different between tellus vs tellurium

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *telh?-o-, from *telh?- (“ground”).

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?tel.lu?s/, [?t??l??u?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?tel.lus/, [?t??l?us]

Noun

tell?s f (genitive tell?ris); third declension

1. earth, ground
3. the Earth, globe
4. land, country

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• terra

Derived terms

References

• tellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tellus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• tellus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• tellus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tellus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)?^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?lyo?or'??m, IPA^(key): /t??lj???i?m/

Etymology 1

Latin tell?s (“earth”) +? -ium

Noun

tellurium (countable and uncountable, plural telluriums)

1. (uncountable) The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Synonyms

• sylvanium (obsolete)

Hypernyms

• chalcogen

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• calaverite
• nagyagite
• sylvanite

Etymology 2

Latin tellus (“earth”).

Noun

tellurium

1. A variant spelling of tellurion.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Tellurium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “tellurium”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Danish

Noun

tellurium

1. tellurium

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

tellurium n (uncountable)

1. tellurium

Synonyms

• telluur

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tel?lu?.ri.um/, [t??l??l?u??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tel?lu.ri.um/, [t??l?lu??ium]

Noun

tell?rium n (genitive tell?ri?); second declension

1. (New Latin) tellurium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tellurium n (definite singular telluriet, indefinite plural tellurier, definite plural telluria or telluriene)

1. tellurion

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tellurium n (definite singular telluriet, indefinite plural tellurium, definite plural telluria)

1. tellurion