teneso

Spanish

Chemical element
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Etymology

Coined by consensus in 2017. Partial calque of English tennessine, following the pattern of the halogens cloro (“chlorine”), yodo (“iodine”), bromo (“bromine”) and astato (“astatine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈneso/ [t̪eˈne.so]
  • Rhymes: -eso
  • Syllabification: te‧ne‧so

Noun

teneso m (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) tennessine
    Synonym: (deprecated) ununseptio

Further reading

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