Cobalt in Scrabble and Meaning

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Definitions and meaning of cobalt

cobalt

English

Etymology

From German Kobalt, formerly also Kobald, ‑olt, ‑old, ‑elt, ‑el, apparently the same word as Kobold (“goblin”), from Middle High German, which became also a Harz Mountains silver miners’ term for rock laced with arsenic and sulfur, so called because it degraded the ore and made the miners ill. Doublet of kobold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊ.bɒlt/, /ˈkəʊ.bɔːlt/
• (US) enPR: kō'bôlt, IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ.bɔlt/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ.bɑlt/

Noun

cobalt (usually uncountable, plural cobalts)

2. A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.
3. Cobalt blue.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• asbolan, asbolite
• erythrite
• glaucodot
• skutterudite
• smaltine

References

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈβal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [koˈbalt]

Noun

cobalt m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

Further reading

• “cobalt”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “cobalt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “cobalt” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cobalt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Alternative forms

• kobolt (official spelling)
• kobalt

Etymology

From German Kobold.

Noun

cobalt c (singular definite cobalten or cobaltet, not used in plural form)

1. cobalt

Declension

References

• “cobalt” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kobalt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.balt/

Noun

cobalt m (plural cobalts)

1. cobalt

Further reading

• “cobalt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Occitan

Etymology

From German Kobalt.

Pronunciation

Noun

cobalt m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cobalt or German Kobalt, from German Kobold (“goblin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkobalt/
• Hyphenation: co‧balt

Noun

cobalt n (uncountable)

1. cobalt (chemical element)

Declension

References

• “cobalt”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English cobalt, from German Kobold (“goblin”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbalt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːbalt/, /ˈkɔbalt/
• Rhymes: -ɔbalt

Noun

cobalt m (uncountable)

1. cobalt

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cobalt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies