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selenium

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See also: Selenium and sélénium

English

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Chemical element
Se
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Etymology

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From French sélénium, the name coined by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1818 from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) in reference to original confusion with the similar element tellurium.[1]

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selenium (usually uncountable, plural seleniums)

  2. A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor.
    Hypernym: chalcogen
    • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 4:
      Pluck almost any cell from your body and it will have a million or more selenium atoms in it.
  3. A single atom of this element.

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References

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  1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

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Afrikaans

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Chemical element
Se
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Noun

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selenium (uncountable)

  1. synonym of seleen (“selenium”)

Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛlɛːnɪjum]
  • Hyphenation: se‧le‧nium

Noun

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selenium n

  1. alternative form of selen

Declension

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Declension of selenium (semisoft neuter foreign)
singular plural
nominative selenium selenia
genitive selenia selenií
dative seleniu seleniím
accusative selenium selenia
vocative selenium selenia
locative seleniu seleniích
instrumental seleniem selenii

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin selēnium, a word coined by Swedish chemist Berzelius in 1818, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “moon”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /səˈleː.ni.ʏm/, /seːˈleː.ni.ʏm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧le‧ni‧um

Noun

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selenium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. selenium [from 1818]
    Synonym: seleen

References

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  1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

Indonesian

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Chemical element
Se
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Etymology

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Internationalism. Learned borrowing from New Latin selēnium, a word coined by Swedish chemist Berzelius in 1818, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “moon”).[1]

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Noun

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selenium (plural selenium-selenium)

  1. selenium

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References

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  1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

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Latin

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Chemical element
Se
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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “moon”) + -ium.

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Noun

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selēnium n (genitive selēniī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) selenium

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative selēnium selēnia
genitive selēniī selēniōrum
dative selēniō selēniīs
accusative selēnium selēnia
ablative selēniō selēniīs
vocative selēnium selēnia

Malay

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Chemical element
Se
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Etymology

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From English selenium, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē).

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selenium

  1. selenium (chemical element)

Romanian

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Noun

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selenium n (uncountable)

  1. alternative form of seleniu

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative selenium seleniumul
genitive-dative selenium seleniumului
vocative seleniumule
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