noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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bûrkēl'ēəm
/bɜːɹˈkiːliəm/
bûrk'lēəm
/ˈbɜːɹkliəm/
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rhymes with -iːliəm
1
noun
Meaning 1
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bk, atomic number 97
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Etymology
After Berkeley, California, because of discovery at UC Berkeley, + -ium.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Albanian:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Arabic:
بِرْكِيلِيُوم
(birkīliyūm)
— transuranic chemical element
Armenian:
բերկլիում
(berklium)
— transuranic chemical element
Asturian:
berkeliu
— transuranic chemical element
Basque:
berkelioa
— transuranic chemical element
Belarusian:
бе́рклій
(bjérklij)
— transuranic chemical element
Breton:
berkeliom
— transuranic chemical element
Bulgarian:
бе́рклий
(bérklij)
— transuranic chemical element
Catalan:
berkeli
— transuranic chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
锫
(péi)
— transuranic chemical element
Cornish:
berkelyum
— transuranic chemical element
Czech:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Danish:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Dutch:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Esperanto:
berkelio
— transuranic chemical element
Estonian:
berkeelium
— transuranic chemical element
Faroese:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Finnish:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
French:
berkélium
— transuranic chemical element
West-Frisian:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Friulian:
bercheli
— transuranic chemical element
Galician:
berkelio
— transuranic chemical element
Georgian:
ბერკლიუმი
(berḳliumi)
— transuranic chemical element
Georgian:
ბერკელიუმი
(berḳeliumi)
— transuranic chemical element
German:
Berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Greek:
μπερκέλιο
(berkélio)
— transuranic chemical element
Hebrew:
ברקליום
(berkliyum)
— transuranic chemical element
Hungarian:
berkélium
— transuranic chemical element
Icelandic:
berkelín
— transuranic chemical element
Interlingua:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Irish:
beircéiliam
— transuranic chemical element
Italian:
berkelio
— transuranic chemical element
Japanese:
バークリウム
(bākuriumu)
— transuranic chemical element
Kashubian:
bekerél
— transuranic chemical element
Kazakh:
беркелий
(berkelii)
— transuranic chemical element
Korean:
버클륨
(beokeullyum)
— transuranic chemical element
Latin:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Latvian:
berklijs
— transuranic chemical element
Lithuanian:
berklis
— transuranic chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Macedonian:
беркелиум
(berkelium)
— transuranic chemical element
Malay:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Maltese:
berkeljum
— transuranic chemical element
Manx:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Mongolian:
беркли
(berkli)
— transuranic chemical element
Norwegian:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Persian:
برکلیم
(berkelyom)
— transuranic chemical element
Polish:
berkel
— transuranic chemical element
Portuguese:
berquélio
— transuranic chemical element
Romanian:
berkeliu
— transuranic chemical element
Russian:
берке́лий
(berkélij)
— transuranic chemical element
Russian:
бе́рклий
(bérklij)
— transuranic chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
beircèiliam
— transuranic chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
беркелиj
— transuranic chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
беркелиjум
— transuranic chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
berkelij
— transuranic chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
berkelijum
— transuranic chemical element
Slovak:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Spanish:
berkelio
— transuranic chemical element
Swedish:
berkelium
— transuranic chemical element
Tajik:
берклий
(berkliy)
— transuranic chemical element
Tamil:
பெர்கெலியம்
(perkeliyam)
— transuranic chemical element
Thai:
เบอร์คีเลียม
(bəə-kii-lîiam)
— transuranic chemical element
Turkish:
berkelyum
— transuranic chemical element
Ukrainian:
берке́лій
(berkélij)
— transuranic chemical element
Ukrainian:
бе́рклій
(bérklij)
— transuranic chemical element
Uzbek:
berkliy
— transuranic chemical element
Uzbek:
берклий
(berkliy)
— transuranic chemical element
Vietnamese:
beckeli
— transuranic chemical element
