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stannum

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stannum.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: stănʹəm, IPA(key): /ˈstænəm/
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Noun

stannum (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, rare) tin

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *stagnos; see also Irish stán.

Pronunciation

Noun

stannum n (genitive stannī); second declension

  1. an alloy of silver and lead
  2. tin (the metal)

Usage notes

In Later Latin, it seems that stannum was replaced by a colloquial variant stagnum.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

  • Asturian: estañu
  • Catalan: estany
  • French: étain
  • Friulian: stagn
  • Galician: estaño, estano
  • Italian: stagno
  • Occitan: estanh
  • Portuguese: estanho
  • Romanian: staniu
  • Sardinian: istagnu, stàngiu
  • Sicilian: stagnu
  • Spanish: estaño

References

  • stannum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "stannum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • stannum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • stannum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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