cerium

See also: cérium

English
Chemical element
Ce Previous: lanthanum (La)
Next: praseodymium (Pr)

Alternative forms
  • cererium (a name proposed (but not accepted) to indicate "cerium" does not come from the Greek word for "wax")

Etymology

From Ceres (“a recently discovered asteroid”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: sîr'ēəm, IPA(key): /ˈsɪəɹiəm/

Noun

cerium (usually uncountable, plural ceriums)

  1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58.

Derived terms
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Danish

Noun

cerium

  1. cerium

Dutch
Chemical element
Ce Previous: lanthaan (La)
Next: praseodymium (Pr)

Pronunciation
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Noun

cerium n (uncountable)

  1. cerium

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈseːri.um/, [ˈs̠e̞ːri.um]

Noun

cerium

  1. cerium

Declension
Inflection of cerium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative cerium —
genitive ceriumin —
partitive ceriumia —
illative ceriumiin —
singular plural
nominative cerium —
accusative nom. cerium —
gen. ceriumin
genitive ceriumin —
partitive ceriumia —
inessive ceriumissa —
elative ceriumista —
illative ceriumiin —
adessive ceriumilla —
ablative ceriumilta —
allative ceriumille —
essive ceriumina —
translative ceriumiksi —
instructive — —
abessive ceriumitta —
comitative — —

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κηρίον (kēríon).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.ri.um/, [ˈkeː.ri.ũ]

Noun

cērium n (genitive cēriī); second declension

  1. A bad species of swelling or ulcer

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cērium cēria
Genitive cēriī cēriōrum
Dative cēriō cēriīs
Accusative cērium cēria
Ablative cēriō cēriīs
Vocative cērium cēria

Etymology 2

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈke.ri.um/, [ˈkɛ.ri.ũ]

Noun

cerium n (genitive ceriī); second declension

  1. cerium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cerium ceria
Genitive ceriī ceriōrum
Dative ceriō ceriīs
Accusative cerium ceria
Ablative ceriō ceriīs
Vocative cerium ceria

References
  • cerium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cerium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Swedish

Noun

cerium n

  1. cerium

Declension
Declension of cerium 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative cerium ceriumet — —
Genitive ceriums ceriumets — —
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