helium

Borrowed from English helium. Derived from Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlios).


selenium

Borrowed from New Latin selēnium, a word coined by Swedish chemist Berzelius in 1818, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “moon”).


dubnium

Borrowed from English dubnium or Russian ду́бний (dúbnij). Named after Dubna in Russia.


argon

→ Indonesian: argon

Borrowed from English argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).


periodiek systeem

nl-noun

periodiek systeem n (plural periodieke systemen, diminutive periodiek systeempje n)

periodieke systemen (plural)
periodiek systeempje (diminutive neuter)

liquid

Color of the number (state of matter at STP)


chloride

chloride n (plural chloriden or chlorides)


platina

→ Indonesian: platina


titaan

titaan m (plural titanen, diminutive titaantje n)

titanen (plural)
titaantje (diminutive neuter)

From Latin Titan, from Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

an immensely strong giant
by comparison; also a champion


uraan

Borrowed from German Uran, named after the then newly-discovered planet Uranus.

(somewhat uncommon) uranium (radioactive element)


kwikzilver

From Middle Dutch quicsilver, calque of Latin argentum vivum. Equivalent to kwik (“quick”) + zilver (“silver”).


jodium

→ Saramaccan: jódion


molybdeen

the metallic element molybdenum, atomic number 42


tantalium

A New Latin word derived by Swedish chemist Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1802, from Latin tantalus, named in honor of Tantalus.


zirkoon

From German Zirkon, from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn, “zircon; minium”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam (“gold”).


arsenicum

From Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ἀρσενικός (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), Aramaic 𐡆𐡓𐡍𐡉𐡊𐡀 (zrnykʾ /zarnīḵā/)), from Middle Iranian *zarnīk (compare Persian زرنی (zarni, “arsenic”)), from Old Iranian *zarniya-ka- (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zaraniia, “golden”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎡𐎹 (d-r-n-i-y /daraniya-/, “gold”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (híraṇya, “gold”), Persian زر (zar, “gold”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-.


kernreactor

nl-noun

kernreactor m (plural kernreactoren or kernreactors, diminutive kernreactortje n)

kernreactoren (plural)
kernreactors (plural)
kernreactortje (diminutive neuter)


kerncentrale

kerncentrale f (plural kerncentrales, diminutive kerncentraletje n)

kerncentrales (plural)
kerncentraletje (diminutive neuter)

From kern (“nucleus, core”) + centrale (“power plant”).


keiaarde

→ Japanese: 珪(けい)土(ど) (keido) (partial calque)

Compound of kei (“pebble; cobble, cobblestone”) + aarde (“earth”).


gele fosfor

Synonym of witte fosfor (“white phosphorus”)


carbonaat

→ Indonesian: karbonat


bromaat

nl-noun

bromaat n (plural bromaten, diminutive bromaatje n)

bromaten (plural)
bromaatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: bromat

From French bromate. Analyzed as broom + -aat.