"tantalum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtæntələm/ Forms: tantalums [plural]
enPR: tăn'tələm Etymology: A New Latin word derived by Swedish chemist Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1802, from Latin Tantalus, named after Tantalus, alluding to the element's incapacity to absorb acid. See -ium. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{der|en|la|Tantalus}} Latin Tantalus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tantalum (countable and uncountable, plural tantalums)
  1. A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant. Wikipedia link: Anders Gustaf Ekeberg Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Tantalum Synonyms: tantalium [obsolete] Related terms: coltan, Tantalean, Tantalic, tantalise, tantalize, tantalite, Tantalus Translations (element): tantaal (Afrikaans), tantal (Albanian), تَنْتَالُم (tantālum) [masculine] (Arabic), տանտալ (tantal) (Armenian), tántalu [masculine] (Asturian), tantalioa (Basque), танта́л (tantál) [masculine] (Belarusian), tantal (Breton), танта́л (tantál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tàntal [masculine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (tǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), tantalum (Cornish), tantal (Czech), tantal (Danish), tantaal [neuter] (Dutch), tantalium [neuter] (Dutch), tantalo (Esperanto), tantaal (Estonian), tantal (Faroese), tantaali (Finnish), tantale [masculine] (French), tantali (Friulian), tántalo [masculine] (Galician), ტანტალი (ṭanṭali) (Georgian), Tantal [neuter] (German), ταντάλιο (tantálio) [neuter] (Greek), טנטלום (tantálum) (Hebrew), सहातु (sahātu) (Hindi), tantál (Hungarian), tantal (Icelandic), tantalam (Irish), tantalio [masculine] (Italian), タンタル (tantaru) (Japanese), tantôl (Kashubian), тантал (tantal) (Kazakh), តង់តាល (tɑngtaal) (Khmer), 탄탈 (tantal) (Korean), 탄탈룸 (tantallum) (Korean), 탄탈럼 (tantalleom) (Korean), tantalium (Latin), tantals (Latvian), tantalas (Lithuanian), Tantal (Luxembourgish), танта́л (tantál) [masculine] (Macedonian), tantalum (Malay), tantalju (Maltese), tantalum (Manx), тантал (tantal) (Mongolian), tantal (Norwegian), tantal [masculine] (Occitan), tantal [masculine] (Polish), tântalo [masculine] (Portuguese), tantal [neuter] (Romanian), танта́л (tantál) [masculine] (Russian), tantalam (Scottish Gaelic), тантал [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tantal [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tantal [masculine] (Slovak), tantal (Slovene), tántalo [masculine] (Spanish), tantal (Swedish), тантал (tantal) (Tajik), தந்தாலம் (tantālam) (Tamil), แทนทาลัม (tɛɛn-taa-lâm) (Thai), tantal (Turkish), танта́л (tantál) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tantal (Uzbek), тантал (tantal) (Uzbek), tantali (Vietnamese), tantan (Vietnamese), tantalin (Volapük), tantalwm (Welsh), tantaal (West Frisian)
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    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "tantalam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "element",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тантал"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "element",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tantal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "element",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tantal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "tantal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "element",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tántalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "tantal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tantal",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "тантал"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tantālam",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "தந்தாலம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tɛɛn-taa-lâm",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "แทนทาลัม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "tantal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tantál",
      "sense": "element",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "танта́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "tantal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "roman": "tantal",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "тантал"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "tantali"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "tantan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "tantalin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "tantalwm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "element",
      "word": "tantaal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tantalum"
}

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