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bismuth

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English

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Chemical element (edit)
Bi
Atomic number 83
bismuth
Classification data
Period 6
Group 15
Block p-block
Class post-transition metal
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Next: polonium (Po) →
English Wikipedia article on Bismuth
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A bismuth crystal

Etymology

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From German Wismuth. Often explained as a miner's contraction of wis mat "white mass" from Old High German hwiz "white".

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bismuth (countable and uncountable, plural bismuths)

  1. (chemistry) A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.
    1. (countable) An atom of this element.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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Anagrams

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Cornish

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Chemical element (edit)
Bi
Atomic number 83
bismuth
Classification data
Period 6
Group 15
Block p-block
Class post-transition metal
Previous: ← plomm (Pb)
Next: poloniom (Po) →
Cornish Wikipedia article on Bismuth

Etymology

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Borrowed from English bismuth.

Noun

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bismuth m (uncountable)

  1. bismuth

Mutation

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Mutation of bismuth
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
bismuth vismuth unchanged pismuth fismuth,
vismuth*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Danish

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Chemical element (edit)
Bi
Atomic number 83
bismuth
Classification data
Period 6
Group 15
Block p-block
Class post-transition metal
Previous: ← bly (Pb)
Next: polonium (Po) →
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From German Wismuth. Often explained as a miner's contraction of wis mat "white mass" from Old High German hwiz "white".

Noun

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bismuth c (singular definite bismuthen, not used in plural form)

  1. bismuth

Declension

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Declension of bismuth
common
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative bismuth bismuthen
genitive bismuths bismuthens

References

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French

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Chemical element (edit)
Bi
Atomic number 83
bismuth
Classification data
Period 6
Group 15
Block p-block
Class post-transition metal
Previous: ← plomb (Pb)
Next: polonium (Po) →
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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French bismuot, bissemut, from German Wismut.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bismuth m (uncountable)

  1. bismuth

Further reading

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Limburgish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bismuth n

  1. (uncountable) bismuth
  2. A part of bismuth

Inflection

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References

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  • Klein, Ernest (1971). A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. Amsterdam: Elsevier.