zirconium

From a New Latin coinage, from zircon. Doublet of jargonium.

• enPR: zûrkō'nēəm, IPA^(key): /zɜːɹˈkoʊniəm/

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zirconium (countable and uncountable, plural zirconiums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40, a strong, lustrous, grey-white transition metal mainly used as a refractory and opacifier.

• baddeleyite
• hyacinth
• jacinth
• jargon
• ligure

• zirkonium

zirconium

1. zirconium

• IPA^(key): /ziʁ.kɔ.njɔm/

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zirconium m (uncountable)

1. zirconium

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /zirˈkoː.ni.um/, [d̪͡z̪ɪrˈkoːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zirˈko.ni.um/, [d̪͡z̪irˈkɔːnium]

zircōnium n (genitive zircōniī); second declension

1. zirconium

Second-declension noun (neuter).