copernicium

See also: Copernicium

English

Chemical element
Cn
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Etymology

From Copernicus +‎ -ium. Named after Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kōpərnĭsʹēəm, IPA^(key): /koʊpəɹˈnɪsi.əm/^[1]

• Audio:

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Noun

copernicium (uncountable)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

copernicium

Wikipedia

1. The transuranic chemical element (symbol Cn) with atomic number 112.
   • 2013, Eric Scerri, 30-Second Elements, →ISBN:

     Copernicium is one of a group of superheavy elements made artificially in a particle accelerator by colliding ions into a heavymetal target; and, like the other superheavy elements, it is radioactive and decays very quickly.

Synonyms

• eka-mercury
• ununbium

Derived terms

• trans-copernicium

Related terms

• Copernicus
• Copernican
• copernicate

Translations

chemical element

Armenian: կոպեռնիցիում (kopeṙnicʻium) Asturian: coperniciu m Bashkir: коперниций (kopernitsiy) Belarusian: каперніцый (kapjernicyj) Bengali: ইউনুনবিয়াম (iununbiẏam) Bulgarian: коперниций (kopernicij) Catalan: copernici (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 鎶／鿔 (zh) (gē) Chuvash: коперници (kop̬ernitsi) Czech: kopernicium (cs) Dutch: copernicium (nl) Esperanto: kopernicio (eo), kopernisio Estonian: koperniitsium Finnish: kopernikium (fi) French: copernicium (fr) Georgian: კოპერნიციუმი (ḳoṗerniciumi) German: Copernicium (de) Greek: κοπερνίκιο (el) (koperníkio) Hebrew: קופרניקיום (he) Hungarian: kopernícium (hu) Ido: koperniko Italian: copernicio (it) Japanese: コペルニシウム (ja) (koperunishiumu) Kazakh: коперниций (kopernisii) Korean: 코페르니슘 (ko) (kopereunisyum) Kyrgyz: коперниций (kopernitsiy) Latin: copernicium (la) Latvian: kopernikijs m Lithuanian: kopernikis m Malay: kopernisium Malayalam: കോപ്പർനിസിയം (kōppaṟnisiyaṁ) Persian: کوپرنیسیم (kopernisiom) Polish: kopernik (pl) m inan Portuguese: copernício (pt) m Romanian: coperniciu (ro) Russian: коперни́ций (ru) m (kopernícij) Serbo-Croatian: коперницијум Slovak: kopernikium Slovene: kopernicij Spanish: copernicio (es) m Swedish: copernicium (sv) Tamil: கோப்பர்நீசியம் (ta) (kōpparnīciyam) Thai: โคเปอร์นิเซียม (koo-bpəə-ní-sîiam) Turkish: kopernikyum (tr) Ukrainian: коперницій m (kopernycij) Welsh: coperniciwm

References

1. “copernicium”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

copernicium

Wikipedia ^nl

Chemical element
Cn
Previous: roentgenium (Rg)
Next: nihonium (Nh)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Copernicium. Equivalent to Copernicus +‎ -ium. Officially named in 2010.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkoː.pɛrˈni.si.ʏm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: co‧per‧ni‧ci‧um

Noun

copernicium n (uncountable)

1. copernicium [from 2009]

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

copernicium

Wikipedia ^la

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ko.perˈni.ki.um/, [kɔpɛrˈnɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.perˈni.t͡ʃi.um/, [koperˈniːt͡ʃium]

Noun

copernicium n (genitive coperniciī); second declension

1. copernicium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	copernicium	copernicia
Genitive	coperniciī	coperniciōrum
Dative	coperniciō	coperniciīs
Accusative	copernicium	copernicia
Ablative	coperniciō	coperniciīs
Vocative	copernicium	copernicia