cobalto

Noun

cobalto m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

Etymology

From New Latin cōbaltum, derived from German Kobalt, derived from Kobolet, alteration of Kobold (“elf, goblin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈbal.to/, [koˈbäl̺t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -alto
• Stress: cobàlto
• Hyphenation: co‧bal‧to

Noun

cobalto m (plural cobalti)

1. (chemistry) cobalt
2. cobalt blue
   • 1909, Giovanni Pascoli, “L'altra faccia lunare [The Other Lunar Face]”, in Gli emigranti nella luna [The Migrants in the Moon]‎ (in Italian), collected in Nuovi poemetti, 4th edition, Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, published 1918, lines 32–34, page 170:

     Videro tutti là, di soprassalto, ¶ quella fanciulla, con le braccia in croce, ¶ bianca sul liscio lago di cobalto.

     They all saw, suddenly, ¶ that lady, with arms crossed, ¶ white over the smooth cobalt lake.

Adjective

cobalto (invariable)

1. (following a noun) cobalt-coloured, cobalt (attributive)

Noun

cōbaltō

1. dative singular of cōbaltum
2. ablative singular of cōbaltum

Etymology

From German Kobalt, from Kobold (“goblin”), so called because of its toxicity.

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ˈbaw.to/
• Rhymes: -awtu

Noun

cobalto m (uncountable)

1. cobalt (element)

Etymology

From German Kobalt, from Kobold (“goblin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈbalto/, [koˈβal̪t̪o]

Noun

cobalto m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

See also

• cobalto on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “cobalto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.