# manganese
## English
### Alternative forms

* manganesium, manganesum (obsolete)

### Etymology

From French manganèse, from Italian manganese, by alteration from Latin magnesia (“magnesia”), from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”). Doublet of Magnesia, magnesia, and magnesium; more at magnet.

### Pronunciation

* (US) enPR: măngʹgə-nēz', -nēs'; IPA: /ˈmæŋ.ɡəˌniz/, /ˈmæŋ.ɡəˌnis/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmæŋ.ɡəˌniːz/
* Hyphenation: man‧ga‧nese

### Noun

manganese (countable and uncountable, plural manganeses)
* (uncountable) A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25, not a free element in nature but often found in minerals in combination with iron, and useful in industrial alloy production.
** 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: […] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
* (countable) A single atom of this element.

#### Derived terms

* armangite
* black manganese
* chloromanganese
* copper-manganese
* corneous manganese
* dimanganese
* eka-manganese
* ekamanganese
* ferromanganese
* grey manganese
* heptamanganese
* hexamanganese
* horn manganese
* iron-manganese tungstate
* mangan-
* manganeous
* manganesane
* manganesate
* manganese-55
* manganese alum
* manganese binoxide
* manganese black
* manganese blende
* manganese bromide
* manganese bronze
* manganese brown
* manganese carbonate
* manganese chloride
* manganese copper
* manganese dibromide
* manganese dichloride
* manganese diiodide
* manganese dioxide
* manganese epidote
* manganese garnet
* manganese glance
* manganese grass
* manganese green
* manganese group
* manganese heptoxide
* manganese iodide
* manganesemia
* manganese nodule
* manganeseous acid
* manganese oxide
* manganese peroxide
* manganese purple
* manganese spar
* manganese steel
* manganese sulfate, manganese sulphate
* manganese superoxide
* manganese tetrafluoride
* manganese trioxide
* manganese violet
* manganese vitriol
* manganesian
* manganesiate
* manganesic
* manganesic acid
* manganesious
* manganesite
* manganesous
* mangani-
* manganian
* manganic
* manganiferous
* manganin
* manganism
* manganite
* manganize
* mangano-
* manganoan
* manganoso-magnesium alum
* manganoso-manganic acid
* manganous
* manganpyrosmalite
* methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl
* nonamanganese
* nonmanganese
* octamanganese
* organomanganese
* pentamanganese
* pyroxmangite
* radiomanganese
* red manganese
* silico-manganese, silicomanganese
* tetradecamanganese
* tetramanganese
* tridecamanganese
* white manganese

#### Related terms

* manganate
* manganosite
* permanganate

#### Descendants

* → Welsh: manganîs

#### Further reading

* manganese on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### See also

* Condy's crystals
* pyrolusite
* rhodochrosite

## Italian
### Etymology

Alteration of Medieval Latin magnēsia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /man.ɡaˈne.ze/, (traditional) /man.ɡaˈne.se/
* Rhymes: -eze, (traditional) -ese
* Hyphenation: man‧ga‧né‧se

### Noun

manganese m (plural manganesi)
* (chemistry) manganese

#### Derived terms

* manganato
* manganico
* manganoso
* permanganato
* permanganico

#### Descendants

* → French: manganèse
** → English: manganese, manganesium, manganesum (obsolete)
*** → Welsh: manganîs