selenium

See also: Selenium and sélénium

English

Chemical element
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Etymology

A New Latin word derived by Swedish chemist Berzelius in 1818, from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) in reference to original confusion with the similar element tellurium.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /sɪˈliː.ni.əm/, /səˈliː.ni.əm/

Noun

selenium (usually uncountable, plural seleniums)

  1. A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34.
  2. A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • “Selenium” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • selenium mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
  1. ↑ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

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Anagrams

Afrikaans

Chemical element
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Noun

selenium (uncountable)

  1. selenium

Dutch

Etymology

From New Latin selēnium, a word derived by Swedish chemist Berzelius in 1818, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “moon”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧le‧ni‧um

Noun

selenium n (uncountable)

  1. selenium

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “moon”) + -ium.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /seˈleː.ni.um/, [sɛˈɫeː.ni.ũ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈle.ni.um/, [seˈleː.ni.um]

Noun

selēnium n (genitive selēniī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) selenium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative selēnium selēnia
genitive selēniī selēniōrum
dative selēniō selēniīs
accusative selēnium selēnia
ablative selēniō selēniīs
vocative selēnium selēnia

Malay

Chemical element
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Etymology

From English selenium, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [selɛniom]
  • Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

selenium

  1. selenium (chemical element)
  1. ↑ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988
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