tungsténio

See also: tungstênio

Portuguese

Chemical element (edit)
W Atomic number 74 tungsténio (Europe)
Alternative names: tungstênio (Brazil), volfrâmio
Classification data Period 6 Group 6 Block d-block Class transition metal
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Portuguese Wikipedia article on Tungstênio

Alternative forms

• tungstênio (Brazil)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *téngʰ-u-s ~ *tn̥gʰ-éw-s

Proto-Germanic *þunguz

Old Norse þungrder.

Swedish tung

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-nos

Proto-Indo-European *stóyh₂nos

Proto-Germanic *stainaz

Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ)

Old Norse steinn

Old Swedish sten

Swedish sten

Swedish tungstenbor.

English tungstenbor.

Portuguese tungsténio

Borrowed from English tungsten.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tũɡʃˈtɛ.nju/, /tũɡʃˈtɛ.ni.u/

• Hyphenation: tungs‧té‧ni‧o

Noun

tungsténio m (usually uncountable, plural tungsténios) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (chemistry) tungsten (chemical element)

   Synonym: volfrâmio

Further reading

• “tungsténio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026