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title="tantalum – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalum" title="tantalum – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="tantalum" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li 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class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hafnium#English" title="hafnium">hafnium</a></span> (Hf)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Next: <b><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tungsten#English" title="tungsten">tungsten</a></span> (W)</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tantalium#English" title="tantalium">tantalium</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">obsolete</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Neo-Latin">New Latin</a></span> word derived by Swedish chemist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Gustaf_Ekeberg" class="extiw" title="w:Anders Gustaf Ekeberg">Anders Gustaf Ekeberg</a> in 1802, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Tantalus#Latin" title="Tantalus">Tantalus</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> named after <a href="/wiki/Tantalus" title="Tantalus">Tantalus</a>, alluding to the element's incapacity to absorb acid. See <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-ium#English" title="-ium">-ium</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">tăn'tələm</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈtæntələm/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum_carbide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tantalum carbide (page does not exist)">tantalum carbide</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum_dioxide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tantalum dioxide (page does not exist)">tantalum dioxide</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum_lamp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tantalum lamp (page does not exist)">tantalum lamp</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum_oxide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tantalum oxide (page does not exist)">tantalum oxide</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum_pentachloride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tantalum pentachloride (page does not exist)">tantalum pentachloride</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a 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title="تنتالم (page does not exist)">تَنْتَالُم</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantālum</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AC#Armenian" title="տանտալ">տանտալ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AC" class="extiw" title="hy:տանտալ">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantal</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Asturian: <span class="Latn" lang="ast"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%A1ntalu#Asturian" title="tántalu">tántalu</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Basque: <span class="Latn" lang="eu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalioa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tantalioa (page does not exist)">tantalioa</a></span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB#Belarusian" title="тантал">танта́л</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantál</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Breton: <span class="Latn" lang="br"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Breton" title="tantal">tantal</a></span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB#Bulgarian" title="тантал">танта́л</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantál</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%A0ntal#Catalan" title="tàntal">tàntal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C3%A0ntal" class="extiw" title="ca:tàntal">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%89%AD#Mandarin" title="鉭">鉭</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%92%BD#Mandarin" title="钽">钽</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%89%AD" class="extiw" title="zh:鉭">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">tǎn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Cornish: <span class="Latn" lang="kw"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Cornish">tantalum</a></span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Czech" title="tantal">tantal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantal" class="extiw" title="cs:tantal">(cs)</a></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Danish" title="tantal">tantal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantal" class="extiw" title="da:tantal">(da)</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/tantaal#Dutch" title="tantaal">tantaal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantaal" class="extiw" title="nl:tantaal">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/tantalium#Dutch" title="tantalium">tantalium</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalium" class="extiw" title="nl:tantalium">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/tantalo#Esperanto" title="tantalo">tantalo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalo" class="extiw" title="eo:tantalo">(eo)</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/tantaal#Estonian" title="tantaal">tantaal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantaal" class="extiw" title="et:tantaal">(et)</a></span></li> <li>Faroese: <span class="Latn" lang="fo"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Faroese" title="tantal">tantal</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/tantaali#Finnish" title="tantaali">tantaali</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantaali" class="extiw" title="fi:tantaali">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/tantale#French" title="tantale">tantale</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantale" class="extiw" title="fr:tantale">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Friulian: <span class="Latn" lang="fur"><a href="/wiki/tantali#Friulian" title="tantali">tantali</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%A1ntalo#Galician" title="tántalo">tántalo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C3%A1ntalo" class="extiw" title="gl:tántalo">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ტანტალი">ტანტალი</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">ṭanṭali</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Tantal#German" title="Tantal">Tantal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tantal" class="extiw" title="de:Tantal">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF#Greek" title="ταντάλιο">ταντάλιο</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF" class="extiw" title="el:ταντάλιο">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantálio</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="טנטלום (page does not exist)">טנטלום</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D" class="extiw" title="he:טנטלום">(he)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantálum</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="सहातु (page does not exist)">सहातु</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">sahātu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/tant%C3%A1l#Hungarian" title="tantál">tantál</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/tant%C3%A1l" class="extiw" title="hu:tantál">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Icelandic" title="tantal">tantal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantal" class="extiw" title="is:tantal">(is)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/tantalam#Irish" title="tantalam">tantalam</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/tantalio#Italian" title="tantalio">tantalio</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalio" class="extiw" title="it:tantalio">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB#Japanese" title="タンタル">タンタル</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB" class="extiw" title="ja:タンタル">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">tantaru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kashubian: <span class="Latn" lang="csb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tant%C3%B4l&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tantôl (page does not exist)">tantôl</a></span></li> <li>Kazakh: <span class="Cyrl" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB#Kazakh" title="тантал">тантал</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="kk-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantal</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Khmer: <span class="Khmr" lang="km"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%84%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="តង់តាល (page does not exist)">តង់តាល</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="km-Latn" class="tr Latn">tɑngtaal</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%ED%83%84%ED%83%88&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="탄탈 (page does not exist)">탄탈</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%ED%83%84%ED%83%88" class="extiw" title="ko:탄탈">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantal</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%ED%83%84%ED%83%88%EB%A3%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="탄탈룸 (page does not exist)">탄탈룸</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantallum</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%ED%83%84%ED%83%88%EB%9F%BC#Korean" title="탄탈럼">탄탈럼</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantalleom</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/tantalium#Latin" title="tantalium">tantalium</a></span></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/tantals#Latvian" title="tantals">tantals</a></span></li> <li>Lithuanian: <span class="Latn" lang="lt"><a href="/wiki/tantalas#Lithuanian" title="tantalas">tantalas</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalas" class="extiw" title="lt:tantalas">(lt)</a></span></li> <li>Luxembourgish: <span class="Latn" lang="lb"><a href="/wiki/Tantal#Luxembourgish" title="Tantal">Tantal</a></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB#Macedonian" title="тантал">танта́л</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantál</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Malay">tantalum</a></span></li> <li>Maltese: <span class="Latn" lang="mt"><a href="/wiki/tantalju#Maltese" title="tantalju">tantalju</a></span></li> <li>Manx: <span class="Latn" lang="gv"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Manx">tantalum</a></span></li> <li>Mongolian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mn"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB#Mongolian" title="тантал">тантал</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantal</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Norwegian" title="tantal">tantal</a></span></li> <li>Occitan: <span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Occitan" title="tantal">tantal</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Polish" title="tantal">tantal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantal" class="extiw" title="pl:tantal">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%A2ntalo#Portuguese" title="tântalo">tântalo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C3%A2ntalo" class="extiw" title="pt:tântalo">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Romanian" title="tantal">tantal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantal" class="extiw" title="ro:tantal">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB#Russian" title="тантал">танта́л</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB" class="extiw" title="ru:тантал">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantál</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <span class="Latn" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/tantalam#Scottish_Gaelic" title="tantalam">tantalam</a></span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB#Serbo-Croatian" title="тантал">тантал</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Serbo-Croatian" title="tantal">tantal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantal" class="extiw" title="sh:tantal">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Slovak" title="tantal">tantal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantal" class="extiw" title="sk:tantal">(sk)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Slovene: <span class="Latn" lang="sl"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Slovene" title="tantal">tantal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantal" class="extiw" title="sl:tantal">(sl)</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%A1ntalo#Spanish" title="tántalo">tántalo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C3%A1ntalo" class="extiw" title="es:tántalo">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Swedish" title="tantal">tantal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantal" class="extiw" title="sv:tantal">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Tajik: <span class="Cyrl" lang="tg"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB#Tajik" title="тантал">тантал</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="tg-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantal</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Tamil: <span class="Taml" lang="ta"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="தந்தாலம் (page does not exist)">தந்தாலம்</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ta-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantālam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A1#Thai" title="แทนทาลัม">แทนทาลัม</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">tɛɛn-taa-lâm</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Turkish" title="tantal">tantal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantal" class="extiw" title="tr:tantal">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB#Ukrainian" title="тантал">танта́л</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantál</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Uzbek: <span class="Latn" lang="uz"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Uzbek" title="tantal">tantal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantal" class="extiw" title="uz:tantal">(uz)</a></span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="uz"><a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB#Uzbek" title="тантал">тантал</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB" class="extiw" title="uz:тантал">(uz)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uz-Latn" class="tr Latn">tantal</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/tantali#Vietnamese" title="tantali">tantali</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/tantan#Vietnamese" title="tantan">tantan</a></span></li> <li>Volapük: <span class="Latn" lang="vo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tantalin (page does not exist)">tantalin</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vo.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalin" class="extiw" title="vo:tantalin">(vo)</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/tantalwm#Welsh" title="tantalwm">tantalwm</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/tantalwm" class="extiw" title="cy:tantalwm">(cy)</a></span></li> <li>West Frisian: <span class="Latn" lang="fy"><a href="/wiki/tantaal#West_Frisian" title="tantaal">tantaal</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="References">References</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">David Barthelmy (<span class="None" lang="und">1997–2024</span>) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webmineral.com/data/Tantalum.shtml">Tantalum</a>”, in <cite>Webmineral Mineralogy Database</cite>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mindat.org/min-7329.html">tantalum</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindat.org" class="extiw" title="w:Mindat.org">Mindat.org</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.mindat.org">[1]</a></sup>, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, <span class="None" lang="und">2000–2024</span></span></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><i>Chambers Dictionary of Etymology</i>, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Danish">Danish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Danish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="da">tantalum</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">now <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#rare" title="Appendix:Glossary">rare</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/tantal#Danish" title="tantal">tantal</a></i></span></span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1870</b></span>, Mathilde Ørsted, <cite>Breve fra og til Hans Christian Ørsted</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">37</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="da">... og et nyt Metal, som skal kaldes <b>Tantalum</b>.</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">... and a new metal, which is to be called <b>tantalum</b>.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1975</b></span>, <cite>Tandlægebladet</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="da">... individer med <b>tantalum</b> implantater<sup style="font-style:normal">[<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#sic" title="Appendix:Glossary">sic</a></i>]</sup> i kæberne ...</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">... individuals with <b>tantalum</b> implants in their jaws ...</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2002</b></span>, <cite>Taenk + Test</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="da">Det indeholder grundstoffet <b>tantalum</b>, ...</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">It contains the element <b>tantalum</b>, ...</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1961</b></span>, <cite>Tidsskrift for sygeplejersker</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="da">... bomuld, hør, hamp, syntetiske fibre, rustfrit stål og <b>tantalum</b>, ...</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">... cotton, flax, hemp, synthetic fibers, stainless steel and <b>tantalum</b>, ...</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1914</b></span>, <cite>Gads danske magasin</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="da">Paa dette Omraade har man dog fundet et Erstatningsmiddel i <b>Tantalum</b>, ...</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">In this area, a substitute has been found in <b>tantalum</b>, ...</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1963</b></span>, Aarhus universitet, <cite>Aarsberetning</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="da">... ved behandling <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> af cancer vesicae (med radioaktivt <b>tantalum</b>).</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">... by treatment <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> of cancer vesicae (using radioactive <b>tantalum</b>).</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latin">Latin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Latin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Latin <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/la:tantalum" class="extiw" title="w:la:tantalum">tantalum</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/la:tantalum" class="extiw" title="w:la:tantalum">Wikipedia <sup>la</sup></a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Classical Latin">Classical Latin</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Latin pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈtan.ta.lum/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈt̪än̪t̪äɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_phonology_and_orthography#Ecclesiastical_pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Latin phonology and orthography">modern Italianate Ecclesiastical</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Latin pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈtan.ta.lum/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈt̪än̪t̪älum]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="la">tantalum</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> (<i>genitive</i> <b class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/tantali#Latin" title="tantali">tantalī</a></b>)</span>; <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_second_declension" title="Appendix:Latin second declension">second declension</a></i> </p> <ol><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">tantalum</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_second_declension" title="Appendix:Latin second declension">Second-declension</a> noun (neuter).</p><div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-narrow inflection-table-cyan inflection-table-no-title" style="width: fit-content" 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lang="la"><a href="/wiki/tantalo#Latin" title="tantalo">tantalō</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la dat|p-form-of origin-tantalum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/tantalis#Latin" title="tantalis">tantalīs</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/accusative_case" title="accusative case">accusative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|s-form-of origin-tantalum" lang="la"><strong class="selflink">tantalum</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|p-form-of origin-tantalum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/tantala#Latin" title="tantala">tantala</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ablative_case" title="ablative case">ablative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|s-form-of origin-tantalum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/tantalo#Latin" title="tantalo">tantalō</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|p-form-of origin-tantalum" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/tantalis#Latin" title="tantalis">tantalīs</a></span> 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title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">tantalum</a></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/part" title="part">part</a> of tantalum</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Malay">Malay</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Malay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, 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<span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Tantalus#Latin" title="Tantalus">Tantalus</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=tantalum&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Malay_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Malay pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[tantalom]</span>, <span class="IPA">[tantaləm]</span>, <span class="IPA">[tɛntələm]</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Malay/alom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" 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