beryllium

From beryl +‎ -ium, so called because the element is a key component of the mineral beryl.

• enPR: bərĭl'ēəm, IPA^(key): /bəˈɹɪl.i.əm/

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• Hyphenation: be‧ryl‧li‧um

beryllium (countable and uncountable, plural berylliums)

2. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
3. (countable) An atom of this element.

• glucinium or glucinum (archaic)

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

• beryllium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛriːlɪjum]

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beryllium n

1. alternative form of berylium

• “beryllium”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

From Danish beryl +‎ -ium, from Latin beryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos).

beryllium n (singular definite berylliummet, not used in plural form)

1. beryllium

• “beryllium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from German Beryllium. Equivalent to beryl +‎ -ium.

• IPA^(key): /beːˈri.li.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: be‧ryl‧li‧um

beryllium n (uncountable)

1. beryllium [from 19h c.]

Internationalism (see English beryllium).

• IPA^(key): /ˈberylːium/, [ˈbe̞rylˌlium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): be‧ryl‧li‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): be‧ryl‧li‧um

beryllium

1. beryllium

• “beryllium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Derived from bēryll(us) (“beryl”) +‎ -ium (“chemical element suffix”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [beːˈryl.li.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [beˈril.li.um]

bēryllium n (genitive bērylliī); second declension

1. beryllium

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Borrowed from Norwegian beryllium.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈperylliːum/

beryllium

1. beryllium

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

From beryll +‎ -ium.

beryllium n (definite singular berylliumet, uncountable)

1. beryllium, chemical element, symbol Be

• “beryllium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “beryllium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From beryll +‎ -ium.

beryllium n (definite singular berylliumet, uncountable)

1. beryllium, chemical element, symbol Be

• “beryllium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈrʏlɪɵm/

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beryllium n (uncountable)

1. beryllium

• beryllium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• beryllium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• beryllium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH