What is the direct latin translation of the word plumbum?

I know that plumbum represents lead on the periodic table, I would just like to know if it had a different direct translation. Ex. hydragyrum means "watery silver", but represents mercuryWhat is the direct latin translation of the word plumbum?
Plumbum is simply Latin for the metal known as lead. You can't get much more direct than that. The same root is involved in the English word 'plumber', as lead used to be a popular material for making water pipes from.What is the direct latin translation of the word plumbum?
Hi!
Plumbum means lead.

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More info:

"Lead's symbol Pb is an abbreviation of its Latin name plumbum for soft metals; originally it was plumbum nigrum (literally, "black plumbum"), where plumbum candidum (literally, "bright plumbum") was tin. The English words "plumbing", "plumber", "plumb", and "plumb-bob" also derive from this Latin root." -Wikipedia (a correct article)(direct source: Samans, Carl H. (1949). Engineering Metals and their Alloys. MacMillan.)What is the direct latin translation of the word plumbum?
Hello, the direct translation of plumbum would be "the lead." If you ever need a translation of something, Google Translate works really, really well! I love it. Hope this helps out!