magnesium
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”), a region in Thessaly. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy, as a modification of his original suggestion, magnium.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: măgnē'zēəm, IPA(key): /ˌmæɡˈniːzi.əm/
- (US) enPR: măgnē'zēəm, IPA(key): /ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/; enPR: măgnē'zhəm, IPA(key): /ˌmæɡˈniʒəm/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧si‧um
Noun[edit]
magnesium (uncountable)
- The chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.
- 1999, Chapter 1 "Barrens" Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
- The building looked only like a wall glowing in the firelight, but sometimes a barrage of magnesium blue light made its windowframes jump out of the darkness.
- 1999, Chapter 1 "Barrens" Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Derived terms[edit]
- calcium magnesium carbonate
- calcium magnesium silicate
- magnesic
- magnesium-24
- magnesium-25
- magnesium-26
- magnesium alloy
- magnesium aluminate
- magnesium aluminium oxide, magnesium aluminum oxide
- magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate
- magnesium carbonate
- magnesium caseinate
- magnesium chlorate
- magnesium chloride
- magnesium chlorite
- magnesium citrate
- magnesium diboride
- magnesium diglutamate
- magnesium fluoride
- magnesium gallate
- magnesium hydroxide
- magnesium lactate
- magnesium lamp
- magnesium laureth sulfate, magnesium laureth sulphate
- magnesium light
- magnesium mica
- magnesium nitrate
- magnesium nitride
- magnesium oxide
- magnesium perchlorate
- magnesium peroxide
- magnesium phosphate
- magnesium ribbon
- magnesium silicate
- magnesium stearate
- magnesium sulfate, magnesium sulphate
- magnesium sulfide, magnesium sulphide
- magnesium wire
- manganoso-magnesium alum
- potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
- artinite
- Birmabright
- bischofite
- brucite
- carnallite
- deweylite
- epsomite
- gymnite
- kieserite
- lansfordite
- nesquehonite
- nigari
- olivine
- sellaite
- talc
References[edit]
- Magnesium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
magnesium (uncountable)
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnesium n (singular definite magnesiummet, not used in plural form)
Dutch[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from New Latin magnesium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnesium n (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Internationalism (see English magnesium), ultimately from New Latin magnēsium.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑɡne(ː)s(ː)ium/, [ˈmɑ̝ɡne̞(ː)(s̠)ˌs̠ium]
- Rhymes: -ium
- Syllabification(key): mag‧ne‧si‧um
Noun[edit]
magnesium
Declension[edit]
Inflection of magnesium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | magnesium | — | ||
genitive | magnesiumin | — | ||
partitive | magnesiumia | — | ||
illative | magnesiumiin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | magnesium | — | ||
accusative | nom. | magnesium | — | |
gen. | magnesiumin | |||
genitive | magnesiumin | — | ||
partitive | magnesiumia | — | ||
inessive | magnesiumissa | — | ||
elative | magnesiumista | — | ||
illative | magnesiumiin | — | ||
adessive | magnesiumilla | — | ||
ablative | magnesiumilta | — | ||
allative | magnesiumille | — | ||
essive | magnesiumina | — | ||
translative | magnesiumiksi | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
abessive | magnesiumitta | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading[edit]
- "magnesium" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnesium (uncountable)
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maɡˈneː.si.um/, [mäŋˈneːs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maɲˈɲe.si.um/, [mäɲˈɲɛːs̬ium]
Audio (Classical) (file) Audio (Ecclesiastical) (file)
Etymology 1[edit]
Form of magnēsius.
Adjective[edit]
magnēsium
- inflection of magnēsius:
Etymology 2[edit]
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Substantivization of the neuter form of magnēsius (“of or pertaining to the region of Magnesia”).
Noun[edit]
magnēsium n (genitive magnēsiī); second declension
- (New Latin) magnesium (chemical element 12)
- 1782, D. Laurentius, Gulielmo Huntero, “Nova experimenta Chemica quae ad penitiorem Acidi e Pinguedine eruti cognitionem valere videntur”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Part I, page 28:
- Magnesium nitratum nullum converſionem expertum eſt a noſtri acidi admixtione.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | magnēsium | magnēsia |
Genitive | magnēsiī | magnēsiōrum |
Dative | magnēsiō | magnēsiīs |
Accusative | magnēsium | magnēsia |
Ablative | magnēsiō | magnēsiīs |
Vocative | magnēsium | magnēsia |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: magnesium
- Galician: magnesio
- Italian: magnesio
- Portuguese: magnésio
- Romanian: magneziu
- Spanish: magnesio
Limburgish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnesium n
- (uncountable) magnesium
- A part of magnesium
Inflection[edit]
Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
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Nominative | magnesium | magnesia | magnesieke | magnesiekes |
Genitive | magnesiums | magnesia | magnesiekes | magnesiekes |
Locative | magnesieës | magnesieëser | magnesieëske | magnesieëskes |
Dative¹ | magnesiumme | — | magnesieke | — |
Accusative¹ | magnesium | — | magnesieke | — |
¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead. |
Malay[edit]
Chemical element | |
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Mg | |
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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English magnesium, from New Latin magnēsium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnesium (Jawi spelling مݢنيسيوم)
- magnesium (chemical element)
Northern Sami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Norwegian magnesium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnēsium
Inflection[edit]
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Nominative | magnēsium | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | magnēsiuma | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | magnēsium | magnēsiumat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | magnēsiuma | magnēsiumiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | magnēsiuma | magnēsiumiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | magnēsiumii | magnēsiumiidda | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | magnēsiumis | magnēsiumiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | magnēsiumiin | magnēsiumiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | magnēsiumin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnesium m or n (definite singular magnesiumen or magnesiumet, uncountable)
References[edit]
- “magnesium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “magnesium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnesium m or n (definite singular magnesiumen or magnesiumet, uncountable)
References[edit]
- “magnesium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Chemical element | |
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Mg | |
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
magnesium n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of magnesium | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | magnesium | magnesiumet | — | — |
Genitive | magnesiums | magnesiumets | — | — |
Declension of magnesium | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | magnesium | magnesiet | — | — |
Genitive | magnesiums | magnesiets | — | — |
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