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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
  2. noun (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гэ (gɛ).

In classic literature

Synonyms

germanium, atomic number 32

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