niobium

From Niobe +‎ -ium, because of the element's affinity with tantalum.

• enPR: nīō'bēəm, IPA^(key): /naɪˈoʊbiəm/

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niobium (countable and uncountable, plural niobiums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.
   • 2024, David Golinkin, “Is Body Piercing Permitted According To Jewish Law”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 196:

     One should use hypoallergenic jewelry made of surgical grade stainless steel, titanium, 14- or 18-karat gold, or niobium, especially for initial piercings.

2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

• columbium (in metallurgy; not in scientific use)
• dianium (obsolete)

• Niobe

• columbite
• columbite-tantalite
• coltan
• euxenite
• pyrochlore

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niobium (uncountable)

1. niobium

From Ancient Greek Νιόβη (Nióbē) +‎ -ium.

niobium n (singular definite niobiummet, not used in plural form)

1. niobium

• “niobium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from New Latin niobium, named after the mythological queen Niobe.

• IPA^(key): /ˌniˈoː.bi.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: ni‧o‧bi‧um

niobium n (uncountable)

1. niobium (chemical element) [from ca. 1845]

Internationalism (see English niobium).

• IPA^(key): /ˈniobium/, [ˈnio̞ˌbium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): ni‧o‧bi‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): nio‧bi‧um

niobium

1. niobium

• “niobium”, 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 3 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /njɔ.bjɔm/

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niobium m (uncountable)

1. niobium

• “niobium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [niˈɔ.bi.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [niˈɔː.bi.um]

niobium n (genitive niobiī); second declension

1. niobium

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲoː˨bjɔ˧m]

niobium n

1. (uncountable) niobium
2. A part of niobium

From English niobium, from Niobe.

• IPA^(key): [niobiom], [niobiəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

niobium

1. niobium (chemical element)