berkelium

See also: Berkelium and berkélium

English

Chemical element
Bk
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Etymology

After Berkeley, California, because of discovery at UC Berkeley, +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bûrkēl'ēəm, IPA^(key): /bɜːɹˈkiːliəm/; enPR: bûrk'lēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːɹkliəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːliəm

Noun

berkelium (uncountable)

1. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• berkelium chloride
• berkelium dioxide
• berkelium fluoride
• berkelium oxychloride
• berkelium trioxide

Related terms

• berkelate
• Berkeley

Translations

transuranic chemical element

• Afrikaans: berkelium (af)
• Albanian: berkelium
• Arabic: بِرْكِلْيُوم m (birkilyum)
• Armenian: բերկլիում (hy) (berklium)
• Asturian: berkeliu m
• Basque: berkelioa
• Belarusian: бе́рклій m (bjérklij)
• Breton: berkeliom (br)
• Bulgarian: бе́рклий m (bérklij)
• Catalan: berkeli (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 锫 (zh) (péi)

• Cornish: berkelyum
• Czech: berkelium (cs)
• Danish: berkelium (da)
• Dutch: berkelium (nl) n
• Esperanto: berkelio (eo)
• Estonian: berkeelium (et)
• Faroese: berkelium
• Finnish: berkelium (fi)
• French: berkélium (fr) m
• Friulian: bercheli
• Galician: berkelio (gl) m
• Georgian: ბერკლიუმი (berḳliumi), ბერკელიუმი (berḳeliumi)
• German: Berkelium (de) n
• Greek: μπερκέλιο (el) n (berkélio)
• Hebrew: ברקליום (he) (berkliyum)
• Hungarian: berkélium (hu)
• Icelandic: berkelín (is)
• Interlingua: berkelium
• Irish: beircéiliam
• Italian: berkelio (it) m
• Japanese: バークリウム (ja) (bākuriumu)
• Kashubian: bekerél
• Kazakh: беркелий (berkelii)
• Korean: 버클륨 (ko) (beokeullyum)
• Latin: berkelium (la)
• Latvian: berklijs
• Lithuanian: berklis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Berkelium
• Macedonian: беркелиум m (berkelium)
• Malay: berkelium
• Maltese: berkeljum
• Manx: berkelium
• Mongolian: беркли (berkli)
• Norwegian: berkelium
• Persian: برکلیم (berkelyom)
• Polish: berkel (pl) m
• Portuguese: berquélio (pt) m
• Romanian: berkeliu (ro) n
• Russian: берке́лий (ru) m (berkélij), бе́рклий (ru) m (bérklij)
• Scottish Gaelic: beircèiliam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: беркелиj m, беркелиjум m

  Roman: berkelij (sh) m, berkelijum m

• Slovak: berkelium
• Spanish: berkelio (es) m
• Swedish: berkelium (sv)
• Tajik: берклий (berkliy)
• Tamil: பெர்கெலியம் (perkeliyam)
• Thai: เบอร์คีเลียม (bəə-kii-lîiam)
• Turkish: berkelyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: берке́лій m (berkélij), бе́рклій m (bérklij)
• Uzbek: berkliy, берклий (berkliy)
• Vietnamese: beckeli
• Volapük: berkelin (vo)
• Welsh: berkeliwm
• West Frisian: berkelium

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Bk
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Pronunciation

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Noun

berkelium (uncountable)

1. berkelium

Danish

Noun

berkelium

1. berkelium

Dutch

Chemical element
Bk
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Etymology

Borrowed from English berkelium, though the English did not influence the pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛrˈkeː.li.ʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ber‧ke‧li‧um

Noun

berkelium n (uncountable)

1. berkelium [from 1950]
   • 1950 January 20, “Berkelium 97”, in Nieuwe Courant, volume 5, number 16, page 1:

     Geleerden van de Universiteit van Berkeley hebben een nieuw element ontdekt, dat de naam ontving „berkelium 97”.^[sic] […] Professor Seaborg verklaarde evenwel, dat Berkelium niet gebruikt zou worden voor atoom-doeleinden in verband met „theoretische redenen”.

     Scientists from the University of Berkeley have discovered a new element, that received the name "berkelium-97". […] Professor Seaborg nonetheless explained that berkelium would not be used for nuclear end because of "theoretical reasons".

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English berkelium).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈberkelium/, [ˈbe̞rk̟e̞ˌlium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): ber‧ke‧li‧um

Noun

berkelium

1. berkelium

Declension

Inflection of berkelium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		berkelium	—
genitive		berkeliumin	—
partitive		berkeliumia	—
illative		berkeliumiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		berkelium	—
accusative	nom.	berkelium	—
	gen.	berkeliumin
genitive		berkeliumin	—
partitive		berkeliumia	—
inessive		berkeliumissa	—
elative		berkeliumista	—
illative		berkeliumiin	—
adessive		berkeliumilla	—
ablative		berkeliumilta	—
allative		berkeliumille	—
essive		berkeliumina	—
translative		berkeliumiksi	—
abessive		berkeliumitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of berkelium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative berkeliumini — accusative nom. berkeliumini — gen. berkeliumini genitive berkeliumini — partitive berkeliumiani — inessive berkeliumissani — elative berkeliumistani — illative berkeliumiini — adessive berkeliumillani — ablative berkeliumiltani — allative berkeliumilleni — essive berkeliuminani — translative berkeliumikseni — abessive berkeliumittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative berkeliumisi — accusative nom. berkeliumisi — gen. berkeliumisi genitive berkeliumisi — partitive berkeliumiasi — inessive berkeliumissasi — elative berkeliumistasi — illative berkeliumiisi — adessive berkeliumillasi — ablative berkeliumiltasi — allative berkeliumillesi — essive berkeliuminasi — translative berkeliumiksesi — abessive berkeliumittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative berkeliumimme — accusative nom. berkeliumimme — gen. berkeliumimme genitive berkeliumimme — partitive berkeliumiamme — inessive berkeliumissamme — elative berkeliumistamme — illative berkeliumiimme — adessive berkeliumillamme — ablative berkeliumiltamme — allative berkeliumillemme — essive berkeliuminamme — translative berkeliumiksemme — abessive berkeliumittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative berkeliuminne — accusative nom. berkeliuminne — gen. berkeliuminne genitive berkeliuminne — partitive berkeliumianne — inessive berkeliumissanne — elative berkeliumistanne — illative berkeliumiinne — adessive berkeliumillanne — ablative berkeliumiltanne — allative berkeliumillenne — essive berkeliuminanne — translative berkeliumiksenne — abessive berkeliumittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative berkeliuminsa — accusative nom. berkeliuminsa — gen. berkeliuminsa genitive berkeliuminsa — partitive berkeliumiaan berkeliumiansa — inessive berkeliumissaan berkeliumissansa — elative berkeliumistaan berkeliumistansa — illative berkeliumiinsa — adessive berkeliumillaan berkeliumillansa — ablative berkeliumiltaan berkeliumiltansa — allative berkeliumilleen berkeliumillensa — essive berkeliuminaan berkeliuminansa — translative berkeliumikseen berkeliumiksensa — abessive berkeliumittaan berkeliumittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /berˈke.li.um/, [bɛrˈkɛlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /berˈke.li.um/, [berˈkɛːlium]

Noun

berkelium n (genitive berkeliī); second declension

1. berkelium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	berkelium	berkelia
Genitive	berkeliī	berkeliōrum
Dative	berkeliō	berkeliīs
Accusative	berkelium	berkelia
Ablative	berkeliō	berkeliīs
Vocative	berkelium	berkelia

Malay

Chemical element
Bk
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Etymology

From English berkelium, from Berkeley.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛ(r)keliom], [bɛ(r)keliəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

berkelium

1. berkelium (chemical element)

Swedish

Chemical element
Bk
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Noun

berkelium n

1. berkelium

Declension

Declension of berkelium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	berkelium	berkeliums
	definite	berkeliumet	berkeliumets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of berkelium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	berkelium	berkeliums
	definite	berkeliet	berkeliets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of berkelium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	berkelium	berkeliums
	definite	berkelium	berkeliums
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• Svensk MeSH