cobalto

See also: cobalto-

Galician

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cobalto

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Noun

cobalto m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

Italian

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cobalto

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Chemical element
Co
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Etymology

From New Latin cōbaltum, derived from German Kobalt, derived from Kobolet, alteration of Kobold (“elf, goblin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈbal.to/
• Rhymes: -alto
• Hyphenation: co‧bàl‧to

Noun

cobalto m (plural cobalti)

1. (chemistry) cobalt
2. cobalt blue

   Synonym: blu cobalto

   • 1909, Giovanni Pascoli, “L'altra faccia lunare [The Other Lunar Face]”, in Gli emigranti nella luna [The Migrants in the Moon]‎, 4th edition, collected in Nuovi poemetti, Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, published 1918, page 170, lines 32–34:

     Videro tutti là, di soprassalto, ¶ quella fanciulla, con le braccia in croce, ¶ bianca sul liscio lago di cobalto.

     They all saw, suddenly, ¶ that lady, with arms crossed, ¶ white over the smooth cobalt lake.

Derived terms

• cobaltatura
• cobaltico
• cobaltina
• cobaltocalcite
• cobaltopirite
• cobaltoso
• cobaltoterapia

Adjective

cobalto (invariable)

1. (relational) cobalt; cobalt-coloured/colored (following a noun)

Latin

Noun

cōbaltō

1. dative/ablative singular of cōbaltum

Portuguese

 cobalto on Portuguese Wikipedia

Chemical element
Co
Previous: ferro (Fe)
Next: níquel (Ni)

Etymology

From German Kobalt, from Kobold (“goblin”), so called because of its toxicity.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈbaw.tu/ [koˈbaʊ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈbaw.tu/ [koˈbaʊ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈbaw.to/ [koˈbaʊ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈbal.tu/ [kuˈβaɫ.tu]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altu, (Brazil) -awtu
• Hyphenation: co‧bal‧to

Noun

cobalto m (usually uncountable, plural cobaltos)

1. (chemistry, uncountable) cobalt (element)

Further reading

• “cobalto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cobalto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Chemical element
Co
Previous: hierro (Fe)
Next: níquel (Ni)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt, from Kobold (“goblin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈbalto/ [koˈβ̞al̪.t̪o]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alto
• Syllabification: co‧bal‧to

Noun

cobalto m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

Derived terms

• azul de cobalto
• bomba de cobalto

See also

• cobalto on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “cobalto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025