コバルト

Japanese
Chemical element
Co
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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kobalt. Already used by Udagawa Yōan in Seimi Kaisō (1837).[1] Later influenced by German Kobalt,[2] English cobalt.[2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) コバルト [kòbárútó] (Heiban – [0])[3][5]
  • (Tokyo) コバ​ルト [kòbáꜜrùtò] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ba̠ɾɯ̟ᵝto̞]

Noun

コバルト • (kobaruto) 

  1. cobalt, Co
  2. cobalt blue

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • コバルトグリーン (kobaruto gurīn): cobalt green
  • コバルトブルー (kobaruto burū): cobalt blue
  • コバルト爆(ばく)弾(だん) (kobaruto bakudan): cobalt bomb
  • コバルト照(しょう)射(しゃ)療(りょう)法(ほう) (kobaruto shōsha ryōhō): cobalt radiation therapy

References
  1. Udagawa Yōan, Seimi Kaisō, vol. 1, 1837, p. 10:
    今以(イ)呂(ロ)波(ハ)ノ韻ヲ歩𬼀左ニ列舉シ以テ初學ノ記誦ニ便ス。漢名譯名、蘭名ハ其下ニ嵌註シ別名ハ篇中條下に讓テ録セズ
    […]〔己〕箇(コ)拔(バ)爾(ル)丢(テュ)母(ム) コバルト 格(コ)綸(リュム)彪(ビウ)母(ム)
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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