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copernicium

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • kōpərnĭsʹēəm
  • -nĭshʹēəm
  • /koʊpəɹˈnɪsi.əm/
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noun

Meaning 1

The transuranic chemical element (symbol Cn) with atomic number 112.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Copernicus + -ium. Named after Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543).

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կոպեռնիցիում (kopeṙnicʻium) — chemical element
  • Asturian: coperniciu — chemical element
  • Bashkir: коперниций (kopernitsiy) — chemical element
  • Belarusian: каперніцый (kapjernicyj) — chemical element
  • Bengali: ইউনুনবিয়াম (iununbiẏam) — chemical element
  • Bulgarian: коперниций (kopernicij) — chemical element
  • Catalan: copernici — chemical element
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鎶 /鿔 (gē) — chemical element
  • Chuvash: коперници (kop̬ernitsi) — chemical element
  • Czech: kopernicium — chemical element
  • Dutch: copernicium — chemical element
  • Esperanto: kopernicio — chemical element
  • Esperanto: kopernisio — chemical element
  • Estonian: koperniitsium — chemical element
  • Finnish: kopernikium — chemical element
  • French: copernicium — chemical element
  • Georgian: კოპერნიციუმი (ḳoṗerniciumi) — chemical element
  • German: Copernicium — chemical element
  • Greek: κοπερνίκιο (koperníkio) — chemical element
  • Hebrew: קופרניקיום — chemical element
  • Hungarian: kopernícium — chemical element
  • Ido: koperniko — chemical element
  • Italian: copernicio — chemical element
  • Japanese: コペルニシウム (koperunishiumu) — chemical element
  • Kazakh: коперниций (kopernisii) — chemical element
  • Korean: 코페르니슘 (kopereunisyum) — chemical element
  • Kyrgyz: коперниций (kopernitsiy) — chemical element
  • Latin: copernicium — chemical element
  • Latvian: kopernikijs — chemical element
  • Lithuanian: kopernikis — chemical element
  • Malay: kopernisium — chemical element
  • Malayalam: കോപ്പർനിസിയം (kōppaṟnisiyaṁ) — chemical element
  • Persian: کوپرنیسیم (kopernisiom) — chemical element
  • Polish: kopernik — chemical element
  • Portuguese: copernício — chemical element
  • Romanian: coperniciu — chemical element
  • Russian: коперни́ций (kopernícij) — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: коперницијум — chemical element
  • Slovak: kopernícium — chemical element
  • Slovene: kopernicij — chemical element
  • Spanish: copernicio — chemical element
  • Swedish: copernicium — chemical element
  • Tamil: கோப்பர்நீசியம் (kōpparnīciyam) — chemical element
  • Thai: โคเปอร์นิเซียม (koo-bpəə-ní-sîiam) — chemical element
  • Turkish: kopernikyum — chemical element
  • Ukrainian: коперницій (kopernycij) — chemical element
  • Walloon: coperniciom — chemical element
  • Welsh: coperniciwm — chemical element