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chromium

name · noun · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: krō'mē-əm
  • US: /ˈkɹoʊ.mi.əm/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K R OW1 M IY0 AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

An open source web browser developed by Google

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Cr, atomic number 24

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metallic element, metal

Narrower terms: chrome

History

Etymology

From New Latin, from French chrome (from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”)) + -ium. So called because of the striking colors of its compounds.

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: chroom — chemical element
  • Albanian: krom — chemical element
  • Arabic: كُرُوم (kurūm) — chemical element
  • Armenian: քրոմ (kʻrom) — chemical element
  • Asturian: cromu — chemical element
  • Azerbaijani: xrom — chemical element
  • Basque: kromoa — chemical element
  • Belarusian: хром (xrom) — chemical element
  • Breton: krom — chemical element
  • Bulgarian: хром (hrom) — chemical element
  • Burmese: ခရိုမီယမ် (hka.ruimiyam) — chemical element
  • Catalan: crom — chemical element
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鉻 /铬 (gè) — chemical element
  • Cornish: cromyum — chemical element
  • Czech: chrom — chemical element
  • Danish: krom — chemical element
  • Dutch: chroom — chemical element
  • Esperanto: kromo — chemical element
  • Estonian: kroom — chemical element
  • Faroese: krom — chemical element
  • Finnish: kromi — chemical element
  • French: chrome — chemical element
  • West-Frisian: groom — chemical element
  • Friulian: crom — chemical element
  • Galician: cromo — chemical element
  • Georgian: ქრომი (kromi) — chemical element
  • German: Chrom — chemical element
  • Greek: χρώμιο (chrómio) — chemical element
  • Greenlandic: kromi — chemical element
  • Gujarati: વર્ણાતુ (varṇātu) — chemical element
  • Hebrew: כְּרוֹם (krom) — chemical element
  • Hindi: वर्णातु (varṇātu) — chemical element
  • Hindi: क्रोमियम (kromiyam) — chemical element
  • Hungarian: króm — chemical element
  • Icelandic: króm — chemical element
  • Ido: kromo — chemical element
  • Interlingua: chromo — chemical element
  • Irish: cróimiam — chemical element
  • Italian: cromo — chemical element
  • Japanese: クロム (kuromu) — chemical element
  • Kashubian: chróm — chemical element
  • Kazakh: хром (xrom) — chemical element
  • Khmer: ក្រូម (kroum) — chemical element
  • Korean: 크롬 (keurom) — chemical element
  • Korean: 크로뮴 (keuromyum) — chemical element
  • Kyrgyz: хром (hrom) — chemical element
  • Latin: chrōmium — chemical element
  • Latvian: hroms — chemical element
  • Lingala: kolomo class 9a/10a — chemical element
  • Lithuanian: chromas — chemical element
  • Luxembourgish: Chrom — chemical element
  • Macedonian: хром (hrom) — chemical element
  • Malay: kromium — chemical element
  • Maltese: kromju — chemical element
  • Manx: cromium — chemical element
  • Māori: koromiama — chemical element
  • Māori: konupūmura — chemical element
  • Māori: konukita — chemical element
  • Mongolian: хром (xrom) — chemical element
  • Norwegian Bokmål: krom — chemical element
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: krom — chemical element
  • Occitan: cròme — chemical element
  • Persian: کروم (korom) — chemical element
  • Polish: chrom — chemical element
  • Portuguese: cromo — chemical element
  • Portuguese: crómio — chemical element
  • Portuguese: crômio — chemical element
  • Romanian: crom — chemical element
  • Russian: хром (xrom) — chemical element
  • Scottish Gaelic: cròimiam — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: хро̏м — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: hrȍm — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: krȍm — chemical element
  • Slovak: chróm — chemical element
  • Slovene: krom — chemical element
  • Spanish: cromo — chemical element
  • Swahili: chromi — chemical element
  • Swedish: krom — chemical element
  • Tagalog: kromo — chemical element
  • Tajik: хром (xrom) — chemical element
  • Tamil: நீலிரும்பு (nīlirumpu) — chemical element
  • Tamil: குரோமியம் (kurōmiyam) — chemical element
  • Thai: โครเมียม (kroo-mîiam) — chemical element
  • Turkish: krom — chemical element
  • Ottoman Turkish: قروم (qrōm, qırōm, qurōm) — chemical element
  • Turkmen: hrom — chemical element
  • Ukrainian: хром (xrom) — chemical element
  • Urdu: کرومیم (kromiyam) — chemical element
  • Uyghur: خروم (xrom) — chemical element
  • Uzbek: xrom — chemical element
  • Uzbek: хром (xrom) — chemical element
  • Vietnamese: crôm — chemical element
  • Volapük: kromin — chemical element
  • Welsh: cromiwm — chemical element
  • Yiddish: קראָומיאַם (kroumyam) — chemical element