different between florentium vs promethium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian florentium, florenzio, from Latin Florentia (“Florence”) + -ium (“metallic element”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fl?r?n?sh??m, IPA^(key): /fl????n???m/,

Noun

florentium (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.

Usage notes

• The corresponding element symbol of florentium was at first Fr, and changed to Fl with the discovery of francium in 1939.

Translations

References

Latin

Participle

fl?rentium

1. genitive masculine plural of fl?r?ns
2. genitive feminine plural of fl?r?ns
3. genitive neuter plural of fl?r?ns

English

Alternative forms

• prometheum (formerly)

Etymology

1945. From the name of the Greek god Prometheus, who stole the fire from Mount Olympus and brought it down to mankind +? -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pr?m?'th??m, IPA^(key): /p?o??mi??i?m/

Noun

promethium (uncountable)

1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Pm) with an atomic number of 61.

Synonyms

• (metallic element): (disused) cyclonium, (disused) florentium, (disused) illinium

Derived terms

• promethium chloride
• promethium nitrate

Related terms

• promethea
• promethean
• Prometheus

Translations

Danish

Noun

promethium

1. promethium

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

promethium n (uncountable)

1. promethium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pro?me?.t?i.um/, [p???me?t??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro?me.ti.um/, [p???m??t?ium]

Noun

prom?thium n (genitive prom?thi?); second declension

1. promethium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p???me??ð???m]

Noun

promethium n

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

Inflection