plumbum

Latin

Etymology

Related to Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead”). May be borrowed from Etruscan, Iberian or some other pre-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate language.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplum.bum/, [ˈpɫʊm.bũ]

Noun

plumbum n (genitive plumbī); second declension

  1. lead (metal)
  2. ball of lead
  3. (poetic) pipe of lead
  4. (New Latin) pencil

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plumbum plumba
Genitive plumbī plumbōrum
Dative plumbō plumbīs
Accusative plumbum plumba
Ablative plumbō plumbīs
Vocative plumbum plumba

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • plumbum album
  • plumbum nigrum

Descendants
  • Romansch: plum, plùn m, plùm m, plom m
  • Sardinian: peumu, piumbu, piumu, plumbu
  • Sicilian: chiummu, ghiummu
  • Spanish: plomo
  • Venetian: piònbo
  • Welsh: plwm

References
  • plumbum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • plumbum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • plumbum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • plumbum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • plumbum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Malay
Chemical element
Pb Previous: talium (Tl)
Next: timah wurung (Bi)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin plumbum, related to Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [plumbom], [plumbəm], [plambəm]
  • Rhymes: -umbom, -bom, -om

Noun

plumbum (Jawi spelling ڤلومبوم)

  1. lead (chemical element)

Synonyms
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