vanadium

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English[edit]

Chemical element
V
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Etymology[edit]

Vanadis, a name of the goddess Freyja, +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: vənā'dēəm, IPA(key): /vəˈneɪdi.əm/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

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vanadium (countable and uncountable, plural vanadiums)

  1. A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

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Afrikaans[edit]

Chemical element
V
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vanadium (uncountable)

  1. vanadium

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

vanadium

  1. vanadium

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Dutch[edit]

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Chemical element
V
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from New Latin vanadium or Swedish vanadium.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌvaːˈnaː.di.ʏm/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: va‧na‧di‧um

Noun[edit]

vanadium n (uncountable)

  1. vanadium (chemical element)

French[edit]

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vanadium m (uncountable)

  1. vanadium

Descendants[edit]

  • Lingala: vanadu

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Latin[edit]

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Chemical element
V
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Etymology[edit]

Derived from Old Norse Vanadis, (one of the names of Freyja, goddess of beauty) + -ium (chemical element suffix), in reference to the many beautifully colored chemical compounds it produces. The Norse name is a compound of the names Vana (from vanr (lacking, missing)) and Dis (from dís (goddess)).

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vanadium n (genitive vanadiī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) vanadium

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vanadium vanadia
Genitive vanadiī vanadiōrum
Dative vanadiō vanadiīs
Accusative vanadium vanadia
Ablative vanadiō vanadiīs
Vocative vanadium vanadia

References[edit]

  • Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)

Limburgish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ʋɑˈnaː˨ɖɔ˧m]

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vanadium n

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

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Malay[edit]

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Chemical element
V
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Etymology[edit]

From English vanadium.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vanadium

  1. vanadium (chemical element)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya).

Noun[edit]

vanadium n (definite singular vanadiumet, uncountable)

  1. vanadium, chemical element, symbol V

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya).

Noun[edit]

vanadium n (definite singular vanadiumet, uncountable)

  1. vanadium, chemical element, symbol V

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