Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
kolos
English translation:
carbon monoxide
Added to glossary by
Helen Johnson
May 27, 2011 11:49
12 yrs ago
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Swedish term
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Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
kolos
Swedish to English
Social Sciences
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
greenhouse effect, etc.
Kolmonoxid, (CO), ofta benämnd bara koloxid eller kolos, är en kemisk förening bestående av en kolatom och en syreatom.
Is this a slang name for carbon monoxide because I can't find any references to anything similar.
TIA
Is this a slang name for carbon monoxide because I can't find any references to anything similar.
TIA
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | carbon monoxide |
Charles Ek
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| 4 | coal fumes |
Janis Abens
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| 4 -1 | carbonyl |
Sven Petersson
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| 3 -1 | monoxide |
Constantinos Faridis (X)
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Proposed translations
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Charles Ek
United States
United States
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United States
Your meaning, from your words and mine
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Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English, and 2 more.
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carbon monoxide
Gullberg's SV>EN Fackordbok has it as carbon monoxide, via koloxid.
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Nils Andersson
: Yes, this is correct English. By the way, the correct Swedish term is "koloxid", NOT "kolmonoxid", the "mon" should be left implied. CO2 is "koldioxid", as you would expect. However, there is a catch: "kolos" is a more general term, see http://www.ne.se
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Thanks for the "catch" tip. Now I understand why Norstedts has it as "coal fumes", implying the presence of other constituents. So, do you think Helen's source has it wrong in equating kolos and koloxid, or is that the more general understanding of kolos?
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Anna Herbst
: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmonoxid
"Kolos" is an older form of "koloxid". You will find many references to "kolosförgiftning" in older texts eg. http://runeberg.org/halsovan/1925/0196.html
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Thanks.
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Diarmuid Kennan
: The only correct answer, in my opinion, is a synonym for carbon monoxide. Exhaust fumes could be used, maybe, in some circumstances
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Thanks.
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Janis Abens
: In the translation, it would make no sense with a repetition.
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It's the source that first equated kolos with CO, not me. Since it actually appears now to be a gas mixture and not just a synonym, it's apparent the source needs a rewrite before it is translated.
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monoxide
A monoxide is any oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule. For example, Potassium oxide (K2O), has only one atom of oxygen, and is thus a monoxide. Water (H2O) is also a monoxide; see dihydrogen monoxide hoax. A well known monoxide is carbon monoxide (CO); see carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Sweden
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English
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Sweden
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carbonyl
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Anna Herbst
: The Term carbonyl can also refer to carbon monoxide as a ligand in an inorganic or organometallic complex. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonyl) However, this is not the same thing as carbon monoxide in the form of "kolos" or "koloxid".
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Janis Abens
Latvia
Latvia
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English
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Latvia
Life sciences pro with a literary flair
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Swedish (Variant: Stockholm)
Works in: Swedish to English, Latvian to English, English to Swedish
coal fumes
kol + os (as in att osa)
(or coal smoke)
(or coal smoke)
Discussion
http://www.coheadquarters.com/cohistory.htm
reflection, I think "coal fumes" is better. Or you could go with Wiki
and write "coal fumes, mainly carbon monoxide".
Nils