adamantium

English

Etymology

From adamant +‎ -ium.

Noun

adamantium (uncountable)

A fictional metal that is indestructible or nearly so.
Synonym: adamantine
- 1941 June, Malcolm Jameson, “Devil's Powder”, in Astounding Science-Fiction‎, volume 27, number 4, Street & Smith:
  It was a bullet. It was a small slug of adamantium, the toughest and hardest of all metals, crammed to capacity with the terrific explosive feroxite and would burst instantly on any reasonable heavy impact.
- 1969 July, Roy Thomas, “Betrayal”, in Avengers, volume 1, number 66, Marvel Comics:
  It's imperative that these experiments be concluded with haste! The military must know the potential of this new adamantium at once! Even the President is standing by!

Translations

fictional indestructible metal

Japanese: アダマンティウム (adamantiumu)
Korean: 아다만티움 (adamantium)
Portuguese: adamantium m
Russian: адама́нтий m (adamántij)

See also

(imaginary desirably hard material): unobtainium

Adjective

adamantium (not comparable)

Made of adamantium.
- 2004, Neal Asher, Gridlinked, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 324:
  'We knew the egg was adamantium. Not much else could have been learnt.'

Latin

Participle

adamantium

genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of adamāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English adamantium.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.daˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ũ/ [a.daˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃɪ.ũ], (faster pronunciation) /a.daˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃjũ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɐˈmɐ̃.tjũ/ [ɐ.ðɐˈmɐ̃.tjũ]

Hyphenation: a‧da‧man‧ti‧um

Noun

adamantium m (uncountable)

(fiction) adamantium (fictional indestructible metal)

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