germanium

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

germanium

From the Latin 'germania' (Germany). The discoverer of this element, the German Clemens Winkler, named it this way because he thought gallium had been named after the nationality of its discoverer, the Frenchman Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran.

Definitions

physique

Plural

germaniums

Translations

  • germangerman:Germanium
  • englishenglish:germanium
  • chinesechinese:锗
  • koreankorean:게르마늄
  • danishdanish:germanium
  • spanishspanish:germanio
  • finnishfinnish:germanium
  • greekgreek:γερμάνιο
  • italianitalian:germanio
  • japanesejapanese:ゲルマニウム
  • dutchdutch:germanium
  • polishpolish:german
  • portugueseportuguese:germânio
  • swedishswedish:germanium

See also

germanite (cn.) germaniums (cn.)