different between cobalt vs zaffre

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

Alternative forms

• zaffer
• zaffree
• zaffar
• zaffir

Etymology

From Italian zaffera, from Latin sapphirus (“sapphire”). Doublet of sapphire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zæf?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æf?(?)

Noun

zaffre (countable and uncountable, plural zaffres)

1. A blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore.
2. A cobalt blue colour, like that of the pigment.

Translations

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}

Anagrams

• affzer, zaffer