noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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bərĭl'ēəm
/bəˈɹɪl.i.əm/
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CMU ARPABET:B ER0 IH1 L IY0 AH0 M
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An atom of this element.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Be, glucinium, atomic number 4
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Etymology
From beryl + -ium, so called because the element is a key component of the mineral beryl.
Across languages
Translations
114 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
berillium
— chemical element
Albanian:
berilium
— chemical element
Arabic:
بِرِيلِيُوم
(birīliyūm)
— chemical element
Armenian:
բերիլիում
(berilium)
— chemical element
Asturian:
beriliu
— chemical element
Azerbaijani:
berillium
— chemical element
Basque:
berilioa
— chemical element
Belarusian:
беры́лій
(bjerýlij)
— chemical element
Bengali:
বেরিলিয়াম
(beriliẏam)
— chemical element
Breton:
beriliom
— chemical element
Bulgarian:
бери́лий
(berílij)
— chemical element
Burmese:
ဘယ်ရီလီယမ်
(bhairiliyam)
— chemical element
Catalan:
beril·li
— chemical element
Chinese Cantonese:
鈹 /铍
(pei4)
— chemical element
Eastern Min Chinese:
鈹 /铍
(pì)
— chemical element
Hakka Chinese:
鈹 /铍
(phì)
— chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
鈹 /铍
(pí)
— chemical element
Chuvash:
берилий
(berilij)
— chemical element
Cornish:
berylyum
— chemical element
Corsican:
berilliu
— chemical element
Czech:
berylium
— chemical element
Danish:
beryllium
— chemical element
Dutch:
beryllium
— chemical element
Esperanto:
berilio
— chemical element
Estonian:
berüllium
— chemical element
Faroese:
beryllium
— chemical element
Finnish:
beryllium
— chemical element
French:
béryllium
— chemical element
Saterland Frisian:
beryllium
— chemical element
West-Frisian:
beryllium
— chemical element
Friulian:
berili
— chemical element
Galician:
berilio
— chemical element
Georgian:
ბერილიუმი
(beriliumi)
— chemical element
German:
Beryllium
— chemical element
Greek:
βηρύλλιο
(virýllio)
— chemical element
Haitian Creole:
berilyòm
— chemical element
Hawaiian:
beryllium
— chemical element
Hebrew:
בֵּרִילְיוּם
(berilium)
— chemical element
Hindi:
विडूर
(viḍūr)
— chemical element
Hungarian:
berillium
— chemical element
Icelandic:
beryllín
— chemical element
Ido:
berilio
— chemical element
Indonesian:
berilium
— chemical element
Interlingua:
beryllium
— chemical element
Irish:
beirilliam
— chemical element
Italian:
berillio
— chemical element
Japanese:
ベリリウム
(beririumu)
— chemical element
Kabuverdianu:
beríliu
— chemical element
Kabuverdianu:
beríliu
— chemical element
Kabuverdianu:
beríliu
— chemical element
Kabuverdianu:
berílio
— chemical element
Kannada:
ಬೆರಿಲಿಯಮ್
(beriliyam)
— chemical element
Kashubian:
beril
— chemical element
Kazakh:
бериллий
(berillii)
— chemical element
Khmer:
បេរីល្យូម
(beeriilyuum)
— chemical element
Korean:
베릴륨
(berillyum)
— chemical element
Northern Kurdish:
berîlyûm
— chemical element
Kyrgyz:
бериллий
(berilliy)
— chemical element
Lao:
ເບລິລະລຽມ
(bē li la līam)
— chemical element
Latin:
beryllium
— chemical element
Latvian:
berilijs
— chemical element
Lingala:
belilu class 9a/10a
— chemical element
Lithuanian:
berilis
— chemical element
Low German:
beryllium
— chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Beryllium
— chemical element
Macedonian:
берилиум
(berilium)
— chemical element
Malay:
berilium
— chemical element
Malayalam:
ബെറിലിയം
(beṟiliyaṁ)
— chemical element
Maltese:
berillju
— chemical element
Manx:
beryllium
— chemical element
Māori:
konuuku
— chemical element
Mongolian:
берилли
(berilli)
— chemical element
Mongolian:
берили
(berili)
— chemical element
Mongolian:
ᠪᠧᠷᠢᠯᠯᠢ
(bērilli)
— chemical element
Mongolian:
ᠪᠧᠷᠢᠯᠢ
(bērili)
— chemical element
Nahuatl:
iztactlāltepoztli
— chemical element
Norwegian Bokmål:
beryllium
— chemical element
Norwegian Nynorsk:
beryllium
— chemical element
Occitan:
berilli
— chemical element
Persian:
بریلیوم
(beriliyom)
— chemical element
Polish:
beryl
— chemical element
Portuguese:
berílio
— chemical element
Punjabi:
ਬੇਰਿਲੀਅਮ
(berilīama)
— chemical element
Quechua:
berilyu
— chemical element
Romanian:
beriliu
— chemical element
Russian:
бери́ллий
(beríllij)
— chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
beirilliam
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
берилиjум
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
берилиj
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
berilijum
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
berilij
— chemical element
Sinhalese:
බෙරිලියම්
(beriliyam)
— chemical element
Slovak:
berýlium
— chemical element
Slovene:
berilij
— chemical element
Spanish:
berilio
— chemical element
Swahili:
berili
— chemical element
Swedish:
beryllium
— chemical element
Tagalog:
berilyo
— chemical element
Tajik:
бериллий
(berilliy)
— chemical element
Tamil:
வெளிரியம்
(veḷiriyam)
— chemical element
Thai:
เบริลเลียม
(bee-ril-lîiam)
— chemical element
Tibetan:
བེ་རི་ལིམ།
(be ri lim)
— chemical element