different between cerium vs cesium

English

Alternative forms

• cererium (a name proposed (but not accepted) to indicate "cerium" does not come from the Greek word for "wax")

Etymology

From Ceres (“a recently discovered asteroid”) +? -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sîr'??m, IPA^(key): /?s???i?m/

Noun

cerium (usually uncountable, plural ceriums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58, a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Ceres
• ceria

Translations

See also

• allanite
• bastnasite
• CAN
• hydroxylbastnasite
• jeweler's rouge, jeweller's rouge
• monazite
• orthite
• rhabdophane
• synchysite

Anagrams

• uremic

Danish

Noun

cerium

1. cerium

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish cerium, New Latin cerium or French cérium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?.ri??m/
• Hyphenation: ce?ri?um

Noun

cerium n (uncountable)

1. cerium [from 1830s or earlier]

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?ri.um/, [?s?e??ri.um]

Noun

cerium

1. cerium

Declension

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ?????? (k?ríon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ke?.ri.um/, [?ke??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??e.ri.um/, [?t?????ium]

Noun

c?rium n (genitive c?ri? or c?r?); second declension

1. A bad species of swelling or ulcer

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ke.ri.um/, [?k??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??e.ri.um/, [?t?????ium]

Noun

cerium n (genitive ceri?); second declension

1. (New Latin) cerium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

References

• cerium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cerium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Swedish

Noun

cerium n

1. cerium

Declension

English

Noun

cesium (uncountable)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of caesium

Anagrams

• miscue

Czech

Alternative forms

• cezium

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ts??z?j?m/

Noun

cesium n

1. caesium, cesium

Declension

Further reading

• cesium in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• cesium in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Cäsium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?.zi.?m/, [?se?.zi.?m]
• Hyphenation: ce?si?um

Noun

cesium n (uncountable)

1. caesium, cesium

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ke?si.um/, [?ke??s?i.um]
• IPA^(key): /?se?si.um/, [?s?e??s?i.um]

Noun

cesium

1. caesium, cesium

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

cesium n (definite singular cesiumet) (uncountable)

1. caesium, cesium (US) (chemical element, symbol Cs)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

cesium n (definite singular cesiumet) (uncountable)

1. caesium, or cesium (US) (as above)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?s??m/

Noun

cesium n

1. caesium, cesium

Declension