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gallium

/ˈɡæliəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables
gal-li-um
IPA
/ˈɡæliəm/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gelH-? Proto-Celtic *galnatibor. Latin Gallus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Gallia Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English gallium Named by its discoverer Lecoq, after Latin Gallia (“Gaul”). It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.

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Usage

Derived Forms

digallium gallane gallate gallian galliferous lumogallion organogallium radiogallium triethylgallium trigallium trimethylgallium

Phrases

aluminium gallium arsenide aluminum gallium arsenide aluminium gallium nitride aluminum gallium nitride copper indium gallium selenide gallium arsenide gallium arsenide phosphide gallium citrate

Synonyms

eka-aluminium ga atomic number 31

Rhymes With

thallium valium allium pallium

Questions

How do you pronounce gallium?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡæliəm/.
What does gallium mean?
A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.
Where does gallium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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