terbium

See also: Terbium

English

Chemical element
Tb
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Etymology

After Ytterby, Sweden, +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tûrʹbē-əm
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝ.bi.əm/

  • Audio (US)

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Noun

terbium (uncountable)

1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Tb) with an atomic number of 65: a soft, silvery-white, rare earth metal that is malleable and ductile.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• sodium terbium borate
• terbia
• terbic
• terbium oxide
• terbium peroxide
• terbium trichloride
• tetraterbium

Related terms

Related terms

• erbium
• terbic
• ytterbium
• yttrium

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: terbium (af)
• Albanian: terbium
• Arabic: تِرْبِيُوم‎ m (terbiyum)
• Armenian: տերբիում (hy) (terbium)
• Asturian: terbiu (ast) m
• Basque: terbioa
• Belarusian: тэ́рбій m (térbij)
• Breton: terbiom (br)
• Bulgarian: те́рбий m (térbij)
• Catalan: terbi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鋱／铽 (zh) (tè)

• Cornish: terbyum
• Czech: terbium (cs)
• Danish: terbium (da)
• Dutch: terbium (nl) n
• Esperanto: terbio (eo)
• Estonian: terbium (et)
• Faroese: terbium n
• Finnish: terbium (fi)
• French: terbium (fr) m
• Friulian: terbi
• Galician: terbio (gl) m
• Georgian: ტერბიუმი (ṭerbiumi)
• German: Terbium (de) n
• Greek: τέρβιο (el) n (térvio)
• Hebrew: טרביום‎ (he) (térbiyum)
• Hindi: इद्‌‍भृशला (id‌‍bhŕślā)
• Hungarian: terbium (hu)
• Icelandic: terbín (is)
• Irish: teirbiam
• Italian: terbio (it) m
• Japanese: テルビウム (ja) (terubiumu)
• Kashubian: terb
• Kazakh: тербий (terbii)
• Khmer: ទែប្យូម (tɛɛpyoum)
• Korean: 테르븀 (ko) (tereubyum), 터븀 (teobyum)
• Latin: terbium (la)
• Latvian: terbijs
• Lithuanian: terbis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Terbium
• Macedonian: те́рбиум m (térbium)
• Malay: terbium
• Maltese: terbjum
• Manx: çherbium
• Mongolian: терби (terbi)
• Norwegian: terbium
• Polish: terb (pl) m
• Portuguese: térbio (pt) m
• Romanian: terbiu (ro) n
• Russian: те́рбий (ru) m (térbij)
• Scottish Gaelic: teirbiam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тербиjум m, тербиj m

  Roman: terbijum m, terbij (sh) m

• Slovak: terbium n
• Slovene: terbij (sl)
• Spanish: terbio (es) m
• Swedish: terbium (sv) n
• Tajik: тербий (terbiy)
• Tamil: தென்னிரும்பு (teṉṉirumpu)
• Thai: เทอร์เบียม (təə-bîiam)
• Turkish: terbiyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: те́рбій m (térbij)
• Uzbek: terbiy (uz), тербий (terbiy)
• Vietnamese: tecbi
• Welsh: terbiwm
• West Frisian: terbium

Anagrams

• imbrute

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Tb
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Pronunciation

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Noun

terbium (uncountable)

1. terbium

Danish

Noun

terbium

1. terbium

Dutch

Chemical element
Tb
Previous: gadolinium (Gd)
Next: dysprosium (Dy)

Etymology

Borrowed. Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛr.biˌʏm/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ter‧bi‧um
• Rhymes: -ɛrbiʏm

Noun

terbium n (uncountable)

1. terbium

Related terms

• erbium
• ytterbium
• yttrium

Estonian

Noun

terbium (genitive terbiumi, partitive terbiumi or terbiumit)

1. terbium

Declension

Declension of terbium (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	terbium	terbiumid
accusative	terbiumi	terbiumid
genitive	terbiumi	terbiumide
partitive	terbiumi	terbiume terbiumisid
illative	terbiumi terbiumisse	terbiumidesse terbiumesse
inessive	terbiumis	terbiumides terbiumes
elative	terbiumist	terbiumidest terbiumest
allative	terbiumile	terbiumidele terbiumele
adessive	terbiumil	terbiumidel terbiumel
ablative	terbiumilt	terbiumidelt terbiumelt
translative	terbiumiks	terbiumideks terbiumeks
terminative	terbiumini	terbiumideni
essive	terbiumina	terbiumidena
abessive	terbiumita	terbiumideta
comitative	terbiumiga	terbiumidega

Declension of terbium (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	terbium	—
accusative	terbiumi	—
genitive	terbiumi	—
partitive	terbiumit	—
illative	terbiumisse	—
inessive	terbiumis	—
elative	terbiumist	—
allative	terbiumile	—
adessive	terbiumil	—
ablative	terbiumilt	—
translative	terbiumiks	—
terminative	terbiumini	—
essive	terbiumina	—
abessive	terbiumita	—
comitative	terbiumiga	—

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English terbium).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈterbium/, [ˈt̪e̞rbium]
• Rhymes: -erbium
• Syllabification^(key): ter‧bi‧um

Noun

terbium

1. terbium

Declension

Inflection of terbium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		terbium	terbiumit
genitive		terbiumin	terbiumien
partitive		terbiumia	terbiumeja
illative		terbiumiin	terbiumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		terbium	terbiumit
accusative	nom.	terbium	terbiumit
	gen.	terbiumin
genitive		terbiumin	terbiumien
partitive		terbiumia	terbiumeja
inessive		terbiumissa	terbiumeissa
elative		terbiumista	terbiumeista
illative		terbiumiin	terbiumeihin
adessive		terbiumilla	terbiumeilla
ablative		terbiumilta	terbiumeilta
allative		terbiumille	terbiumeille
essive		terbiumina	terbiumeina
translative		terbiumiksi	terbiumeiksi
instructive		—	terbiumein
abessive		terbiumitta	terbiumeitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of terbium (type risti)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative terbiumini terbiumini accusative nom. terbiumini terbiumini gen. terbiumini genitive terbiumini terbiumieni partitive terbiumiani terbiumejani inessive terbiumissani terbiumeissani elative terbiumistani terbiumeistani illative terbiumiini terbiumeihini adessive terbiumillani terbiumeillani ablative terbiumiltani terbiumeiltani allative terbiumilleni terbiumeilleni essive terbiuminani terbiumeinani translative terbiumikseni terbiumeikseni instructive — — abessive terbiumittani terbiumeittani comitative — terbiumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative terbiumisi terbiumisi accusative nom. terbiumisi terbiumisi gen. terbiumisi genitive terbiumisi terbiumiesi partitive terbiumiasi terbiumejasi inessive terbiumissasi terbiumeissasi elative terbiumistasi terbiumeistasi illative terbiumiisi terbiumeihisi adessive terbiumillasi terbiumeillasi ablative terbiumiltasi terbiumeiltasi allative terbiumillesi terbiumeillesi essive terbiuminasi terbiumeinasi translative terbiumiksesi terbiumeiksesi instructive — — abessive terbiumittasi terbiumeittasi comitative — terbiumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative terbiumimme terbiumimme accusative nom. terbiumimme terbiumimme gen. terbiumimme genitive terbiumimme terbiumiemme partitive terbiumiamme terbiumejamme inessive terbiumissamme terbiumeissamme elative terbiumistamme terbiumeistamme illative terbiumiimme terbiumeihimme adessive terbiumillamme terbiumeillamme ablative terbiumiltamme terbiumeiltamme allative terbiumillemme terbiumeillemme essive terbiuminamme terbiumeinamme translative terbiumiksemme terbiumeiksemme instructive — — abessive terbiumittamme terbiumeittamme comitative — terbiumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative terbiuminne terbiuminne accusative nom. terbiuminne terbiuminne gen. terbiuminne genitive terbiuminne terbiumienne partitive terbiumianne terbiumejanne inessive terbiumissanne terbiumeissanne elative terbiumistanne terbiumeistanne illative terbiumiinne terbiumeihinne adessive terbiumillanne terbiumeillanne ablative terbiumiltanne terbiumeiltanne allative terbiumillenne terbiumeillenne essive terbiuminanne terbiumeinanne translative terbiumiksenne terbiumeiksenne instructive — — abessive terbiumittanne terbiumeittanne comitative — terbiumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative terbiuminsa terbiuminsa accusative nom. terbiuminsa terbiuminsa gen. terbiuminsa genitive terbiuminsa terbiumiensa partitive terbiumiaan terbiumiansa terbiumejaan terbiumejansa inessive terbiumissaan terbiumissansa terbiumeissaan terbiumeissansa elative terbiumistaan terbiumistansa terbiumeistaan terbiumeistansa illative terbiumiinsa terbiumeihinsa adessive terbiumillaan terbiumillansa terbiumeillaan terbiumeillansa ablative terbiumiltaan terbiumiltansa terbiumeiltaan terbiumeiltansa allative terbiumilleen terbiumillensa terbiumeilleen terbiumeillensa essive terbiuminaan terbiuminansa terbiumeinaan terbiumeinansa translative terbiumikseen terbiumiksensa terbiumeikseen terbiumeiksensa instructive — — abessive terbiumittaan terbiumittansa terbiumeittaan terbiumeittansa comitative — terbiumeineen terbiumeinensa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁ.bjɔm/

• Audio

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Noun

terbium m (uncountable)

1. terbium

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Chemical element
Tb
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛrbijum]
• Hyphenation: ter‧bi‧um
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

terbium (usually uncountable, plural terbiumok)

1. terbium (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	terbium	terbiumok
accusative	terbiumot	terbiumokat
dative	terbiumnak	terbiumoknak
instrumental	terbiummal	terbiumokkal
causal-final	terbiumért	terbiumokért
translative	terbiummá	terbiumokká
terminative	terbiumig	terbiumokig
essive-formal	terbiumként	terbiumokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	terbiumban	terbiumokban
superessive	terbiumon	terbiumokon
adessive	terbiumnál	terbiumoknál
illative	terbiumba	terbiumokba
sublative	terbiumra	terbiumokra
allative	terbiumhoz	terbiumokhoz
elative	terbiumból	terbiumokból
delative	terbiumról	terbiumokról
ablative	terbiumtól	terbiumoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	terbiumé	terbiumoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	terbiuméi	terbiumokéi

Possessive forms of terbium
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	terbiumom	terbiumaim
2nd person sing.	terbiumod	terbiumaid
3rd person sing.	terbiuma	terbiumai
1st person plural	terbiumunk	terbiumaink
2nd person plural	terbiumotok	terbiumaitok
3rd person plural	terbiumuk	terbiumaik

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈter.bi.um/, [ˈt̪ɛrbiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈter.bi.um/, [ˈt̪ɛrbium]

Noun

terbium n (genitive terbiī); second declension

1. terbium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	terbium	terbia
Genitive	terbiī	terbiōrum
Dative	terbiō	terbiīs
Accusative	terbium	terbia
Ablative	terbiō	terbiīs
Vocative	terbium	terbia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtæ˨ʁbjɔ˧m]

Noun

terbium n

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

Inflection

Declension of terbium

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
Nominative	terbium	terbia	terbieke	terbiekes
Genitive	terbiums	terbia	terbiekes	terbiekes
Locative	terbieës	terbieëser	terbieëske	terbieëskes
Dative¹	terbiumme	—	terbieke	—
Accusative¹	terbium	—	terbieke	—
¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead.

Malay

Chemical element
Tb
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Etymology

From English terbium, from Swedish Ytterby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tə(r)biom], [tə(r)biəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

terbium

1. terbium (chemical element)

Slovak

Chemical element
Tb
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Etymology

From the Swedish town of Ytterby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛrbium/

Noun

terbium n (genitive singular terbia, declension pattern of mesto)

1. terbium (element)

Declension

Declension of terbium

	singulare tantum
nominative	terbium
genitive	terbia
dative	terbiu
accusative	terbium
locative	terbiu
instrumental	terbiom

Derived terms

• terbiový

Further reading

• terbium in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Chemical element
Tb
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Next: dysprosium (Dy)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛrbɪɵm/

Noun

terbium n

1. terbium

Declension

Declension of terbium
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	terbium	terbiumet	—	—
Genitive	terbiums	terbiumets	—	—