# kobalt
## English
### Noun

kobalt (uncountable)
* Obsolete form of cobalt.

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kobalt (uncountable)
* cobalt

## Cornish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English cobalt.

### Noun

kobalt m
* cobalt

### Mutation
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkobalt]
* Hyphenation: ko‧balt

### Noun

kobalt m inan
* cobalt

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kobalt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “kobalt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “kobalt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Danish
### Noun

kobalt
* Obsolete spelling of cobalt.
** 1866, Tidsskrift for physik og chemi samt disse videnskabers anvendelse, page 12:... hvorpaa alt Kobalt er bundfældet som et smukt rødviolet krystallinsk Bundfald, ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1857, Archiv for Pharmacie Og Technisk Chemie Med Deres Grundvidenskaber:Kobalt er et af de meest strækkelige og især seigeste Metaller, ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1826, Tidsskrift for naturvidenskaberne. ..., page 141:I det svovlsure Jern og den svovlsure Kobalt er Forholdet imellem Vandet og Basens Ilt som 6: 1, ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1866, Oversigt over det Kongelige danske videnskabernes selskab virksomhed:... medens det paa den anden Side er nødvendigt for den paafølgende Adskillelse af Zink fra Nikkel og Kobalt, ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt, from Kobold, originally an derogatory nickname for the 'inferior' ore which contaminated silver finds.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koːˈbɑlt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ko‧balt
* Rhymes: -ɑlt

### Noun

kobalt n (uncountable)
* the metallic element and material cobalt
* the die made from its oxyde
* its bluish metallic color shade

#### Synonyms

* kobaltblauw

#### Derived terms

* glanskobalt
* kobaltblauw
* kobaltbloem
* kobaltbloesem
* kobaltbrons
* kobalten
* kobalterts
* kobaltgeel
* kobaltglas
* kobaltgroen
* kobaltmijn
* kobaltoker
* kobaltoxide
* kobaltrood
* kobaltspijs
* kobaltultramarijn
* kobaltviolet
* kobaltzout
* slakkenkobalt
* spijskobalt
* verkobalten

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: kobalt
* → Indonesian: kobalt

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkobɒlt]
* Hyphenation: ko‧balt
* Rhymes: -ɒlt

### Noun

kobalt (usually uncountable, plural kobaltok)
* cobalt (a chemical element)

#### Derived terms

* kobaltkék

### Further reading

* kobalt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Kobalt, from German Kobalt.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈkobalt/ [ˈko.balt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -obalt
* Syllabification: ko‧balt

### Noun

kobalt (plural kobalt-kobalt)
* cobalt

### Further reading

* “kobalt” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Limburgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkoː˦bɑ˧lc]

### Noun

kobalt
* (uncountable) The metallic element and material cobalt
* A part of cobalt

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Malay
### Etymology

From English cobalt, from German Kobold.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kobalt]
* Rhymes: -alt

### Noun

kobalt
* cobalt (chemical element)

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cobalto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔˈbalt/

### Noun

kobalt m
* (chemistry) cobalt (chemical element)

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔ.balt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔbalt
* Syllabification: ko‧balt

### Noun

kobalt m inan (related adjective kobaltowy)
* cobalt (chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal)
* cobalt, cobalt blue (of the color of the pigment zaffre)
    kobalt:

#### Derived terms

* kobaltawy
* kobaltowoniebieski
* kobaltoterapia
* kobaltowiec
* kobaltować impf

#### Related terms

* kobaltron
* kobaltyn

### Further reading

* kobalt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kobalt in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* kobalt in PWN's encyclopedia

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

kobalt m (Cyrillic spelling кобалт)
* cobalt

## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt. First attested in the 17th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔbaɫt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kobalt m inan (genitive singular kobaltu, declension pattern of dub)
* cobalt

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “kobalt”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 273

### Further reading

* “kobalt”, 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, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kóːbalt/

### Noun

kọ̑balt m inan
* cobalt

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “kobalt”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوبالت (kobalt), from French cobalt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kobáɫt]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ko‧balt

### Noun

kobalt (definite accusative kobaltı, uncountable)
* cobalt (chemical element)