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tellurium

/tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables
tel-luri-um
IPA
/tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.

Uncountable

noun

A single atom of this element.

Countable

noun

Alternative form of tellurion.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-der.? Latin tellūs Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium New Latin telluriumbor. English tellurium New Latin, coined by German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth in 1798, from Latin tellūs (“earth”) + -ium (“-ium”). Piecewise doublet of tellurion (see etymology 2).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

telluriums (plural)

Derived Forms

ditellurium nontellurium organotellurium radiotellurium tellurane tellurantimony tellurate telluret tellureted telluretted telluric telluride

Phrases

bismuthic tellurium bismuth-tellurium black tellurium foliated tellurium graphic tellurium tellurium-128 tellurium-130 tellurium bromide

Frequently Paired Words

tellane tellural tellurian telluric tellurion tellurism tellurometer Tellus

Synonyms

sylvanium te atomic number 52

Questions

How do you pronounce tellurium?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/.
What does tellurium mean?
The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
Where does tellurium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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