magnesium

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”), a region in Thessaly. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy, as a modification of his original suggestion, magnium. === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: măgnē'zēəm, IPA(key): /ˌmæɡˈniːzi.əm/ (US) enPR: măgnē'zēəm, IPA(key): /ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/; enPR: măgnē'zhəm, IPA(key): /ˌmæɡˈniʒəm/ Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧si‧um === Noun === magnesium (uncountable) The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal. Alternative form: Mg (symbol) Hypernyms: alkaline earth metal < metal < substance, material 1999, Chapter 1 "Barrens" Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson The building looked only like a wall glowing in the firelight, but sometimes a barrage of magnesium blue light made its windowframes jump out of the darkness. ==== Synonyms ==== magnium (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: magnesiwm ==== Translations ==== === See also === artinite Birmabright bischofite brucite carnallite deweylite epsomite gymnite kieserite lansfordite nesquehonite nigari olivine sellaite talc === References === Magnesium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table === Anagrams === mesangium == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === === Noun === magnesium (uncountable) magnesium == Danish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía) +‎ -ium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maɡˈne.sium/, [maʊ̯ˈneˀɕɔm] === Noun === magnesium n (singular definite magnesiummet, not used in plural form) (chemistry) magnesium Synonym: (obsolete) magnium ==== Declension ==== === References === “magnesium” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin magnesium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly: === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌmɑxˈneː.zi.ʏm/ Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧si‧um === Noun === magnesium n (uncountable, no diminutive) magnesium ==== Derived terms ==== magnesiumpoeder == Finnish == === Etymology === Internationalism (see English magnesium), ultimately from New Latin magnēsium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɑɡne(ː)s(ː)ium/, [ˈmɑ̝ɡne̞(ː)(s̠)ˌs̠ium] Rhymes: -ium Syllabification(key): mag‧ne‧si‧um Hyphenation(key): mag‧ne‧si‧um === Noun === magnesium magnesium ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “magnesium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == Interlingua == === Noun === magnesium (uncountable) magnesium == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maŋˈneː.si.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maɲˈɲɛː.s̬i.um] === Etymology 1 === Form of magnēsius. ==== Adjective ==== magnēsium inflection of magnēsius: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular accusative masculine singular === Etymology 2 === Substantivization of the neuter form of magnēsius (“of or pertaining to the region of Magnesia”). ==== Noun ==== magnēsium n (genitive magnēsiī); second declension (New Latin) magnesium (chemical element 12) ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter). ===== Related terms ===== Magnēsia magnēsius ===== Descendants ===== → English: magnesium→ Welsh: magnesiwm → French: magnésium (learned) → Galician: magnesio (learned) → German: Magnesium → Italian: magnesio (learned) → Luxembourgish: Magnesium → Portuguese: magnésio (learned) → Romanian: magneziu (learned) → Spanish: magnesio (learned) == Limburgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [mɑ˧ˈɲeː˨ʒɔ˧m] === Noun === magnesium n (uncountable) magnesium A part of magnesium == Malay == === Alternative forms === مݢنيسيوم === Etymology === From English magnesium, from New Latin magnēsium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maknesiom/ Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om === Noun === magnesium (Jawi spelling مݢنيسيوم) magnesium (chemical element) == Northern Sami == === Etymology === Borrowed from Norwegian magnesium. === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmakːneːˌsiuːm/ === Noun === magnēsium magnesium ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From magnesia +‎ -ium. === Noun === magnesium m or n (definite singular magnesiumen or magnesiumet, uncountable) magnesium, chemical element, symbol Mg === References === “magnesium” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “magnesium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From magnesia +‎ -ium. === Noun === magnesium m or n (definite singular magnesiumen or magnesiumet, uncountable) magnesium, chemical element, symbol Mg === References === “magnesium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maŋˈneːsɪɵm/ === Noun === magnesium n (uncountable) magnesium ==== Declension ==== === References === “magnesium”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “magnesium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “magnesium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH