How to pronounce cobalt
American English pronunciation
KOH-bawlt
- IPA
- /ˈkoʊbɔlt/
- Syllables
- KOH · bawlt (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What cobalt means
A deep, strong blue color
In a sentence: She painted the sky in cobalt and the clouds in white.
Where it comes from: It comes from the German Kobalt, apparently the same word as Kobold, a goblin. Silver miners gave that name to a rock that spoiled their ore.
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