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cobalt

See also: Cobalt

English

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Chemical element
Co
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Etymology

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From German Kobalt, formerly also Kobald, ‑olt, ‑old, ‑elt, ‑el, apparently the same word as Kobold (“goblin”), from Middle High German, which became also a Harz Mountains silver miners’ term for rock laced with arsenic and sulfur, so called because it degraded the ore and made the miners ill.[1][2] Doublet of kobold.

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Noun

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cobalt (usually uncountable, plural cobalts)

  2. A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.
  3. Cobalt blue.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ “cobalt, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “cobalt (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Catalan

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Chemical element
Co
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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Kobalt.

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Noun

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cobalt m (uncountable)

  1. cobalt

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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From German Kobalt.

Noun

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cobalt c (singular definite cobalten, not used in plural form)

cobalt n (singular definite cobaltet, not used in plural form)

  1. cobalt

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Kobalt.

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Noun

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cobalt m (plural cobalts)

  1. cobalt

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From German Kobalt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cobalt m (uncountable)

  1. cobalt

Romanian

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Chemical element
Co
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Next: nichel (Ni)

Etymology

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Borrowed from French cobalt or German Kobalt, from German Kobold (“goblin”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkobalt/
  • Hyphenation: co‧balt

Noun

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cobalt n (uncountable)

  1. cobalt (chemical element)

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cobalt cobaltul
genitive-dative cobalt cobaltului
vocative cobaltule

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Welsh

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Chemical element
Co
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Crisialau a chiwb cromiwm

Etymology

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Borrowed from English cobalt, from German Kobold (“goblin”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cobalt m (uncountable)

  1. cobalt

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cobalt
radical soft nasal aspirate
cobalt gobalt nghobalt chobalt

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cobalt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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