Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

germanium

/d͡ʒɚˈmeɪni.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.43 in modern English

Syllables: ger-ma-ni-um
IPA: /d͡ʒɚˈmeɪni.əm/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An atom of this element.

Countable

Example Sentences

"This equipment, which includes transformers, germanium rectifiers and smoothing apparatus, has been designed to allow the existing electric multiple-unit traction motors to operate on rectified alternating current."
"The isolated disordered regions and the amorphous layer have widely different anneal behavior. In the case of germanium and silicon, the isolated disordered regions anneal at moderate temperatures of approximately 200° and 300° C, respectively. The amorphous layers also anneal in a characteristic fashion, but at appreciably higher temperatures, i.e., at approximately 600° C in silicon and 400° C in germanium."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Germānus Latin Germānī Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Germānia ▲ Latin -iusnom. New Latin -ium German Germaniumbor. English germanium Borrowed from German Germanium.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /d͡ʒɚˈmeɪni.əm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

germaniums (plural)

Derived Forms

digermanium germanate germane germanene germanian germanic germanide germaniferous germanite germanone germanous nongermanium

Phrases

germanium antimony telluride germanium dioxide germanium diselenide germanium hydride germanium tetrachloride germanium tetrahydride silicon-germanium silicon germanium

Frequently Paired Words

germane germanomethane monogermane argyrodite ekasilicon

Synonyms

ge atomic number 32

Rhymes With

uranium titanium cranium geranium unobtainium neurocranium basicranium osteocranium splanchnocranium dermatocranium intracranium desmocranium

Questions

How do you pronounce germanium?: The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒɚˈmeɪni.əm/.
What does germanium mean?: A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.
Where does germanium come from?: Etymology tree Latin Germānus Latin Germānī Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Germānia ▲ Latin -iusnom. New Latin -ium German Germaniumbor. English germanium Borrowed from German Germanium.

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