# magnesium
## English
### Etymology

From New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”), a region in Thessaly. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy, as a modification of his original suggestion, magnium.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) enPR: măgnē'zēəm, IPA: /ˌmæɡˈniːzi.əm/
* (US) enPR: măgnē'zēəm, IPA: /ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/; enPR: măgnē'zhəm, IPA: /ˌmæɡˈniʒəm/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧si‧um

### Noun

magnesium (uncountable)
* The chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.
** 1999, Chapter 1 "Barrens" Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
    The building looked only like a wall glowing in the firelight, but sometimes a barrage of magnesium blue light made its windowframes jump out of the darkness.

#### Derived terms

* butylmagnesium
* calcium magnesium carbonate
* calcium magnesium silicate
* dimagnesium
* eumagnesemia
* ferromagnesium
* heptamagnesium
* hexamagnesium
* hydromagnesium
* mafic
* magnesaemia
* magnesemia
* magnesian
* magnesic
* magnesium-24
* magnesium-25
* magnesium-26
* magnesium alloy
* magnesium aluminate
* magnesium aluminium oxide, magnesium aluminum oxide
* magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate
* magnesium carbonate
* magnesium caseinate
* magnesium chlorate
* magnesium chloride
* magnesium chlorite
* magnesium citrate
* magnesium diboride
* magnesium diglutamate
* magnesium fluoride
* magnesium gallate
* magnesium hydroxide
* magnesium lactate
* magnesium lamp
* magnesium laureth sulfate, magnesium laureth sulphate
* magnesium light
* magnesiumlike
* magnesium mica
* magnesium nitrate
* magnesium nitride
* magnesium oxide
* magnesium perchlorate
* magnesium peroxide
* magnesium phosphate
* magnesium ribbon
* magnesium silicate
* magnesium stearate
* magnesium sulfate, magnesium sulphate
* magnesium sulfide, magnesium sulphide
* magnesium wire
* magnesuria
* magniferous
* manganoso-magnesium alum
* methylmagnesium
* nonamagnesium
* nonmagnesium
* normomagnesemia
* organomagnesium
* pentamagnesium
* potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate
* radiomagnesium
* sesquimagnesium
* sima
* tetramagnesium
* trimagnesium

#### Related terms

* magnalium
* magnelium
* Magnesia
* magnesia
* magnesite
* magnox, Magnox
* mag wheel

#### Descendants

* → Welsh: magnesiwm

#### Translations
### See also

* artinite
* Birmabright
* bischofite
* brucite
* carnallite
* deweylite
* epsomite
* gymnite
* kieserite
* lansfordite
* nesquehonite
* nigari
* olivine
* sellaite
* talc

### References

* Magnesium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

### Anagrams

* mesangium

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

magnesium (uncountable)
* magnesium

## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía) +‎ -ium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɡˈne.sium/, [maʊ̯ˈneˀɕɔm]

### Noun

magnesium n (singular definite magnesiummet, not used in plural form)
* (chemistry) magnesium
    Synonym: (obsolete) magnium

### References

* “magnesium” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin magnesium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmɑxˈneː.zi.ʏm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧si‧um

### Noun

magnesium n (uncountable)
* magnesium

#### Derived terms

* magnesiumpoeder

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English magnesium), ultimately from New Latin magnēsium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑɡne(ː)s(ː)ium/, [ˈmɑ̝ɡne̞(ː)(s̠)ˌs̠ium]
* Rhymes: -ium
* Hyphenation: mag‧ne‧si‧um

### Noun

magnesium
* magnesium

#### Declension

Possessive forms of magnesium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
magnesiumini
accusative
nom.
magnesiumini
gen.
magnesiumini
genitive
magnesiumini
partitive
magnesiumiani
inessive
magnesiumissani
elative
magnesiumistani
illative
magnesiumiini
adessive
magnesiumillani
ablative
magnesiumiltani
allative
magnesiumilleni
essive
magnesiuminani
translative
magnesiumikseni
abessive
magnesiumittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
magnesiumisi
accusative
nom.
magnesiumisi
gen.
magnesiumisi
genitive
magnesiumisi
partitive
magnesiumiasi
inessive
magnesiumissasi
elative
magnesiumistasi
illative
magnesiumiisi
adessive
magnesiumillasi
ablative
magnesiumiltasi
allative
magnesiumillesi
essive
magnesiuminasi
translative
magnesiumiksesi
abessive
magnesiumittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
magnesiumimme
accusative
nom.
magnesiumimme
gen.
magnesiumimme
genitive
magnesiumimme
partitive
magnesiumiamme
inessive
magnesiumissamme
elative
magnesiumistamme
illative
magnesiumiimme
adessive
magnesiumillamme
ablative
magnesiumiltamme
allative
magnesiumillemme
essive
magnesiuminamme
translative
magnesiumiksemme
abessive
magnesiumittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
magnesiuminne
accusative
nom.
magnesiuminne
gen.
magnesiuminne
genitive
magnesiuminne
partitive
magnesiumianne
inessive
magnesiumissanne
elative
magnesiumistanne
illative
magnesiumiinne
adessive
magnesiumillanne
ablative
magnesiumiltanne
allative
magnesiumillenne
essive
magnesiuminanne
translative
magnesiumiksenne
abessive
magnesiumittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
magnesiuminsa
accusative
nom.
magnesiuminsa
gen.
magnesiuminsa
genitive
magnesiuminsa
partitive
magnesiumiaan magnesiumiansa
inessive
magnesiumissaan magnesiumissansa
elative
magnesiumistaan magnesiumistansa
illative
magnesiumiinsa
adessive
magnesiumillaan magnesiumillansa
ablative
magnesiumiltaan magnesiumiltansa
allative
magnesiumilleen magnesiumillensa
essive
magnesiuminaan magnesiuminansa
translative
magnesiumikseen magnesiumiksensa
abessive
magnesiumittaan magnesiumittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* kalsiummagnesiumasetaatti
* magnesiumdistearaatti
* magnesiumfosfaatti
* magnesiumhydroksidi
* magnesiumkarbonaatti
* magnesiumkloridi
* magnesiumoksidi
* magnesiumsilikaatti
* magnesiumsulfaatti

### Further reading

* “magnesium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Interlingua
### Noun

magnesium (uncountable)
* magnesium

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /maɡˈneː.si.um/, [mäŋˈneːs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /maɲˈɲe.si.um/, [mäɲˈɲɛːs̬ium]

### Etymology 1

Form of magnēsius.

#### Adjective

magnēsium
* inflection of magnēsius:
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
** accusative masculine singular

### Etymology 2

Substantivization of the neuter form of magnēsius (“of or pertaining to the region of Magnesia”).

#### Noun

magnēsium n (genitive magnēsiī); second declension
* (New Latin) magnesium (chemical element 12)
** 1782, D. Laurentius, Gulielmo Huntero, “Nova experimenta Chemica quae ad penitiorem Acidi e Pinguedine eruti cognitionem valere videntur”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Part I, page 28:Magnesium nitratum nullum converſionem expertum eſt a noſtri acidi admixtione.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

##### Related terms

* Magnēsia
* magnēsius

##### Descendants

* → English: magnesium
** → Welsh: magnesiwm
* → French: magnésium (learned)
* → Galician: magnesio (learned)
* → German: Magnesium
* → Italian: magnesio (learned)
* → Luxembourgish: Magnesium
* → Portuguese: magnésio (learned)
* → Romanian: magneziu (learned)
* → Spanish: magnesio (learned)

## Limburgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɑ˧ˈɲeː˨ʒɔ˧m]

### Noun

magnesium n
* (uncountable) magnesium
* A part of magnesium

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* مݢنيسيوم

### Etymology

From English magnesium, from New Latin magnēsium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maknesiom/
* Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

### Noun

magnesium (Jawi spelling مݢنيسيوم)
* magnesium (chemical element)

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian magnesium.

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈmakːneːˌsiuːm/

### Noun

magnēsium
* magnesium

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From magnesia +‎ -ium.

### Noun

magnesium m or n (definite singular magnesiumen or magnesiumet, uncountable)
* magnesium, chemical element, symbol Mg

### References

* “magnesium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “magnesium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From magnesia +‎ -ium.

### Noun

magnesium m or n (definite singular magnesiumen or magnesiumet, uncountable)
* magnesium, chemical element, symbol Mg

### References

* “magnesium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maŋˈneːsɪɵm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

magnesium n (uncountable)
* magnesium

#### Declension
### References

* magnesium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* magnesium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* magnesium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH