curium

== English == === Etymology === From Curie +‎ -ium (suffix forming names of metallic elements), coined by the American scientists Glenn T. Seaborg (1912–1999), Ralph A. James (1920–1973), and Albert Ghiorso (1915–2010), who synthesized the element in 1944 and named it in honour of Pierre Curie (1859–1906) and Marie Skłodowska Curie (1867–1934) who, with Henri Becquerel, were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in radioactivity. === Pronunciation === enPR: kūr'ēəm, IPA(key): /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əm/, /ˈkjɔː.ɹi.əm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkjʊ.ɹi.əm/ Rhymes: -ʊəɹiəm, -ɔːɹiəm Hyphenation: cur‧i‧um === Noun === curium (uncountable) (chemistry) A radioactive and highly fissile, silver-grey, metallic, transuranic chemical element (symbol Cm) with an atomic number of 96, which is artificially produced in a particle accelerator. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === curium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Afrikaans == === Noun === curium (uncountable) curium == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkɪrɪjum] Hyphenation: cu‧rium === Noun === curium n curium (transuranic chemical element with an atomic number of 96) ==== Declension ==== == Danish == === Etymology === From French Curie +‎ -ium. Named after Pierre and Marie Curie. === Noun === curium n (singular definite curiummet, not used in plural form) curium ==== Declension ==== === References === “curium” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English curium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkyː.ri.ʏm/ Hyphenation: cu‧ri‧um === Noun === curium n (uncountable, no diminutive) curium == Finnish == === Etymology === Internationalism (see English curium). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkurium/, [ˈkurium] Rhymes: -urium === Noun === curium curium ==== Declension ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ky.ʁjɔm/ === Noun === curium m (uncountable) curium === Further reading === “curium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʊ.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkuː.ri.um] === Noun === curium n (genitive curiī); second declension curium ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). == Romanian == === Noun === curium n (uncountable) alternative form of curiu ==== Declension ==== == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkyrɪjʊm/ === Noun === curium n curium (element) === Further reading === “curium”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Swedish == === Noun === curium n curium ==== Declension ==== === References === “curium”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “curium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH