different between francium vs florentium

English

Etymology

From French francium, from France +? -ium (after the native country of Marguerite Perey).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?ans??m/, /?f???ns??m/
• (US) enPR: fr?n's??m, IPA^(key): /?f?ænsi.?m/

Noun

francium (usually uncountable, plural franciums)

1. The chemical element (symbol Fr) with an atomic number of 87. It is an intensely radioactive alkali metal that is not found in nature.
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 221:

     The most elusive element of all, however, appears to be francium, which is so rare that it is thought that our entire planet may contain, at any given moment, fewer than twenty francium atoms.

2. (countable) A single atom of this element.
   • 1999, Peter J. Krieger, Understanding Chemical Principles: A Learning Companion (page 56)

     Notice that franciums are balanced without even thinking in moles, atoms, or whatever.

   • 2007, Carl J. Gross, Witold Nazarewicz, Krzysztof P. Rykaczewski, The 4th International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses (page 180)

     (a) Radons and poloniums are compared, (b) poloniums and astatines are compared and (c) radons and franciums are compared.

Synonyms

• actinium-K (obsolete)
• virginium (obsolete)

Derived terms

• eka-francium

Translations

References

• Francium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

Czech

Noun

francium n

1. francium

Danish

Noun

francium

1. francium

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

francium n (uncountable)

1. francium

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???.sj?m/

Noun

francium m (uncountable)

1. francium

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fr?nt?sijum]
• Hyphenation: fran?ci?um
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

francium (usually uncountable, plural franciumok)

1. francium (chemical element)

Declension

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fran.ki.um/, [?f?ä?ki???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fran.t??i.um/, [?f??n??t??ium]

Noun

francium n (genitive franci?); second declension

1. francium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?frant?sium/

Noun

francium n (genitive singular francia, declension pattern of mesto)

1. francium (element)

Declension

References

• francium in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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