different between cobalt vs fletcherite

English

Etymology

From German Kobold (“goblin”), from Middle High German (see Kobold for more).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.b?lt/
• (US) enPR: k?'bält, IPA^(key): /?ko?.b?lt/

Noun

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

Translations

See also

• asbolan, asbolite
• erythrite
• glaucodot
• skutterudite
• smaltine

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ko?balt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ku?bal/

Noun

cobalt m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

Further reading

• “cobalt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cobalt” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “cobalt” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cobalt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Alternative forms

• kobolt (official spelling)
• kobalt

Noun

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

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

1. cobalt

Further reading

• “cobalt” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.balt/

Noun

cobalt m (plural cobalts)

1. cobalt

Further reading

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

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

cobalt m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

Romanian

Etymology

From French cobalt or German Kobalt, from German Kobold (“goblin”), from Middle High German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kobalt/
• Hyphenation: co?balt

Noun

cobalt n (uncountable)

1. cobalt (chemical element)

Declension

References

• cobalt in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.Fletcher +? -ite

Noun

fletcherite (usually uncountable, plural fletcherites)

1. (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral steel gray mineral containing cobalt, copper, nickel, and sulfur.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Fletcherite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database