fermium

See also: Fermium

English

Chemical element (edit)
Fm Atomic number 100 fermium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
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English Wikipedia article on Fermium

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Firmum

Italian Fermo

Italian Fermi

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

New Latin fermiumbor.

English fermium

Borrowed from New Latin fermium, from Fermi +‎ -ium; named for Enrico Fermi.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fûr'mēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈfɜːɹmiəm/

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Noun

fermium (uncountable)

2. (chemistry) A transuranic chemical element (symbol Fm) with an atomic number of 100.
   1. (countable) An atom of this element.

Derived terms

• fermium gap
• transfermium

Related terms

• fermate
• Fermi
• fermi
• fermion

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: fermium (af)
• Albanian: fermium
• Arabic: فِرْمِيُوم m (firmiyum)
• Armenian: ֆերմիում (hy) (fermium)
• Asturian: fermiu (ast) m
• Basque: fermioa
• Belarusian: фе́рмій m (fjérmij)
• Breton: fermiom (br)
• Bulgarian: фе́рмий m (férmij)
• Catalan: fermi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐨 / 镄 (zh) (fèi)

• Cornish: fermyum
• Czech: fermium (cs)
• Danish: fermium (da)
• Dutch: fermium (nl) n
• Esperanto: fermio (eo)
• Estonian: fermium (et)
• Faroese: fermium n
• Finnish: fermium (fi)
• French: fermium (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: fermium

• Friulian: fermi
• Galician: fermio (gl) m
• Georgian: ფერმიუმი (permiumi)
• German: Fermium (de) n
• Greek: φέρμιο (el) n (férmio)
• Hebrew: פרמיום (he) (férmiyum)
• Hungarian: fermium (hu)
• Icelandic: fermín (is)
• Irish: fearmiam
• Italian: fermio (it) m
• Japanese: フェルミウム (ja) (ferumiumu)
• Kashubian: ferm
• Kazakh: фермий (kk) (fermiyy)
• Korean: 페르뮴 (ko) (pereumyum)
• Latin: fermium (la) n
• Latvian: fermijs
• Lithuanian: fermis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Fermium n
• Macedonian: фермиум m (fermium)
• Malay: fermium
• Maltese: fermjum
• Manx: fermium
• Mongolian: ферми (fermi)
• Norwegian: fermium
• Polish: ferm (pl) m
• Portuguese: férmio (pt) m
• Romanian: fermiu (ro) n
• Russian: фе́рмий (ru) m (férmij)
• Scottish Gaelic: feirmiam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фермиј m, фермијум m

  Latin: fermij (sh) m, fermijum m

• Slovak: fermium n
• Slovene: fermij (sl)
• Spanish: fermio (es) m
• Swedish: fermium (sv) n
• Tajik: фермий (fermiy)
• Tamil: வெளுகன் (veḷukaṉ)
• Thai: เฟอร์เมียม (fəə-mîiam)
• Turkish: fermiyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: фе́рмій m (férmij)
• Uyghur: فېرمىي (fërmiy)
• Uzbek: фермий (fermiy), fermiy (uz)
• Vietnamese: fecmi
• Volapük: fermin (vo)
• Welsh: ffermiwm

Afrikaans

Chemical element (edit)
Fm Atomic number 100 fermium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
Previous: ← einsteinium (Es)
Next: mendelevium (Md) →

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin fermium.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

fermium (uncountable)

1. fermium

Danish

Chemical element (edit)
Fm Atomic number 100 fermium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
Previous: ← einsteinium (Es)
Next: mendelevium (Md) →

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin fermium. Named after atomic physicist Enrico Fermi.

Noun

fermium n (singular definite fermiummet, not used in plural form)

1. fermium

Declension

Declension of fermium

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fermium	fermiummet
genitive	fermiums	fermiummets

References

• “fermium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Chemical element (edit)
Fm Atomic number 100 fermium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
Previous: ← einsteinium (Es)
Next: mendelevium (Md) →

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin fermium, named after atomic physicist Enrico Fermi. For the surname see Fermi.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fermium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. fermium

Estonian

Chemical element (edit)
Fm Atomic number 100 fermium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
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Next: mendeleevium (Md) →

Etymology

Borrowed from English fermium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈferːmiu̯m/, [ˈferːmiu̯m]
• Rhymes: -erːmium
• Hyphenation: fer‧mium

Noun

fermium (genitive fermiumi, partitive fermiumi or fermiumit)

1. fermium

Declension

Declension of fermium (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		fermium	fermiumid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	fermiumi
genitive			fermiumide
partitive		fermiumi	fermiume fermiumisid
illative		fermiumi fermiumisse	fermiumidesse fermiumesse
inessive		fermiumis	fermiumides fermiumes
elative		fermiumist	fermiumidest fermiumest
allative		fermiumile	fermiumidele fermiumele
adessive		fermiumil	fermiumidel fermiumel
ablative		fermiumilt	fermiumidelt fermiumelt
translative		fermiumiks	fermiumideks fermiumeks
terminative		fermiumini	fermiumideni
essive		fermiumina	fermiumidena
abessive		fermiumita	fermiumideta
comitative		fermiumiga	fermiumidega

Declension of fermium (ÕS type 2e/minut, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		fermium	fermiumid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	fermiumi
genitive			fermiumite
partitive		fermiumit	fermiumeid
illative		fermiumisse	fermiumitesse fermiumeisse
inessive		fermiumis	fermiumites fermiumeis
elative		fermiumist	fermiumitest fermiumeist
allative		fermiumile	fermiumitele fermiumeile
adessive		fermiumil	fermiumitel fermiumeil
ablative		fermiumilt	fermiumitelt fermiumeilt
translative		fermiumiks	fermiumiteks fermiumeiks
terminative		fermiumini	fermiumiteni
essive		fermiumina	fermiumitena
abessive		fermiumita	fermiumiteta
comitative		fermiumiga	fermiumitega

Further reading

• fermium in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Chemical element (edit)
Fm Atomic number 100 fermium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
Previous: ← einsteinium (Es)
Next: mendelevium (Md) →

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin fermium

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfermium/, [ˈfe̞rmium]
• Rhymes: -ermium
• Syllabification^(key): fer‧mi‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): fer‧mi‧um

Noun

fermium

1. fermium

Declension

Inflection of fermium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		fermium	fermiumit
genitive		fermiumin	fermiumien
partitive		fermiumia	fermiumeja
illative		fermiumiin	fermiumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		fermium	fermiumit
accusative	nom.	fermium	fermiumit
	gen.	fermiumin
genitive		fermiumin	fermiumien
partitive		fermiumia	fermiumeja
inessive		fermiumissa	fermiumeissa
elative		fermiumista	fermiumeista
illative		fermiumiin	fermiumeihin
adessive		fermiumilla	fermiumeilla
ablative		fermiumilta	fermiumeilta
allative		fermiumille	fermiumeille
essive		fermiumina	fermiumeina
translative		fermiumiksi	fermiumeiksi
abessive		fermiumitta	fermiumeitta
instructive		—	fermiumein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of fermium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative fermiumini fermiumini accusative nom. fermiumini fermiumini gen. fermiumini genitive fermiumini fermiumieni partitive fermiumiani fermiumejani inessive fermiumissani fermiumeissani elative fermiumistani fermiumeistani illative fermiumiini fermiumeihini adessive fermiumillani fermiumeillani ablative fermiumiltani fermiumeiltani allative fermiumilleni fermiumeilleni essive fermiuminani fermiumeinani translative fermiumikseni fermiumeikseni abessive fermiumittani fermiumeittani instructive — — comitative — fermiumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative fermiumisi fermiumisi accusative nom. fermiumisi fermiumisi gen. fermiumisi genitive fermiumisi fermiumiesi partitive fermiumiasi fermiumejasi inessive fermiumissasi fermiumeissasi elative fermiumistasi fermiumeistasi illative fermiumiisi fermiumeihisi adessive fermiumillasi fermiumeillasi ablative fermiumiltasi fermiumeiltasi allative fermiumillesi fermiumeillesi essive fermiuminasi fermiumeinasi translative fermiumiksesi fermiumeiksesi abessive fermiumittasi fermiumeittasi instructive — — comitative — fermiumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative fermiumimme fermiumimme accusative nom. fermiumimme fermiumimme gen. fermiumimme genitive fermiumimme fermiumiemme partitive fermiumiamme fermiumejamme inessive fermiumissamme fermiumeissamme elative fermiumistamme fermiumeistamme illative fermiumiimme fermiumeihimme adessive fermiumillamme fermiumeillamme ablative fermiumiltamme fermiumeiltamme allative fermiumillemme fermiumeillemme essive fermiuminamme fermiumeinamme translative fermiumiksemme fermiumeiksemme abessive fermiumittamme fermiumeittamme instructive — — comitative — fermiumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative fermiuminne fermiuminne accusative nom. fermiuminne fermiuminne gen. fermiuminne genitive fermiuminne fermiumienne partitive fermiumianne fermiumejanne inessive fermiumissanne fermiumeissanne elative fermiumistanne fermiumeistanne illative fermiumiinne fermiumeihinne adessive fermiumillanne fermiumeillanne ablative fermiumiltanne fermiumeiltanne allative fermiumillenne fermiumeillenne essive fermiuminanne fermiumeinanne translative fermiumiksenne fermiumeiksenne abessive fermiumittanne fermiumeittanne instructive — — comitative — fermiumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative fermiuminsa fermiuminsa accusative nom. fermiuminsa fermiuminsa gen. fermiuminsa genitive fermiuminsa fermiumiensa partitive fermiumiaan fermiumiansa fermiumejaan fermiumejansa inessive fermiumissaan fermiumissansa fermiumeissaan fermiumeissansa elative fermiumistaan fermiumistansa fermiumeistaan fermiumeistansa illative fermiumiinsa fermiumeihinsa adessive fermiumillaan fermiumillansa fermiumeillaan fermiumeillansa ablative fermiumiltaan fermiumiltansa fermiumeiltaan fermiumeiltansa allative fermiumilleen fermiumillensa fermiumeilleen fermiumeillensa essive fermiuminaan fermiuminansa fermiumeinaan fermiumeinansa translative fermiumikseen fermiumiksensa fermiumeikseen fermiumeiksensa abessive fermiumittaan fermiumittansa fermiumeittaan fermiumeittansa instructive — — comitative — fermiumeineen fermiumeinensa

French

Chemical element (edit)
Fm Atomic number 100 fermium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin fermium, named after atomic physicist Enrico Fermi. For the surname see Fermi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ.mjɔm/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

fermium m (uncountable)

1. fermium

Further reading

• “fermium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Hungarian

Chemical element (edit)
Fm Atomic number 100 fermium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin fermium

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛrmijum]
• Hyphenation: fer‧mi‧um
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

fermium (usually uncountable, plural fermiumok)

1. fermium (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	fermium	fermiumok
accusative	fermiumot	fermiumokat
dative	fermiumnak	fermiumoknak
instrumental	fermiummal	fermiumokkal
causal-final	fermiumért	fermiumokért
translative	fermiummá	fermiumokká
terminative	fermiumig	fermiumokig
essive-formal	fermiumként	fermiumokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fermiumban	fermiumokban
superessive	fermiumon	fermiumokon
adessive	fermiumnál	fermiumoknál
illative	fermiumba	fermiumokba
sublative	fermiumra	fermiumokra
allative	fermiumhoz	fermiumokhoz
elative	fermiumból	fermiumokból
delative	fermiumról	fermiumokról
ablative	fermiumtól	fermiumoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	fermiumé	fermiumoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	fermiuméi	fermiumokéi

Possessive forms of fermium

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fermiumom	fermiumaim
2nd person sing.	fermiumod	fermiumaid
3rd person sing.	fermiuma	fermiumai
1st person plural	fermiumunk	fermiumaink
2nd person plural	fermiumotok	fermiumaitok
3rd person plural	fermiumuk	fermiumaik

Latin

Chemical element (edit)
Fm Atomic number 100 fermium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
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Latin Wikipedia article on Fermium

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Firmum

Italian Fermo

Italian Fermi

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin fermium

Named after Italian physicist Enrico Fermi (1901–1954).
Derived from Fermi +‎ -ium (chemical element suffix). For the surname see Fermi.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛr.mi.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛr.mi.um]

Noun

fermium n (genitive fermiī); second declension

1. (New Latin, chemistry) fermium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	fermium	fermia
genitive	fermiī	fermiōrum
dative	fermiō	fermiīs
accusative	fermium	fermia
ablative	fermiō	fermiīs
vocative	fermium	fermia

Descendants

• → English: fermium
• → Italian: fermio

Malay

Chemical element (edit)
Fm Atomic number 100 fermium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
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Next: mendelevium (Md) →

Etymology

Borrowed from English fermium

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fə(r)miom], [fə(r)miəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

fermium

1. fermium (chemical element)

Slovak

Chemical element (edit)
Fm Atomic number 100 fermium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
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Etymology

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Latin Firmum

Italian Fermo

Italian Fermi

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

New Latin fermiumbor.

English fermiumbor.

Slovak fermium

Borrowed from New Latin fermium, named after atomic physicist Enrico Fermi. For the surname see Fermi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛrmium/

Noun

fermium n

1. fermium (element)

Declension

Declension of fermium

	singulare tantum
nominative	fermium
genitive	fermia
dative	fermiu
accusative	fermium
locative	fermiu
instrumental	fermiom

References

• “fermium”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Swedish

Chemical element (edit)
Fm Atomic number 100 fermium
Classification data Period 7 Group 3 Block f-block Class actinide
Previous: ← einsteinium (Es)
Next: mendelevium (Md) →

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin fermium, named after atomic physicist Enrico Fermi. For the surname see Fermi.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fermium n (uncountable)

1. fermium

Declension

Declension of fermium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fermium	fermiums
	definite	fermiumet	fermiumets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of fermium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fermium	fermiums
	definite	fermiet	fermiets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of fermium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fermium	fermiums
	definite	fermium	fermiums
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• Svensk MeSH