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rhodium

/ˈɹoʊdiəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
rhodi-um
IPA
/ˈɹoʊdiəm/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.

Uncountable

noun

A single atom of this element.

Countable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Iranian *wardahder.? Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium New Latin rhodiumbor. English rhodium Borrowed from New Latin rhodium, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), because of the colour of its salts' solutions.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

rhodiums (plural)

Derived Forms

dirhodium hexadecacarbonylhexarhodium octarhodium organorhodium rhodate rhodian trirhodium

Phrases

rhodium-gold rhodium gold rhodium trichloride rhodo- and its derivatives rhodium wood lignum rhodium

Frequently Paired Words

rhodic rhodo- and its derivatives rhodonite rhodium wood lignum rhodium

Synonyms

rh atomic number 45

Rhymes With

sodium podium plasmodium taxodium

Questions

How do you pronounce rhodium?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹoʊdiəm/.
What does rhodium mean?
A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.
Where does rhodium come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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