Contionary:wulchrom

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Niemish

Chémisk thimìlliths

183
W
chróm
74

Fórg: tantál (Rh)
Èchtom: rhénj (Rh)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈwulxrɔm/

Etymology

From wúlch + róm ("wolf-cream"), calqued from German Wolfram. A folk analysis as *wúl-chróm ("wool-chrome") leads some speakers to decline as a soft stem noun modelled after chróm ("chromium").

Noun

wúlchròm n.m. hard stem

  1. (uncountable) tungsten

Declension

declension of wúlchròm (mh declension, uncountable)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative wúlchròm wúlchròman
genitive wúlchròms wúlchròmes
dative wúlchròm wúlchròmum
non-standard declension of wúlchròm (ms declension, uncountable)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative wúlchròm wúlchròmian
genitive wúlchròms wúlchròmes
dative wúlchròm wúlchròmium