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)

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.

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

• (Classical) 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