German

Noun

Vanadium n ‎(genitive Vanadiums, no plural)

1. vanadium (a metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 23).

Luxembourgish

Noun

Vanadium ? ‎(uncountable)

1. vanadium

English

Noun

vanadium ‎(countable and uncountable, plural vanadiums)

1. A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Synonyms

• panchromium (name proposed by the mineralogist Andrés Manuel del Río)
• rionium (name proposed by the geologist George William Featherstonhaugh)

Derived terms

Related terms

• Vanadís

Translations

See also

• carnotite
• patronite

Afrikaans

Noun

vanadium ‎(uncountable)

1. vanadium

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

vanadium n ‎(uncountable)

1. vanadium

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.na.djɔm/

Noun

vanadium m ‎(uncountable)

1. vanadium

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse Vanadis, (one of the names of Freyja, goddess of beauty) + -ium ‎(chemical element suffix), in reference to the many beautifully colored chemical compounds it produces.

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vaˈna.di.um/, [vaˈnaː.di.um]

Noun

vanadium n ‎(genitive vanadiī); second declension

1. (New Latin) vanadium

Inflection

Second declension.

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋɑˈnaː˨ɖɔ˧m]

Noun

vanadium n

1. (uncountable) vanadium
2. A part of vanadium

Inflection

Malay

Etymology

From English vanadium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vanadiom], [vanadiəm], [vənediəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

vanadium

1. vanadium (chemical element)