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bohrium

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • bôr'ēəm
  • /ˈbɔːɹiəm/
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  • rhymes with -ɔːɹiəm

1

noun

Meaning 1

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bh) with an atomic number of 107.

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

a transuranic element

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bh, element 107, atomic number 107

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical element, element

History

Etymology

From Bohr + -ium, named after Niels Bohr.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bohrium — chemical element
  • Albanian: borium — chemical element
  • Arabic: بُورْيُوم (buryum) — chemical element
  • Armenian: բորիում (borium) — chemical element
  • Bulgarian: бо́рий (bórij) — chemical element
  • Catalan: bohri — chemical element
  • Chinese Mandarin: 𨨏 /𬭛 (bō) — chemical element
  • Cornish: bohryum — chemical element
  • Czech: bohrium — chemical element
  • Danish: bohrium — chemical element
  • Dutch: bohrium — chemical element
  • Esperanto: borio — chemical element
  • Estonian: bohrium — chemical element
  • Finnish: bohrium — chemical element
  • French: bohrium — chemical element
  • West-Frisian: bohrium — chemical element
  • Galician: bohrio — chemical element
  • Georgian: ბორიუმი (boriumi) — chemical element
  • German: Bohrium — chemical element
  • Greek: μπόριο (bório) — chemical element
  • Hebrew: בוהריום (bóhriyum) — chemical element
  • Hungarian: bohrium — chemical element
  • Ido: borio — chemical element
  • Italian: bohrio — chemical element
  • Japanese: ボーリウム (bōriumu) — chemical element
  • Kashubian: bòhr — chemical element
  • Korean: 보륨 (boryum) — chemical element
  • Latvian: borijs — chemical element
  • Lithuanian: boris — chemical element
  • Luxembourgish: Bohrium — chemical element
  • Macedonian: бориум (borium) — chemical element
  • Malay: bohrium — chemical element
  • Norwegian: bohrium — chemical element
  • Persian: بوریم (boriom) — chemical element
  • Polish: bohr — chemical element
  • Portuguese: bório — chemical element
  • Romanian: bohriu — chemical element
  • Russian: бо́рий (bórij) — chemical element
  • Scottish Gaelic: boiriam — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: бориj — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: бориjум — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: borij — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: borijum — chemical element
  • Slovak: bohrium — chemical element
  • Spanish: bohrio — chemical element
  • Swedish: bohrium — chemical element
  • Thai: มอหเรียม (boriam) — chemical element
  • Ukrainian: бо́рій (bórij) — chemical element
  • Uzbek: борий (boriy) — chemical element
  • Uzbek: boriy — chemical element