wolfram
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Wolfram, a German surname derived from the Germanic element "wulf" (meaning "wolf") combined with "hraban" (meaning "raven") and related to the animals that accompanied the Nordic God Odin. The element tungsten's symbol (W) is from this word.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- wolframate
- wolframed
- wolframic
- wolframine
- wolframite
- wolfram lamp
- wolfram-ocher, wolfram-ochre
- wolfram-steel
Descendants
- → Malay: wolfram
Danish
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔl.fʁam/
Further reading
- “wolfram” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Malay
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| W | Previous: tantalum (Ta) |
| Next: renium (Re) | |
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wɔlfram], [wɔlfrɛm]
- Rhymes: -am
Northern Sami
Inflection
| Odd, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wolfram | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | wolframa | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | wolfram | wolframat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | wolframa | wolframiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | wolframa | wolframiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | wolframii | wolframiidda | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | wolframis | wolframiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | wolframiin | wolframiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | wolframin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Norwegian Bokmål
Descendants
- → Northern Sami: wolfram
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɔ.lfram/
Audio (file)
Romanian
wolfram
Synonyms
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