cobalt

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.
2. (uncountable, usually) Cobalt blue.

Synonyms

Co

atomic number 27

cobaltco

cobalt-blue

Translations

cobalt

cobalto

cobalto

Kobalt

cobalto

κοβάλτιο

kobalt

cobalt

kobalt

كوبلت

Cobalt

cobaltum

كوبالت

kobalt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkəʊ.bɒlt/

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.