different between uraniferous vs uranium

English

Etymology

From uranium +? -iferous.

Adjective

uraniferous (comparative more uraniferous, superlative most uraniferous)

1. Containing or producing uranium.

English

Etymology

After Uranus (the planet), +? -ium.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ?r?'n??m, IPA^(key): /j???e?ni?m/
• Rhymes: -e?ni?m

Noun

uranium (countable and uncountable, plural uraniums)

1. The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U: a radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• uranium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• autunite
• coffinite
• green salt
• hex
• oralloy
• pitchblende
• torbernite
• tuballoy
• yellowcake

Danish

Noun

uranium

1. Alternative form of uran

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin uranium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?y?ra?.ni.?m/
• Hyphenation: ura?ni?um

Noun

uranium n (uncountable)

1. uranium [from 1790s]

Synonyms

• uraan

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.?a.nj?m/

Noun

uranium m (uncountable)

1. uranium

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u??ra.ni.um/, [u???äni???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u?ra.ni.um/, [u????nium]

Noun

?ranium n (genitive ?rani?); second declension

1. uranium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Malay

Etymology

From English uranium, from Uranus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uraniom], [urani?m], [jureni?m]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

uranium

1. uranium (uranium (element))