promethium

See also: Promethium and prométhium

English

Chemical element
Pm Previous: neodymium (Nd)
Next: samarium (Sm)

Alternative forms

Etymology

1945. From the name of the Greek god Prometheus, who stole the fire from Mount Olympus and brought it down to mankind + -ium.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: prōmē'thēəm, IPA(key): /pɹoʊˈmiːθiəm/

Noun

promethium (uncountable)

  1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Pm) with an atomic number of 61.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • promethium chloride
  • promethium nitrate

Translations


Danish

Noun

promethium

  1. promethium

Dutch

Chemical element
Pm Previous: neodymium (Nd)
Next: samarium (Sm)

Pronunciation

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Noun

promethium n (uncountable)

  1. promethium

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /proˈmeː.tʰi.um/, [prɔˈmeː.tʰi.ũ]

Noun

promēthium n (genitive promēthiī); second declension

  1. promethium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative promēthium promēthia
Genitive promēthiī promēthiōrum
Dative promēthiō promēthiīs
Accusative promēthium promēthia
Ablative promēthiō promēthiīs
Vocative promēthium promēthia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɘʁˈmeː˨ðɖɔ˧m]

Noun

promethium n

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

Inflection

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