hafini

Vietnamese

Chemical element
Hf
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Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin hafnium, 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): [haː˧˧ fi˧˧ ni˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [haː˧˧ fɪj˧˧ nɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [haː˧˧ fɪj˧˧ nɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ha phi ni

Noun

hafini

1. hafnium