnium

	singulare tantum
nominative	hafnium
genitive	hafnia
dative	hafniu
accusative	hafnium
locative	hafniu
instrumental	hafniom

Derived terms

• hafniový

References

• “hafnium”, 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, 2024