cobalt

From German Kobalt, formerly also Kobald, ‑olt, ‑old, ‑elt, ‑el, apparently the same word as Kobold (“goblin”),[1] from Middle High German (see Kobold for more).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊ.bɒlt/
• (US) enPR: kō'bält, IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ.bɑlt/

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cobalt (usually uncountable, plural cobalts)

1. A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.
2. Cobalt blue.

• asbolan, asbolite
• erythrite
• glaucodot
• skutterudite
• smaltine

Borrowed from German Kobalt.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈβal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [koˈbalt]

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cobalt m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

• “cobalt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cobalt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cobalt” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cobalt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• kobolt (official spelling)
• kobalt

From German Kobalt.

cobalt c (singular definite cobalten, not used in plural form)

cobalt n (singular definite cobaltet, not used in plural form)

1. cobalt

• “cobalt” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from German Kobalt.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.balt/

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cobalt m (plural cobalts)

1. cobalt

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

From German Kobalt.

cobalt m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

Borrowed from French cobalt or German Kobalt, from German Kobold (“goblin”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkobalt/
• Hyphenation: co‧balt

cobalt n (uncountable)

1. cobalt (chemical element)

• cobalt in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Borrowed from English cobalt, from German Kobold (“goblin”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbalt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːbalt/, /ˈkɔbalt/
• Rhymes: -ɔbalt

cobalt m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cobalt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies