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moscovium

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

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: mŏskō'vēəm
  • UK: /mɒˈskəʊ.vi.əm/
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noun

Meaning 1

The chemical element with atomic number 115.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Moscow + -ium, named after Moscow Oblast. Promulgated as the proposed name for ununpentium in June 2016 by the IUPAC based on recommendations of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to honor the region where the element was discovered.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: moskovium — 115th element
  • Amharic: ሞስኮቪየም (moskoviyäm) — 115th element
  • Armenian: մոսկովիում (moskovium) — 115th element
  • Azerbaijani: moskovium — 115th element
  • Bengali: মস্কোভিয়াম (moskōbhiẏam) — 115th element
  • Bulgarian: московий (moskovij) — 115th element
  • Burmese: မော်စကိုဗီယမ် (mauca.kuibiyam) — 115th element
  • Catalan: moscovi — 115th element
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鏌 /镆 (mò) — 115th element
  • Danish: moscovium — 115th element
  • Dutch: moscovium — 115th element
  • Esperanto: moskovio — 115th element
  • Finnish: moskovium — 115th element
  • French: moscovium — 115th element
  • German: Moscovium — 115th element
  • Greek: μοσκόβιο (moskóvio) — 115th element
  • Hindi: मोस्कोवियम (moskoviyam) — 115th element
  • Hungarian: moszkóvium — 115th element
  • Ido: moskovo — 115th element
  • Italian: moscovio — 115th element
  • Japanese: モスコビウム (mosukobiumu) — 115th element
  • Kazakh: московий (moskovii) — 115th element
  • Korean: 모스코븀 (moseukobyum) — 115th element
  • Latvian: moskovijs — 115th element
  • Macedonian: московиум (moskovium) — 115th element
  • Malayalam: മോസ്കൊവിയം (mōskoviyaṁ) — 115th element
  • Polish: moskow — 115th element
  • Portuguese: moscóvio — 115th element
  • Russian: московий (moskovij) — 115th element
  • Slovak: moskóvium — 115th element
  • Spanish: moscovio — 115th element
  • Swedish: moskovium — 115th element
  • Ukrainian: моско́вій (moskóvij) — 115th element
  • Uzbek: moskoviy — 115th element
  • Welsh: moscofiwm — 115th element