tellur

See also: Tellur, tellúr, and tellur-

Czech

Alternative forms

• telur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlur]

Noun

tellur m inan

1. tellurium (chemical element)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “tellur”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tellur”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “tellur”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Chemical element (edit)
Te Atomic number 52 tellur
Classification data Period 5 Group 16 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← antimon (Sb)
Next: iod (I) →

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin tellūs.

Noun

tellur c (singular definite telluren or telluret, not used in plural form)

1. tellurium

Declension

Declension of tellur

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tellur	telluret telluret
genitive	tellurs	tellurets tellurets

References

• “tellur” in Den Danske Ordbog

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian tellur.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰelluːr/

Noun

tellur

1. tellurium

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	tellur
Genitive	tellura
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tellur	tellurat
Accusative	tellura	telluriid
Genitive	tellura	telluriid
Illative	tellurii	telluriidda
Locative	telluris	telluriin
Comitative	telluriin	telluriiguin
Essive	tellurin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person telluran tellureamẹ tellureamẹt 2nd person tellurat tellureattẹ tellureattẹt 3rd person telluris tellureaskkạ tellureasẹt

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Polish

Chemical element (edit)
Te Atomic number 52 tellur
Classification data Period 5 Group 16 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← antymon (Sb)
Next: jod (I) →

tellur

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-der.?

Latin tellūs

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

New Latin tellūriumlbor.

Polish tellur

Learned borrowing from New Latin tellūrium. Doublet of tellurium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛl.lur/

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• Rhymes: -ɛllur
• Syllabification: tel‧lur

Noun

tellur m inan (related adjective tellurowy)

1. tellurium (chemical element with atomic number 52; symbol: Te; a rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid)

Declension

Declension of tellur

	singular
nominative	tellur
genitive	telluru
dative	tellurowi
accusative	tellur
instrumental	tellurem
locative	tellurze
vocative	tellurze

Related terms

adjectives

• telluryczny

nouns

• tellurek
• tellurium
• tellurometr

Further reading

• “tellur”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• tellur in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

Chemical element (edit)
Te Atomic number 52 tellur
Classification data Period 5 Group 16 Block p-block Class metalloid
Previous: ← antimon (Sb)
Next: jod (I) →

Noun

tellur c or n (uncountable)

1. tellurium

Declension

Declension of tellur

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tellur	tellurs
	definite	telluren	tellurens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of tellur

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tellur	tellurs
	definite	telluret	tellurets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “tellur”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tellur”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tellur”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)