טיטאַן
Appearance
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Tītān, Tītānus, Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).
Noun
[edit]טיטאַן • (titan) m, plural טיטאַנען (titanen)
Usage notes
[edit]- Unlike its German cognate Titan, the word is usually not used for the chemical element titanium. טיטאַניום (titanyum) is generally used instead.
References
[edit]Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “טיטאַן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN