niobium

See also: nióbium

English

Chemical element
Nb
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Next: molybdenum (Mo)

Etymology

From Niobe +‎ -ium, because of the element's affinity with tantalum, named after Niobe's father Tantalus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nīō'bēəm, IPA^(key): /naɪˈoʊbiəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (General American):

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Noun

niobium (countable and uncountable, plural niobiums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.
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2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Synonyms

• columbium (in metallurgy; not in scientific use)
• dianium (obsolete)

Derived terms

• diniobium
• ferroniobium
• niobate
• niobian
• niobic
• niobiferous
• niobite
• niobium carbide
• niobium chloride
• niobium pentachloride
• niobous
• niocalite
• organoniobium
• radioniobium
• triniobium

Related terms

• Niobe

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: niobium (af)
• Albanian: niob
• Arabic: نِيُوبِيُوم m (niyūbiyūm)
• Armenian: նիոբիում (hy) (niobium)
• Asturian: niobiu (ast) m
• Basque: niobioa
• Belarusian: ніо́бій m (nióbij)
• Breton: niobiom
• Bulgarian: нио́бий m (nióbij)
• Catalan: niobi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鈮 / 铌 (zh) (ní)

• Cornish: nyobyum
• Czech: niob (cs) m
• Danish: niobium (da) n
• Dutch: niobium (nl) n
• Esperanto: niobo (eo), niobio (eo)
• Estonian: nioobium (et)
• Faroese: niobium n
• Finnish: niobi (fi), niobium (fi)
• French: niobium (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: niobium

• Galician: niobio (gl)
• Georgian: ნიობიუმი (niobiumi)
• German: Niob (de) n
• Greek: νιόβιο (el) n (nióvio)
• Hebrew: ניוביום (he) (niyobyum)
• Hindi: काशातु (kāśātu)
• Hungarian: nióbium (hu)
• Icelandic: nióbín
• Interlingua: niobium
• Irish: niaibiam (ga)
• Italian: niobio (it) m
• Japanese: ニオブ (ja) (niobu)
• Kazakh: ниобий (niobii)
• Khmer: ញ៉ូប្យូម (ñoupyoum)
• Korean: 니오브 (ko) (niobeu), 니오븀 (niobyum), 콜럼븀 (kolleombyum), 나이오븀 (naiobyum)
• Latvian: niobijs
• Lithuanian: niobis (lt)
• Macedonian: ниобиум (niobium)
• Malay: niobium
• Maltese: niobju
• Mongolian: ниоби (niobi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: niob n

  Nynorsk: niob (nn) n

• Occitan: niòbi m
• Polish: niob (pl) m
• Portuguese: nióbio (pt) m
• Romanian: niobiu (ro) n
• Russian: нио́бий (ru) m (nióbij)
• Scottish Gaelic: niòibiam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ниобиj m, ниобиjум m

  Latin: niobij (sh), niobijum

• Slovak: niób (sk) m
• Slovene: niobij (sl) m
• Spanish: niobio (es) m
• Swedish: niob (sv) n
• Tagalog: kolumbyo
• Tajik: ниобий (niobiy)
• Tamil: களங்கன் (ta) (kaḷaṅkaṉ)
• Thai: ไนโอเบียม (nai-oo-bîiam)
• Turkish: niyobyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: ніо́бій m (nióbij)
• Uzbek: niobiy (uz), ниобий (niobiy)
• Vietnamese: niobi
• Welsh: niobiwm (cy)

See also

• columbite
• columbite-tantalite
• coltan
• euxenite
• pyrochlore

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Nb
Previous: sirkonium (Zr)
Next: molibdeen (Mo)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

niobium (uncountable)

1. niobium

Danish

Chemical element
Nb
Previous: zirconium (Zr)
Next: molybdæn (Mo)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νιόβη (Nióbē) +‎ -ium.

Noun

niobium n (singular definite niobiummet, not used in plural form)

1. niobium

Declension

Declension of niobium

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	niobium	niobiummet
genitive	niobiums	niobiummets

References

• “niobium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Chemical element
Nb
Previous: zirkonium (Zr)
Next: molybdeen (Mo)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin niobium, named after the mythological queen Niobe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌniˈoː.bi.ʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ni‧o‧bi‧um

Noun

niobium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. niobium (chemical element) [from ca. 1845]

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English niobium).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniobium/, [ˈnio̞ˌbium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): ni‧o‧bi‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): nio‧bi‧um

Noun

niobium

1. niobium

Declension

Inflection of niobium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		niobium	niobiumit
genitive		niobiumin	niobiumien
partitive		niobiumia	niobiumeja
illative		niobiumiin	niobiumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		niobium	niobiumit
accusative	nom.	niobium	niobiumit
	gen.	niobiumin
genitive		niobiumin	niobiumien
partitive		niobiumia	niobiumeja
inessive		niobiumissa	niobiumeissa
elative		niobiumista	niobiumeista
illative		niobiumiin	niobiumeihin
adessive		niobiumilla	niobiumeilla
ablative		niobiumilta	niobiumeilta
allative		niobiumille	niobiumeille
essive		niobiumina	niobiumeina
translative		niobiumiksi	niobiumeiksi
abessive		niobiumitta	niobiumeitta
instructive		—	niobiumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative niobiumini niobiumini accusative nom. niobiumini niobiumini gen. niobiumini genitive niobiumini niobiumieni partitive niobiumiani niobiumejani inessive niobiumissani niobiumeissani elative niobiumistani niobiumeistani illative niobiumiini niobiumeihini adessive niobiumillani niobiumeillani ablative niobiumiltani niobiumeiltani allative niobiumilleni niobiumeilleni essive niobiuminani niobiumeinani translative niobiumikseni niobiumeikseni abessive niobiumittani niobiumeittani instructive — — comitative — niobiumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative niobiumisi niobiumisi accusative nom. niobiumisi niobiumisi gen. niobiumisi genitive niobiumisi niobiumiesi partitive niobiumiasi niobiumejasi inessive niobiumissasi niobiumeissasi elative niobiumistasi niobiumeistasi illative niobiumiisi niobiumeihisi adessive niobiumillasi niobiumeillasi ablative niobiumiltasi niobiumeiltasi allative niobiumillesi niobiumeillesi essive niobiuminasi niobiumeinasi translative niobiumiksesi niobiumeiksesi abessive niobiumittasi niobiumeittasi instructive — — comitative — niobiumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative niobiumimme niobiumimme accusative nom. niobiumimme niobiumimme gen. niobiumimme genitive niobiumimme niobiumiemme partitive niobiumiamme niobiumejamme inessive niobiumissamme niobiumeissamme elative niobiumistamme niobiumeistamme illative niobiumiimme niobiumeihimme adessive niobiumillamme niobiumeillamme ablative niobiumiltamme niobiumeiltamme allative niobiumillemme niobiumeillemme essive niobiuminamme niobiumeinamme translative niobiumiksemme niobiumeiksemme abessive niobiumittamme niobiumeittamme instructive — — comitative — niobiumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative niobiuminne niobiuminne accusative nom. niobiuminne niobiuminne gen. niobiuminne genitive niobiuminne niobiumienne partitive niobiumianne niobiumejanne inessive niobiumissanne niobiumeissanne elative niobiumistanne niobiumeistanne illative niobiumiinne niobiumeihinne adessive niobiumillanne niobiumeillanne ablative niobiumiltanne niobiumeiltanne allative niobiumillenne niobiumeillenne essive niobiuminanne niobiumeinanne translative niobiumiksenne niobiumeiksenne abessive niobiumittanne niobiumeittanne instructive — — comitative — niobiumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative niobiuminsa niobiuminsa accusative nom. niobiuminsa niobiuminsa gen. niobiuminsa genitive niobiuminsa niobiumiensa partitive niobiumiaan niobiumiansa niobiumejaan niobiumejansa inessive niobiumissaan niobiumissansa niobiumeissaan niobiumeissansa elative niobiumistaan niobiumistansa niobiumeistaan niobiumeistansa illative niobiumiinsa niobiumeihinsa adessive niobiumillaan niobiumillansa niobiumeillaan niobiumeillansa ablative niobiumiltaan niobiumiltansa niobiumeiltaan niobiumeiltansa allative niobiumilleen niobiumillensa niobiumeilleen niobiumeillensa essive niobiuminaan niobiuminansa niobiumeinaan niobiumeinansa translative niobiumikseen niobiumiksensa niobiumeikseen niobiumeiksensa abessive niobiumittaan niobiumittansa niobiumeittaan niobiumeittansa instructive — — comitative — niobiumeineen niobiumeinensa

Further reading

• “niobium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /njɔ.bjɔm/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Noun

niobium m (uncountable)

1. niobium

Further reading

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

Latin

Chemical element
Nb
Previous: zirconium (Zr)
Next: molybdaenum (Mo)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [niˈɔ.bi.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [niˈɔː.bi.um]

Noun

niobium n (genitive niobiī); second declension

1. niobium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	niobium	niobia
genitive	niobiī	niobiōrum
dative	niobiō	niobiīs
accusative	niobium	niobia
ablative	niobiō	niobiīs
vocative	niobium	niobia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲoː˨bjɔ˧m]

Noun

niobium n

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

Malay

Chemical element
Nb
Previous: zirkonium (Zr)
Next: molibdenum (Mo)

Etymology

From English niobium, from Niobe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [niobiom], [niobiəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

niobium

1. niobium (chemical element)