How do you pronounce titanium?

The recorded pronunciation is /taɪˈteɪni.əm/.

titanium

/taɪˈteɪni.əm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables: ti-ta-ni-um
IPA: /taɪˈteɪni.əm/

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Meaning

noun

A chemical element (symbol Ti), atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An atom of this element.

Countable

Example Sentences

"This airframe uses titanium alloys extensively."
"Even as FDA works to develop that plan, consumers continue to be exposed to unsafe food chemicals including not just dyes but also the artificial sweetener aspartame, the white pigment titanium dioxide, the preservative propylparaben, and the phthalate food packaging chemicals, according to CSPI."
"This coordination complex contains a titanium."

Etymology

From Latin titanium.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: titanium

Usage

Inflected Forms

titaniums (plural)

Derived Forms

cuprotitanium dititanium ferrotitanium heptatitanium hexatitanium manganotitanium nontitanium organotitanium radiotitanium tetratitanium titanian titanic

Phrases

ferrocarbon titanium proto-titanium titanium-46 titanium-47 titanium-48 titanium-49 titanium-50 titanium alloy

Frequently Paired Words

titanate titania titanic titanite titanocene titan- titano- anatase

Synonyms

ti atomic number 22

Rhymes With

uranium geranium cranium germanium unobtainium neurocranium basicranium osteocranium splanchnocranium dermatocranium intracranium desmocranium