eribi

eribi

Vietnamese

Chemical element (edit)
Er
Atomic number 68
eribi
Classification data
Period 6
Group 3
Block f-block
Class lanthanide
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Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin erbium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements. An extra i is added to ease pronunciation and to preserve an appearance that is more representative of the chemical symbol.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ɹi˧˧ ʔɓi˧˧] ~ [ʔɛ˧˧ zi˧˧ ʔɓi˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧ ʔɓɪj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ɹɪj˧˧ ʔɓɪj˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: e Ri bi

Noun

eribi

  1. erbium