cadmium

== English == === Etymology === 1817, from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía, “calamine”), a cadmium-bearing mixture of minerals, which was named after the king Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”). === Pronunciation === enPR: kăd'mēəm, IPA(key): /ˈkædmiəm/ Hyphenation: cad‧mi‧um === Noun === cadmium (countable and uncountable, plural cadmiums) A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal. (countable) A single atom of this element. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === greenockite itai-itai disease == Danish == === Alternative forms === kadmium === Etymology === From Latin cadmium. Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía) +‎ -ium. === Noun === cadmium n (singular definite cadmiummet, not used in plural form) cadmium ==== Declension ==== === References === “cadmium” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Cadmium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑt.mi.ʏm/ Hyphenation: cad‧mi‧um === Noun === cadmium n (uncountable, no diminutive) cadmium [from late 1810s] ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kad.mjɔm/ === Noun === cadmium m (uncountable) cadmium === Further reading === “cadmium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkad.mi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkad.mi.um] === Noun === cadmium n (genitive cadmiī); second declension cadmium ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter).