Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

silicium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sili-ci-um
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The chemical element silicon.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin silicium, from Latin silex (“flint”) + -ium. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: silex

Usage

Questions

What does silicium mean?: The chemical element silicon.
Where does silicium come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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