vanadium

== English == === Etymology === Mid 19th century, from New Latin vanadium. === Pronunciation === enPR: vənā'dēəm, IPA(key): /vəˈneɪdi.əm/ === Noun === vanadium (countable and uncountable, plural vanadiums) A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels. (countable) An atom of this element. ==== Synonyms ==== panchromium (name proposed by the mineralogist Andrés Manuel del Río) rionium (name proposed by the geologist George William Featherstonhaugh) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Vanadís ==== Translations ==== === See also === carnotite patronite == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === === Noun === vanadium (uncountable) vanadium == Danish == === Alternative forms === vanadin === Etymology === From Old Norse Vanadís +‎ -ium. From New Latin vanadium. === Noun === vanadium n (singular definite vanadiummet, not used in plural form) vanadium ==== Declension ==== === References === “vanadium” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin vanadium or Swedish vanadium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌvaːˈnaː.di.ʏm/ Hyphenation: va‧na‧di‧um === Noun === vanadium n (uncountable, no diminutive) vanadium (chemical element) == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /va.na.djɔm/ === Noun === vanadium m (uncountable) vanadium ==== Descendants ==== Lingala: vanadu === Further reading === “vanadium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === Derived from Old Norse Vanadís, (one of the names of Freyja, goddess of beauty) + -ium (chemical element suffix), in reference to the many beautifully colored chemical compounds it produces. The Norse name is a compound of the names Vana (from vanr (“one of the Vanir”)) and Dís (from dís (“goddess”)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [waˈna.di.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vaˈnaː.di.um] === Noun === vanadium n (genitive vanadiī); second declension (New Latin) vanadium ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only. === References === Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993) == Limburgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʋɑˈnaː˨ɖɔ˧m] === Noun === vanadium n (uncountable) vanadium A part of vanadium == Malay == === Etymology === From English vanadium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [vanadiom], [vanadiəm], [vənediəm] Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om === Noun === vanadium vanadium (chemical element) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya). === Noun === vanadium n (definite singular vanadiumet, uncountable) vanadium, chemical element, symbol V === References === “vanadium” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “vanadium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya). === Noun === vanadium n (definite singular vanadiumet, uncountable) vanadium, chemical element, symbol V === References === “vanadium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.