Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

berzelium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: berzeli-um
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rejected name for praseodymium.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

Named after Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848), + -ium.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ium

Usage

Questions

What does berzelium mean?: A rejected name for praseodymium.
Where does berzelium come from?: Named after Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848), + -ium.

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