silicium

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from Latin silex (“flint”).

silicium (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The chemical element silicon.

silicium

1. silicon (element)

Chemical element
Si
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Borrowed from English silicium, from Latin silicium, from silex (“flint”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌsiˈli.si.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: si‧li‧ci‧um

silicium n (uncountable)

1. silicon (chemical element with atomic number 14)

• silicone

From Latin silicium, from silex (“flint”).

• IPA^(key): /si.li.sjɔm/

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silicium m (plural siliciums)

1. silicon

• Lingala: siliki

• “silicium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Chemical element
Si
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Next: phosphorus (P)

Derived from silex, silicis (“flint”) +‎ -ium (chemical element suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siˈli.ki.um/, [s̠ɪˈlʲɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈli.t͡ʃi.um/, [siˈliːt͡ʃium]

silicium n (genitive siliciī); second declension

1. silicon (chemical element 14)

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• silica

• Dutch: silicium
• English: silicon
• Esperanto: silicio
• Galician: silicio
• Italian: silicio
• Portuguese: silício
• Romanian: siliciu
• Spanish: silicio