コバルト

Japanese
Chemical element
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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kobalt. Already used by Udagawa Yōan in Seimi Kaisō (1837).[1] Later influenced by German Kobalt,[2] English cobalt.[2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation

Noun

コバルト (rōmaji kobaruto)

  1. cobalt, Co
  2. cobalt blue

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • コバルトグリーン (kobaruto gurīn): cobalt green
  • コバルトブルー (kobaruto burū): cobalt blue
  • コバルト爆弾 (ばくだん) (kobaruto bakudan): cobalt bomb
  • コバルト照 (しょう)射 (しゃ)療 (りょう)法 (ほう) (kobaruto shōsha ryōhō): cobalt radiation therapy

References
  1. Udagawa Yōan, Seimi Kaisō, vol. 1, 1837, p. 10:
    今以イ呂ロ波ハノ韻ヲ歩𬼀左ニ列舉シ以テ初學ノ記誦ニ便ス。漢名譯名、蘭名ハ其下ニ嵌註シ別名ハ篇中條下に讓テ録セズ
    […]〔己〕箇コ拔バ爾ル丢テュ母ム コバルト 格コ綸リュム彪ビウ母ム
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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