Before revision: Symbols of elements discovered after 1814 match their names in English, French (ignoring the acute accent on ), and German (though German in many cases allows alternate spellings with or instead of : e.g., the name of caesium may be spelled , , or in German, but its symbol is always "Cs").
After revision: Symbols of elements discovered after 1814 match their names in English, French (ignoring the acute accent on ), and German (though German often allows alternate spellings with or instead of : e.g., the name of caesium may be spelled , , or in German, but its symbol is always "Cs").