different between bismuthite vs bismuth

English

Alternative forms

• bismutite

Etymology

bismuth +? -ite

Noun

bismuthite (countable and uncountable, plural bismuthites)

1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic bismuth carbonate mineral.

English

Etymology

From German Wismut, from Middle High German wism?t, from Latin bisem?tum, from Arabic ???????????????? (bis?m?tiyy?n), from Ancient Greek ???????? (psimúthion, “white lead”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?z'm?th, IPA^(key): /?b?z.m??/

Noun

bismuth (countable and uncountable, plural bismuths)

1. A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• tetradymite

Anagrams

• Thimbus, shitbum

Danish

Alternative forms

• bismut, vismut (obsolete), vismuth (obsolete)

Noun

bismuth

1. bismuth

French

Etymology

From Middle French bismuot, bissemut, from German Wismut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis.myt/

Noun

bismuth m (uncountable)

1. bismuth

Further reading

• “bismuth” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b??zmœ?ð]

Noun

bismuth n

1. (uncountable) bismuth
2. A part of bismuth

Inflection

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Manx

Noun

bismuth m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. bismuth

Mutation