scandium

From Scandia +‎ -ium.

• enPR: skăn'dēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈskændi.əm/

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scandium (uncountable)

1. A metallic chemical element, atomic number 21, obtained from some uranium ores; it is a transition element.

• eka-boron

• muscadin

• skandium (obsolete)

scandium

1. scandium

Borrowed from New Latin scandium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɑn.di.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: scan‧di‧um

scandium n (uncountable)

1. scandium (chemical element)

• IPA^(key): /skɑ̃.djɔm/

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scandium m (uncountable)

1. scandium

• → Lingala: sekandu

• “scandium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Coined in 1869 by chemist Lars Fredrik Nilson, derived from Scandia (“Scandinavia”) +‎ -ium (chemical element suffix).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskan.di.um/, [ˈs̠kän̪d̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskan.di.um/, [ˈskän̪d̪ium]

scandium n (genitive scandiī); second declension

1. (New Latin) scandium

Second-declension noun (neuter).