Unadapted borrowing from German Wolfram.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvolfram]

Wolfram m anim (female equivalent Wolframová)

1. a male surname from German

• “Wolfram”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

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Uncertain. Compare Wulf (“wolf”) and Middle High German ram (“dirty mark, soot”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Wolfram n (strong, genitive Wolframs, no plural)

1. tungsten

• (Chemical Element): Previous: Tantal. Next: Rhenium

• → Dutch: wolfraam
  • → Indonesian: wolfram
• → English: wolfram
  • → Malay: wolfram
• → Finnish: volframi
• → Greek: βολφράμιο (volfrámio)
• → Russian: вольфра́м (volʹfrám)
  • → Armenian: վոլֆրամ (volfram)
  • → Georgian: ვოლფრამი (volprami)
  • → Kazakh: вольфрам (volfram)
  • → Uyghur: ۋولفرام (wolfram)
  • → Uzbek: vol’fram

From Old High German wolf (“wolf”) + hraban (“raven”).

Wolfram m (proper noun, strong, genitive Wolframs)

1. a male given name

Wolfram m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wolframs or (with an article) Wolfram, feminine genitive Wolfram, plural Wolframs)

1. a surname transferred from the given name

• “Wolfram” in Duden online
• “Wolfram” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Chemical element
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Previous: Tantal (Ta)
Next: Rhenium (Re)

Wolfram ? (uncountable)

1. tungsten

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