different between cadmic vs cadmium

English

Etymology

cadmium +? -ic

Adjective

cadmic (not comparable)

1. (chemistry, archaic) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing cadmium.

   cadmic sulphide

English

Etymology

1817, from Ancient Greek ??????? (Kadmeía, “calamine”), a cadmium-bearing mixture of minerals, which was named after the king ?????? (Kádmos, “Cadmus”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?d'm??m, IPA^(key): /?kædmi?m/
• Hyphenation: cad?mi?um

Noun

cadmium (countable and uncountable, plural cadmiums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• greenockite
• itai-itai disease

Danish

Alternative forms

• kadmium

Noun

cadmium

1. cadmium

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Cadmium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?t.mi.?m/
• Hyphenation: cad?mi?um

Noun

cadmium n (uncountable)

1. cadmium [from late 1810s]

Derived terms

• cadmiumgeel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kad.mj?m/

Noun

cadmium m (uncountable)

1. cadmium

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kad.mi.um/, [?käd?mi???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kad.mi.um/, [?k?d?mium]

Noun

cadmium n (genitive cadmi?); second declension

1. cadmium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).