tellurium

See also: Tellurium

English
Chemical element
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Pronunciation
  • enPR: tĭlyo͝or'ēəm, IPA(key): /tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/

Etymology 1

Latin tellūs (“earth”) +‎ -ium

Noun

tellurium (countable and uncountable, plural telluriums)

  1. (uncountable) The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te.
  2. A single atom of this element.
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Derived terms
  • tellurium chloride
  • tellurium dioxide
  • tellurium glance
  • tellurium hydride
  • tellurium nitrate
  • tellurium oxalate
  • tellurium salt
  • tellurium sulfate, tellurium sulphate
  • tellurium sulfide, tellurium sulphide
  • tellurium tetrachloride
  • tellurium trioxide
  • tellurous
  • tellururet
  • tetratellurium
  • white tellurium
  • yellow tellurium
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Etymology 2

Latin tellus (“earth”).

Noun

tellurium

  1. A variant spelling of tellurion.

Further reading
  • “Tellurium” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “tellurium”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

Danish

Noun

tellurium

  1. tellurium

Dutch

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Noun

tellurium n (uncountable)

  1. tellurium

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Latin

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

Noun

tellūrium n (genitive tellūriī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) tellurium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tellūrium tellūria
Genitive tellūriī tellūriōrum
Dative tellūriō tellūriīs
Accusative tellūrium tellūria
Ablative tellūriō tellūriīs
Vocative tellūrium tellūria
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