cobalt en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈkəʊ.bɒlt/
- kō'bôlt (US)
- (UK) audio
- (US) audio
- /ˈkoʊ.bɑlt/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈkoʊ.bɔlt/ (US)
- /ˈkəʊ.bɔːlt/
Etymology
From German Kobalt, formerly also Kobald, ‑olt, ‑old, ‑elt, ‑el, apparently the same word as Kobold (“goblin”), from Middle High German, which became also a Harz Mountains silver miners’ term for rock laced with arsenic and sulfur, so called because it degraded the ore and made the miners ill. Doublet of kobold.
Meanings
- (uncountable, usually) A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.
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(uncountable, usually) Cobalt blue.
And although we’ve certainly seen a variety of blue shades — from periwinkle to cobalt and even Dean Cain’s indigo-washed costume from the 1990’s TV show “Lois & Clark” — Superman’s uniform is still instantly recognizable across generations. In fact, there is only one film — Zack Snyder’s 2013 “Man of Steel” — in which Superman does not wear his iconic red belted trunks.
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Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cobalts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cobalamin · tricobalt · cobalt therapy · noncobalt · organocobalt · cobalt(II) sulfate · cobalt-glance · cobaltlike · cobaltarthurite · cobalt-bicarbonate method · cobamide · cobalt-bronze · cobaltamine · cobalt red · telecobalt · cobaltic · cobalt yellow · cobalt crust · cobaltous · cobinamide · cobalt dichloride · purpureocobalt · earthy cobalt · cobaltite · cobaltiferous · cobaltate · silver-white cobalt · luteocobalt · gray cobalt · cobaltoan · cobaltaustinite · cobalt green · cobalt difluoride · cobalttsumcorite · cobaltomenite · anticobalt · cobalt cheletase · dicobalt · radiocobalt · cobalti- · cobaltkoritnigite · tin-white cobalt · cobalt violet · cobaltian · cobalt-speiss · cobalt chelatase · cobalt chloride · cobalt oxide · red cobalt · cobaltlotharmeyerite · cobalt ultramarine · cobalt bomb · cobaltammine · cobalt blue · cobaltocene · cobalto- · cobalt-pyrites · cobalt-60 · cobaltocheletase · cobalt-bloom · samarium-cobalt magnet · cobalt-sixty · cobaltkieserite · cobalt fluoride · cobalt-vitriol · grey cobalt · praseocobalt
Relateds
erythrite · smaltine · skutterudite · glaucodot · asbolite · asbolan
Translations (92)
nv béésh łibáhí (chemical element) · az قوبالت (chemical element) · lv kobalts (chemical element) · pt cobalto (chemical element) · ca cobalt (chemical element) · tg кобалт (chemical element) · mr कोबाल्ट (chemical element) · az زرنخ داشى (chemical element) · nl kobalt (chemical element) · sk kobalt (chemical element) · is kóbalt (chemical element) · sw kobalti (chemical element) · sv kobolt (chemical element) · fa کبالت (chemical element) · ast cobaltu (chemical element) · tl kobalto (chemical element) · lt kobaltas (chemical element) · ln kobalti class 9a/10a (chemical element) · be ко́бальт (chemical element) · uz кобальт (chemical element) · sq kobalt (chemical element) · he קובלט (chemical element) · mi koporata (chemical element) · km កូបាល (chemical element) · it cobalto (chemical element) · el κοβάλτιο (chemical element) · my ကိုဘော့ (chemical element) · ga cóbalt (chemical element) · nb kobolt (chemical element) · nn kobolt (chemical element) · mk кобалт (chemical element) · uk ко́бальт (chemical element) · ru ко́бальт (chemical element) · da kobolt (chemical element) · az kobalt (chemical element) · kk кобальт (chemical element) · mn кобальт (chemical element) · crh zırnıq (chemical element) · ka კობალტი (chemical element) · ms kobalt (chemical element) · gd còbalt (chemical element) · fy kobalt (chemical element) · bg коба́лт (chemical element) · csb kabalt (chemical element) · cmn 鈷 /钴 (chemical element) · yi קאָבאַלט (chemical element) · ug كوبالت (chemical element) · vi coban (chemical element) · sh kobalt (chemical element) · uz kobalt (chemical element) · hu kobalt (chemical element) · br kobalt (chemical element) · ta மென்வெள்ளி (chemical element) · vo kobaltin (chemical element) · mt kobalt (chemical element) · ota زرنيق طاشى (chemical element) · de Kobalt (chemical element) · ia cobalt (chemical element) · gl cobalto (chemical element) · lo ໂຄບອລຕ໌ (chemical element) · eu kobaltoa (chemical element) · fr cobalt (chemical element) · kw cobolt (chemical element) · fo kobolt (chemical element) · ota قوبالت (chemical element) · th โคบอลต์ (chemical element) · lb Kobalt (chemical element) · cs kobalt (chemical element) · crh kobalt (chemical element) · fi koboltti (chemical element) · es cobalto (chemical element) · fur cobalt (chemical element) · oc cobalt (chemical element) · tk kobalt (chemical element) · et koobalt (chemical element) · af kobalt (chemical element) · ar كُوبَلْت m or كُوبَالْت (chemical element) · ky кобальт (chemical element) · gv cobalt (chemical element) · hi केत्वातु (chemical element) · hy կոբալտ (chemical element) · cy cobalt (chemical element) · pa ਕੋਬਾਲਟ (chemical element) · ta கோபால்ட் (chemical element) · eo kobalto (chemical element) · sh кобалт (chemical element) · pl kobalt (chemical element) · ro cobalt (chemical element) · ja コバルト (chemical element) · sl kobalt (chemical element) · ko 코발트 (chemical element) · tr kobalt (chemical element)