hafini

Vietnamese

Chemical element
Hf
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Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin hafnium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements. An extra i is added to ease pronunciation and to preserve an appearance that is more representative of the chemical symbol.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haː˧˧ fi˧˧ ni˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [haː˧˧ fɪj˧˧ nɪj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [haː˧˧ fɪj˧˧ nɪj˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: ha phi ni

Noun

hafini

  1. hafnium
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