cobalt
common nounadjective
Syllable Decomposition
cobaltfrom German kobalt, from kobold, a mischievous elf who was thought to have stolen silver and replaced it with this mineral, then considered unusable, see nickel.
Definitions
- chimiephysique
- médecine
- zoologie
- zoologie
Plural
cobalts
Translations
german:Kobalt
english:cobalt
chinese:钴
korean:코발트
danish:kobolt
spanish:cobalto
finnish:koboltti
greek:κοβάλτιο
italian:cobalto
japanese:コバルト
dutch:kobalt
polish:kobalt
portuguese:cobalto
swedish:kobolt
See also
cobaltite (cn.) cobalts (cn.)