tellurium

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: tĭlyo͝or'ēəm, IPA(key): /tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/ === Etymology 1 === Latin tellūs (“earth”) +‎ -ium ==== Noun ==== tellurium (countable and uncountable, plural telluriums) (uncountable) The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid. (countable) A single atom of this element. ===== Synonyms ===== sylvanium (obsolete) ===== Hypernyms ===== chalcogen ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== calaverite nagyagite sylvanite === Etymology 2 === Latin tellus (“earth”). ==== Noun ==== tellurium Alternative form of tellurion. === Further reading === David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Tellurium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database. “tellurium”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026. == Danish == === Noun === tellurium tellurium == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === tellurium n (uncountable, no diminutive) tellurium ==== Synonyms ==== telluur == Latin == === Etymology === From tellūs (“earth”) +‎ -ium. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛlˈluː.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [telˈluː.ri.um] === Noun === tellūrium n (genitive tellūriī); second declension (New Latin) tellurium ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === tellurium n (definite singular telluriet, indefinite plural tellurier, definite plural telluria or telluriene) tellurion == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === tellurium n (definite singular telluriet, indefinite plural tellurium, definite plural telluria) tellurion == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin tellūrium. Doublet of tellur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛlˈlu.rjum/ Rhymes: -urjum Syllabification: tel‧lu‧rium === Noun === tellurium n (astronomy, historical) orrery, tellurion (instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === tellurium in Polish dictionaries at PWN tellurium in PWN's encyclopedia