lutetium

See also: Lutetium and lutétium

English

Chemical element
Lu
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Lutetium cube and dendrites.

Alternative forms

• lutecium (no longer used after 1949, when lutetium was made the official spelling)

Etymology

From Latin Lutetia (“Paris, the capital of France”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lūtē'shēəm, IPA^(key): /ljuːˈtiːʃiəm/

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Noun

lutetium (uncountable)

1. A chemical element (symbol Lu) with an atomic number of 71, a silvery-white metal which resists corrosion in dry air.

Synonyms

• cassiopeium (name proposed by Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, one of the discoverers of lutetium, but rejected)

Derived terms

• lutetium oxide

Related terms

• cassiopeium
• Lutetian

Translations

chemical element with atomic number of 71

• Afrikaans: lutesium (af)
• Albanian: lutec
• Arabic: لُوتِيتْيُوم m (lutityum)
• Armenian: լուտեցիում (lutecʻium)
• Asturian: luteciu (ast) m
• Basque: lutezioa
• Belarusian: лютэ́цый m (ljutécyj)
• Breton: lutesiom (br)
• Bulgarian: люте́ций m (ljutécij)
• Catalan: luteci (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鑥／镥 (zh) (lǔ) (Mainland China), 鎦／镏 (zh) (lǔ) (Taiwan)

• Cornish: lutetyum
• Czech: lutecium (cs)
• Danish: lutetium (da)
• Dutch: lutetium (nl) n
• Esperanto: lutecio (eo)
• Estonian: luteetsium (et)
• Faroese: lutetium
• Finnish: lutetium (fi)
• French: lutécium (fr) m
• Friulian: lutezi
• Galician: lutecio (gl) m
• Georgian: ლუტეციუმი (luṭeciumi)
• German: Lutetium (de) n, Cassiopeium (de) n (obsolete)
• Greek: λουτέτσιο n (loutétsio)
• Hebrew: לוטטיום (he) (lutetyum)
• Hindi: निर्वर्णला (nirvarṇalā)
• Hungarian: lutécium (hu)
• Icelandic: lútesín
• Irish: lúitéitiam
• Italian: lutezio (it) m
• Japanese: ルテチウム (ja) (rutechiumu), 鎦 (ja)
• Kashubian: lutet
• Khmer: លុយតេចូម (luyteecoum)
• Korean: 루테튬 (ko) (rutetyum)
• Latin: lutetium (la)
• Latvian: lutēcijs m
• Lithuanian: lutecis (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Lutetium
• Macedonian: лутециум m (lutecium)
• Malay: lutetium
• Maltese: lutizjum
• Manx: lootaiçhum
• Mongolian: лйутеци (ljuteci)
• Norwegian: lutetium
• Polish: lutet (pl) m
• Portuguese: lutécio (pt) m
• Romanian: lutețiu (ro) n
• Russian: люте́ций (ru) m (ljutécij)
• Scottish Gaelic: luitèitiam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лутециj m, лутециjум m

  Roman: lutecij (sh) m, lutecijum m

• Slovak: lutecium
• Slovene: lutecij (sl)
• Spanish: lutecio (es) m
• Swedish: lutetium (sv)
• Tajik: lyuteci'
• Tamil: மிளிரியம் (miḷiriyam)
• Thai: ลูทีเชียม (luu-tii-chîiam)
• Turkish: lütesyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: люте́цій m (ljutécij)
• Uzbek: lyutetsiy (uz)
• Vietnamese: Luteti
• Volapük: lutetin (vo)
• Welsh: lwtetiwm (cy)
• West Frisian: lutetium

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Lu
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Noun

lutetium (uncountable)

1. Nonstandard form of lutesium.

Danish

Noun

lutetium

1. lutetium

Dutch

Chemical element
Lu
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Pronunciation

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Noun

lutetium n (uncountable)

1. lutetium

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English lutetium).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlutetium/, [ˈlut̪e̞ˌt̪ium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): lu‧te‧ti‧um

Noun

lutetium

1. lutetium

Declension

Inflection of lutetium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		lutetium	lutetiumit
genitive		lutetiumin	lutetiumien
partitive		lutetiumia	lutetiumeja
illative		lutetiumiin	lutetiumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lutetium	lutetiumit
accusative	nom.	lutetium	lutetiumit
	gen.	lutetiumin
genitive		lutetiumin	lutetiumien
partitive		lutetiumia	lutetiumeja
inessive		lutetiumissa	lutetiumeissa
elative		lutetiumista	lutetiumeista
illative		lutetiumiin	lutetiumeihin
adessive		lutetiumilla	lutetiumeilla
ablative		lutetiumilta	lutetiumeilta
allative		lutetiumille	lutetiumeille
essive		lutetiumina	lutetiumeina
translative		lutetiumiksi	lutetiumeiksi
abessive		lutetiumitta	lutetiumeitta
instructive		—	lutetiumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lutetiumini lutetiumini accusative nom. lutetiumini lutetiumini gen. lutetiumini genitive lutetiumini lutetiumieni partitive lutetiumiani lutetiumejani inessive lutetiumissani lutetiumeissani elative lutetiumistani lutetiumeistani illative lutetiumiini lutetiumeihini adessive lutetiumillani lutetiumeillani ablative lutetiumiltani lutetiumeiltani allative lutetiumilleni lutetiumeilleni essive lutetiuminani lutetiumeinani translative lutetiumikseni lutetiumeikseni abessive lutetiumittani lutetiumeittani instructive — — comitative — lutetiumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lutetiumisi lutetiumisi accusative nom. lutetiumisi lutetiumisi gen. lutetiumisi genitive lutetiumisi lutetiumiesi partitive lutetiumiasi lutetiumejasi inessive lutetiumissasi lutetiumeissasi elative lutetiumistasi lutetiumeistasi illative lutetiumiisi lutetiumeihisi adessive lutetiumillasi lutetiumeillasi ablative lutetiumiltasi lutetiumeiltasi allative lutetiumillesi lutetiumeillesi essive lutetiuminasi lutetiumeinasi translative lutetiumiksesi lutetiumeiksesi abessive lutetiumittasi lutetiumeittasi instructive — — comitative — lutetiumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lutetiumimme lutetiumimme accusative nom. lutetiumimme lutetiumimme gen. lutetiumimme genitive lutetiumimme lutetiumiemme partitive lutetiumiamme lutetiumejamme inessive lutetiumissamme lutetiumeissamme elative lutetiumistamme lutetiumeistamme illative lutetiumiimme lutetiumeihimme adessive lutetiumillamme lutetiumeillamme ablative lutetiumiltamme lutetiumeiltamme allative lutetiumillemme lutetiumeillemme essive lutetiuminamme lutetiumeinamme translative lutetiumiksemme lutetiumeiksemme abessive lutetiumittamme lutetiumeittamme instructive — — comitative — lutetiumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lutetiuminne lutetiuminne accusative nom. lutetiuminne lutetiuminne gen. lutetiuminne genitive lutetiuminne lutetiumienne partitive lutetiumianne lutetiumejanne inessive lutetiumissanne lutetiumeissanne elative lutetiumistanne lutetiumeistanne illative lutetiumiinne lutetiumeihinne adessive lutetiumillanne lutetiumeillanne ablative lutetiumiltanne lutetiumeiltanne allative lutetiumillenne lutetiumeillenne essive lutetiuminanne lutetiumeinanne translative lutetiumiksenne lutetiumeiksenne abessive lutetiumittanne lutetiumeittanne instructive — — comitative — lutetiumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative lutetiuminsa lutetiuminsa accusative nom. lutetiuminsa lutetiuminsa gen. lutetiuminsa genitive lutetiuminsa lutetiumiensa partitive lutetiumiaan lutetiumiansa lutetiumejaan lutetiumejansa inessive lutetiumissaan lutetiumissansa lutetiumeissaan lutetiumeissansa elative lutetiumistaan lutetiumistansa lutetiumeistaan lutetiumeistansa illative lutetiumiinsa lutetiumeihinsa adessive lutetiumillaan lutetiumillansa lutetiumeillaan lutetiumeillansa ablative lutetiumiltaan lutetiumiltansa lutetiumeiltaan lutetiumeiltansa allative lutetiumilleen lutetiumillensa lutetiumeilleen lutetiumeillensa essive lutetiuminaan lutetiuminansa lutetiumeinaan lutetiumeinansa translative lutetiumikseen lutetiumiksensa lutetiumeikseen lutetiumeiksensa abessive lutetiumittaan lutetiumittansa lutetiumeittaan lutetiumeittansa instructive — — comitative — lutetiumeineen lutetiumeinensa

Anagrams

• lumettui

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /luˈte.ti.um/, [ɫ̪ʊˈt̪ɛt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈtet.t͡si.um/, [luˈt̪ɛt̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

lutetium n (genitive lutetiī); second declension

1. lutetium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lutetium	lutetia
Genitive	lutetiī	lutetiōrum
Dative	lutetiō	lutetiīs
Accusative	lutetium	lutetia
Ablative	lutetiō	lutetiīs
Vocative	lutetium	lutetia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ly˧ˈteː˨ʃɔ˧m]

Noun

lutetium n

1. (uncountable) lutetium
2. a part of lutetium

Malay

Chemical element
Lu
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Etymology

From English lutetium, from Latin Lutetia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lutetiom], [lutetiəm], [lutiʃəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

lutetium

1. lutetium