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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wolf•ram /ˈwʊlfrəm/USA pronunciation n. - Chemistry tungsten.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wolf•ram (wŏŏl′frəm, vôl′-),USA pronunciation n. - Chemistrytungsten.
- Mineralogywolframite.
- German Wolfram origin, originally, wolframite, probably equivalent. to Wolf wolf + -ram, representing Middle High German rām soot, dirt; formed on the model of personal names with initial Wolf-, as a contemptuous epithet for the mineral, which was considered worthless in comparison with tin ores, with which it is often found
- 1750–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wolfram /ˈwʊlfrəm/ n - another name for tungsten
Etymology: 18th Century: from German, originally perhaps from the proper name, Wolfram, used pejoratively of tungsten because it was thought inferior to tin |