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erbium

/ˈɝ.bi.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
er-bium
IPA
/ˈɝ.bi.əm/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.

Countable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Old Norse út Old Norse ýtrider. Swedish yttre Swedish ytter- Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Germanic *būaną Old Norse búa Old Norse býr Old Swedish bȳr Swedish by Swedish Ytterby Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium New Latin erbiumbor. English erbium Borrowed from New Latin erbium; itself from Swedish Ytterby (the name of the town where the element was discovered) + -ium. Coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Carl Gustaf Mosander in 1843. Doublet of terbium, ytterbium, and yttrium.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɝ.bi.əm/
  • British English: /ˈɜː.bɪ.əm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

erbiums (plural)

Derived Forms

dierbium erbate erbian organoerbium radioerbium

Phrases

erbium oxide erbium trichloride

Frequently Paired Words

erbia terbium ytterbium yttrium

Synonyms

er atomic number 68

Rhymes With

ytterbium terbium

Questions

How do you pronounce erbium?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɝ.bi.əm/.
What does erbium mean?
A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.
Where does erbium come from?
It is traced to Swedish.

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