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sodium

/ˈsoʊ.di.əm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
sodi-um
IPA
/ˈsoʊ.di.əm/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.

Uncountable

noun

The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.

Uncountable

noun

Employing sodium.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ) Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ)bor. Italian sodabor. English soda Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English sodium Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from soda + -ium.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsoʊ.di.əm/
  • British English: /ˈsəʊ.di.əm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sodiums (plural)

Derived Forms

decasodium disodium dodecasodium hemisodium heptasodium hexasodium methylsodium monosodium nonsodium octasodium organosodium pentasodium

Phrases

calcium sodium polyphosphate divalproex sodium docusate sodium foscarnet sodium glymidine sodium hydrogen sodium arsenate metam sodium metham sodium

Frequently Paired Words

soda amphibole borax Chile saltpeter Chile saltpetre cryolite halite natron

Synonyms

natrium na atomic number 11

Rhymes With

podium rhodium plasmodium odium

Questions

How do you pronounce sodium?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsoʊ.di.əm/.
What does sodium mean?
The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.
Where does sodium come from?
Etymology tree Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ) Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ)bor. Italian sodabor. English soda Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English sodium Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from soda + -ium.

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