magnesium

From New Latin magnēsium, from Magnēsia (“region in Thessaly”) +‎ -ium.

• (UK) enPR: măgnē'zēəm, IPA^(key): /ˌmæɡˈniːzi.əm/
• (US) enPR: măgnē'zēəm, IPA^(key): /ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/; enPR: măgnē'zhəm, IPA^(key): /ˌmæɡˈniʒəm/

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• Rhymes: -iːziəm, -iʒəm
• Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧si‧um

magnesium (uncountable)

1. A light, flammable, silvery metal, and a chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12.
   • 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.

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magnesium (uncountable)

1. magnesium

• IPA^(key): /maɡˈne.sium/, [maʊ̯ˈneˀɕɔm]

magnesium n (singular definite magnesiummet, not used in plural form)

1. (chemistry) magnesium

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magnesium n (uncountable)

1. magnesium

magnesium

1. magnesium

magnesium (uncountable)

1. magnesium

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maɡˈneː.si.um/, [maŋˈneː.si.ũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈɲe.si.um/, [maɲˈɲeː.si.um]

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Form of magnēsius.

magnēsium

1. nominative neuter singular of magnēsius
2. accusative masculine singular of magnēsius
3. accusative neuter singular of magnēsius
4. vocative neuter singular of magnēsius

Substantivization of the neuter form of magnēsius (“of or pertaining to the region of Magnesia”).

magnēsium n (genitive magnēsiī); second declension

1. (New Latin) magnesium (chemical element 12)
   • 1782, D. Laurentius & Gulielmo Huntero, "Nova experimenta Chemica quae ad penitiorem Acidi e Pinguedine eruti cognitionem valere videntur", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Part I, page 28

     Magnesium nitratum nullum converſionem expertum eſt a noſtri acidi admixtione.

Second declension.

• Magnēsia
• magnēsius

• English: magnesium
• Galician: magnesio
• Italian: magnesio
• Portuguese: magnésio
• Spanish: magnesio

• IPA^(key): [mɑ˧ˈɲeː˨ʒɔ˧m]

magnesium n

1. (uncountable) magnesium
2. A part of magnesium

• مݢنيسيوم‎

From English magnesium, from New Latin magnēsium.

• IPA^(key): /maknesiom/
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

magnesium (Jawi spelling مݢنيسيوم)

1. magnesium (chemical element)

Borrowed from Norwegian magnesium.

magnēsium

1. magnesium

• Entry 90494 in Álgu database

From magnesia +‎ -ium

magnesium m or n (definite singular magnesiumen or magnesiumet, uncountable)

1. magnesium, chemical element, symbol Mg

• “magnesium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “magnesium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From magnesia +‎ -ium

magnesium m or n (definite singular magnesiumen or magnesiumet, uncountable)

1. magnesium, chemical element, symbol Mg

• “magnesium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /maŋˈneːsɪɵm/

magnesium n (uncountable)

1. magnesium