niobium

== English == === Etymology === From Niobe +‎ -ium, because of the element's affinity with tantalum, named after Niobe's father Tantalus. === Pronunciation === enPR: nīō'bēəm, IPA(key): /naɪˈoʊbiəm/ === Noun === niobium (countable and uncountable, plural niobiums) A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials. (countable) A single atom of this element. ==== Synonyms ==== columbium (in metallurgy; not in scientific use) dianium (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Niobe ==== Translations ==== === See also === columbite columbite-tantalite coltan euxenite pyrochlore == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === === Noun === niobium (uncountable) niobium == Danish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Νιόβη (Nióbē) +‎ -ium. === Noun === niobium n (singular definite niobiummet, not used in plural form) niobium ==== Declension ==== === References === “niobium” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin niobium, named after the mythological queen Niobe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌniˈoː.bi.ʏm/ Hyphenation: ni‧o‧bi‧um === Noun === niobium n (uncountable, no diminutive) niobium (chemical element) [from ca. 1845] == Finnish == === Etymology === Internationalism (see English niobium). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈniobium/, [ˈnio̞ˌbium] Rhymes: -ium Syllabification(key): ni‧o‧bi‧um Hyphenation(key): nio‧bi‧um === Noun === niobium niobium ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “niobium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (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 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /njɔ.bjɔm/ === Noun === niobium m (uncountable) niobium === Further reading === “niobium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [niˈɔ.bi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [niˈɔː.bi.um] === Noun === niobium n (genitive niobiī); second declension niobium ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). == Limburgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɲoː˨bjɔ˧m] === Noun === niobium n (uncountable) niobium A part of niobium == Malay == === Etymology === From English niobium, from Niobe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [niobiom], [niobiəm] Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om === Noun === niobium niobium (chemical element)