bismuth
English
A bismuth crystal
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Etymology
From German Wismuth, from Middle High German wismāt, from Latin bisemūtum, from Arabic بِسِيمُوتِيُّون (bisīmūtiyyūn), from Ancient Greek ψιμύθιον (psimúthion, “white lead”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: bĭz'məth, IPA(key): /ˈbɪz.məθ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪzməθ
Noun
bismuth (countable and uncountable, plural bismuths)
- A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived terms
- acicular bismuth
- bismite
- bismuth acetate
- bismuthal
- bismuthane
- bismuthate
- bismuth-blende
- bismuth bromide
- bismuth carbonate
- bismuth chloride
- bismuth citrate
- bismuthene
- bismuth fluoride
- bismuth-glance
- bismuth hydride
- bismuthian
- bismuthic
- bismuthide
- bismuthiferous
- bismuthine
- bismuthinite
- bismuth iodide
- bismuthism
- bismuthite, bismutite
- bismuth molybdate
- bismuth-nickel
- bismuth nitrate
- bismuth nitrate pentahydrate
- bismuthoan
- bismuth-ocher, bismuth-ochre
- bismuthonium
- bismuth orthoborate
- bismuth orthophosphate
- bismuthosis
- bismuthous
- bismuth oxide
- bismuth oxycarbonate
- bismuth oxychloride
- bismuth oxyiodide
- bismuth pentoxide
- bismuth selenide
- bismuth silicate
- bismuth-silver
- bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide
- bismuth subnitrate
- bismuth subsalicylate
- bismuth sulfide, bismuth sulphide
- bismuth telluride
- bismuth-tellurium
- bismuth triacetate
- bismuth tribromide
- bismuth trichloride
- bismuth trifluoride
- bismuth triiodide
- bismuth trinitrate
- bismuth trioxide
- bismuth triselenide
- bismuth trisulfate, bismuth trisulphate
- bismuth trisulfide, bismuth trisulphide
- bismuthyl
- butter of bismuth
- clinobisvanite
- dibismuth
- dibismuthide
- dodecabismuth
- eka-bismuth
- flowers of bismuth
- heptabismuth
- hexabismuth
- magistery of bismuth
- magnesium bismuthide
- mineral bismuth
- native bismuth
- organobismuth
- palladobismutharsenide
- pentabismuth
- pink bismuth
- radiobismuth
- regulus of bismuth
- telluric bismuth
- telluride of bismuth
- tellurobismuthite
- tetrabismuth
- tribismuth
- white bismuth
Related terms
Related terms
- bismanol
- BSCCO
- Pepto-Bismol
Translations
chemical element
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See also
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French bismuot, bissemut, from German Wismut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bis.myt/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “bismuth”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɪ˦zmœ˧ð]
Inflection
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Manx
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