mendelevium

See also: Mendelevium, mendelévium, and mendélévium

English

Chemical element
Md
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Alternative forms

• mendeleevium (rare)
• mendeleyevium (rare)

Etymology

From Mendeleev +‎ -ium; named after the scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table. The same name was proposed, but rejected, for the earlier-discovered elements berkelium and erbium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĕndəlēv'ēəm, IPA^(key): /ˌmɛndəˈliːviəm/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

mendelevium (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) A transuranic chemical element (symbol Md, formerly Mv) with atomic number 101.

Synonyms

• unnilunium

Related terms

• Mendeleev
• mendelevate

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: mendelevium (af)
• Albanian: mendelevium
• Arabic: مَنْدَلِفْيُوم m (mandalifyum)
• Armenian: մենդելեւիում (mendelewium)
• Asturian: mendeleviu (ast) m
• Basque: mendelebioa
• Belarusian: мендзяле́вій m (mjendzjaljévij)
• Breton: mendeleviom (br)
• Bulgarian: менделе́вий m (mendelévij)
• Catalan: mendelevi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鍆／钔 (zh) (mén)

• Cornish: mendelevyum
• Czech: mendelevium (cs)
• Danish: mendelevium (da) n
• Dutch: mendelevium (nl) n
• Esperanto: mendelevio (eo)
• Estonian: mendeleevium (et)
• Faroese: mendelevium n
• Finnish: mendelevium (fi)
• French: mendélévium (fr) m
• Friulian: mendelevi
• Galician: mendelevio (gl)
• Georgian: მენდელეევიუმი (mendeleeviumi)
• German: Mendelevium (de) n
• Greek: μεντελέβιο (el) n (mentelévio)
• Hebrew: מנדלביום (he) (mendelevyum)
• Hungarian: mendelévium (hu)
• Icelandic: mendelevín (is)
• Irish: meindiléiviam
• Italian: mendelevio (it) m
• Japanese: メンデレビウム (ja) (menderebiumu)
• Kashubian: mendeléw
• Kazakh: менделевий (mendelevii)
• Korean: 멘델레븀 (ko) (mendellebyum)
• Latin: mendelelevium
• Latvian: mendelevijs
• Lithuanian: mendelevis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Mendelevium
• Macedonian: менделевиум m (mendelevium)
• Malay: mendelevium
• Maltese: mendelevjum
• Manx: mendelevium
• Mongolian: менделеби (mendelebi)
• Norwegian: mendelevium
• Polish: mendelew (pl) m
• Portuguese: mendelévio (pt) m
• Romanian: mendeleviu (ro) n
• Russian: менделе́вий (ru) m (mendelévij)
• Scottish Gaelic: meindilèiviam
• Serbo-Croatian: мендељевиj m, мендељевиjум m

  Roman: mendeljevij, mendeljevijum

• Slovak: mendelevium n
• Slovene: mendelevij (sl) m
• Spanish: mendelevio (es) m
• Swedish: mendelevium (sv)
• Tajik: менделевий (mendeleviy)
• Tamil: மெண்டலேவியம் (meṇṭalēviyam)
• Thai: เมนเดลีเวียม (men-dee-lii-wîiam)
• Turkish: mendelevyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: менделе́вій m (mendelévij)
• Uyghur: مېندېلېيېۋىي (mëndëlëyëwiy)
• Uzbek: mendeleviy, менделеевий (mendeleyeviy)
• Vietnamese: menđelevi
• Volapük: mendelevin (vo)
• Welsh: mendelefiwm
• West Frisian: mendelevium

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Md
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Noun

mendelevium (uncountable)

1. mendelevium

Danish

Noun

mendelevium

1. mendelevium

Dutch

Chemical element
Md
Previous: fermium (Fm)
Next: nobelium (No)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

mendelevium n (uncountable)

1. mendelevium

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English mendelevium).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmendeleʋium/, [ˈme̞nde̞ˌle̞ʋium]
• Rhymes: -eʋium
• Hyphenation^(key): men‧de‧le‧vi‧um

Noun

mendelevium

1. mendelevium

Declension

Inflection of mendelevium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		mendelevium	mendeleviumit
genitive		mendeleviumin	mendeleviumien
partitive		mendeleviumia	mendeleviumeja
illative		mendeleviumiin	mendeleviumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mendelevium	mendeleviumit
accusative	nom.	mendelevium	mendeleviumit
	gen.	mendeleviumin
genitive		mendeleviumin	mendeleviumien
partitive		mendeleviumia	mendeleviumeja
inessive		mendeleviumissa	mendeleviumeissa
elative		mendeleviumista	mendeleviumeista
illative		mendeleviumiin	mendeleviumeihin
adessive		mendeleviumilla	mendeleviumeilla
ablative		mendeleviumilta	mendeleviumeilta
allative		mendeleviumille	mendeleviumeille
essive		mendeleviumina	mendeleviumeina
translative		mendeleviumiksi	mendeleviumeiksi
abessive		mendeleviumitta	mendeleviumeitta
instructive		—	mendeleviumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mendelevium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mendeleviumini mendeleviumini accusative nom. mendeleviumini mendeleviumini gen. mendeleviumini genitive mendeleviumini mendeleviumieni partitive mendeleviumiani mendeleviumejani inessive mendeleviumissani mendeleviumeissani elative mendeleviumistani mendeleviumeistani illative mendeleviumiini mendeleviumeihini adessive mendeleviumillani mendeleviumeillani ablative mendeleviumiltani mendeleviumeiltani allative mendeleviumilleni mendeleviumeilleni essive mendeleviuminani mendeleviumeinani translative mendeleviumikseni mendeleviumeikseni abessive mendeleviumittani mendeleviumeittani instructive — — comitative — mendeleviumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mendeleviumisi mendeleviumisi accusative nom. mendeleviumisi mendeleviumisi gen. mendeleviumisi genitive mendeleviumisi mendeleviumiesi partitive mendeleviumiasi mendeleviumejasi inessive mendeleviumissasi mendeleviumeissasi elative mendeleviumistasi mendeleviumeistasi illative mendeleviumiisi mendeleviumeihisi adessive mendeleviumillasi mendeleviumeillasi ablative mendeleviumiltasi mendeleviumeiltasi allative mendeleviumillesi mendeleviumeillesi essive mendeleviuminasi mendeleviumeinasi translative mendeleviumiksesi mendeleviumeiksesi abessive mendeleviumittasi mendeleviumeittasi instructive — — comitative — mendeleviumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mendeleviumimme mendeleviumimme accusative nom. mendeleviumimme mendeleviumimme gen. mendeleviumimme genitive mendeleviumimme mendeleviumiemme partitive mendeleviumiamme mendeleviumejamme inessive mendeleviumissamme mendeleviumeissamme elative mendeleviumistamme mendeleviumeistamme illative mendeleviumiimme mendeleviumeihimme adessive mendeleviumillamme mendeleviumeillamme ablative mendeleviumiltamme mendeleviumeiltamme allative mendeleviumillemme mendeleviumeillemme essive mendeleviuminamme mendeleviumeinamme translative mendeleviumiksemme mendeleviumeiksemme abessive mendeleviumittamme mendeleviumeittamme instructive — — comitative — mendeleviumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mendeleviuminne mendeleviuminne accusative nom. mendeleviuminne mendeleviuminne gen. mendeleviuminne genitive mendeleviuminne mendeleviumienne partitive mendeleviumianne mendeleviumejanne inessive mendeleviumissanne mendeleviumeissanne elative mendeleviumistanne mendeleviumeistanne illative mendeleviumiinne mendeleviumeihinne adessive mendeleviumillanne mendeleviumeillanne ablative mendeleviumiltanne mendeleviumeiltanne allative mendeleviumillenne mendeleviumeillenne essive mendeleviuminanne mendeleviumeinanne translative mendeleviumiksenne mendeleviumeiksenne abessive mendeleviumittanne mendeleviumeittanne instructive — — comitative — mendeleviumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mendeleviuminsa mendeleviuminsa accusative nom. mendeleviuminsa mendeleviuminsa gen. mendeleviuminsa genitive mendeleviuminsa mendeleviumiensa partitive mendeleviumiaan mendeleviumiansa mendeleviumejaan mendeleviumejansa inessive mendeleviumissaan mendeleviumissansa mendeleviumeissaan mendeleviumeissansa elative mendeleviumistaan mendeleviumistansa mendeleviumeistaan mendeleviumeistansa illative mendeleviumiinsa mendeleviumeihinsa adessive mendeleviumillaan mendeleviumillansa mendeleviumeillaan mendeleviumeillansa ablative mendeleviumiltaan mendeleviumiltansa mendeleviumeiltaan mendeleviumeiltansa allative mendeleviumilleen mendeleviumillensa mendeleviumeilleen mendeleviumeillensa essive mendeleviuminaan mendeleviuminansa mendeleviumeinaan mendeleviumeinansa translative mendeleviumikseen mendeleviumiksensa mendeleviumeikseen mendeleviumeiksensa abessive mendeleviumittaan mendeleviumittansa mendeleviumeittaan mendeleviumeittansa instructive — — comitative — mendeleviumeineen mendeleviumeinensa

Latin

Chemical element
Md
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Etymology

Named after Russian chemist and inventor Дми́трий Ива́нович Менделе́ев (Dmítrij Ivánovič Mendeléev) (1834–1907).
Derived from Mendeleev +‎ -ium (chemical element suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /men.deˈleː.u̯i.um/, [mɛn̪d̪ɛˈɫ̪eːu̯iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /men.deˈle.vi.um/, [men̪d̪eˈlɛːvium]

Noun

mendelēvium n (genitive mendelēviī); second declension

1. (New Latin, chemistry) mendelevium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	mendelēvium	mendelēvia
genitive	mendelēviī	mendelēviōrum
dative	mendelēviō	mendelēviīs
accusative	mendelēvium	mendelēvia
ablative	mendelēviō	mendelēviīs
vocative	mendelēvium	mendelēvia

Descendants

• → English: mendelevium
• → Italian: mendelevio

Malay

Chemical element
Md
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Next: nobelium (No)

Etymology

From English mendelevium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛndəlɛviom], [mɛndəlɛviəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

mendelevium

1. mendelevium (chemical element)

Slovak

Chemical element
Md
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Next: nobelium (No)

Alternative forms

• mendelévium

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛndɛlɛvɪjʊm/

Noun

mendelevium n (genitive singular mendelevia, declension pattern of mesto)

1. mendelevium (element)

Declension

Declension of mendelevium

	singulare tantum
nominative	mendelevium
genitive	mendelevia
dative	mendeleviu
accusative	mendelevium
locative	mendeleviu
instrumental	mendeleviom

Further reading

• “mendelevium”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
• mendelévium on the Slovak Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sk

Swedish

Chemical element
Md
Previous: fermium (Fm)
Next: nobelium (No)

Noun

mendelevium n

1. mendelevium

Declension

Declension of mendelevium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mendelevium	mendeleviums
	definite	mendeleviumet	mendeleviumets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of mendelevium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mendelevium	mendeleviums
	definite	mendeleviet	mendeleviets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of mendelevium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mendelevium	mendeleviums
	definite	mendelevium	mendeleviums
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

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