bisemutum

Latin

Chemical element
Bi
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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِسِيمُوتِيُّون (bisīmūtiyyūn), from Ancient Greek ψιμύθιον (psimúthion, “white lead”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bi.seˈmuː.tum/, [bɪs̠ɛˈmuːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bi.seˈmu.tum/, [bis̬eˈmuːt̪um]

Noun

bisemūtum n (genitive bisemūtī); second declension

1. bismuth (chemical element 83)

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	bisemūtum	bisemūta
genitive	bisemūtī	bisemūtōrum
dative	bisemūtō	bisemūtīs
accusative	bisemūtum	bisemūta
ablative	bisemūtō	bisemūtīs
vocative	bisemūtum	bisemūta

Descendants

• Middle High German: wismāt
  • German: Wismut, Wismuth (obsolete), Bismut
    • → English: bismuth