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dysprosium

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

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  • dĭs-prōʹzē-əm
  • US: /dɪsˈpɹoʊ.zi.əm/
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noun

Meaning 1

A metallic chemical element (symbol Dy) with atomic number 66: a rare earth element with a metallic silver lustre. Applications in human affairs include magnets with high performance, which are important in various machines with electric motors.

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 trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Dy, atomic number 66

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metallic element, metal

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δυσπρόσιτος (dusprósitos, “hard to get”) + -ium. Compare also unobtainium.

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: disprosium — chemical element
  • Albanian: disporz — chemical element
  • Arabic: دِسْبُرُوسِيُوم (disburūsiyūm) — chemical element
  • Armenian: դիսպրոզիում (disprozium) — chemical element
  • Asturian: disprosiu — chemical element
  • Basque: disprosioa — chemical element
  • Belarusian: дыспро́зій (dysprózij) — chemical element
  • Breton: disproziom — chemical element
  • Bulgarian: диспро́сий (disprósij) — chemical element
  • Catalan: disprosi — chemical element
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鏑 /镝 (dī) — chemical element
  • Cornish: dysprosyum — chemical element
  • Czech: dysprosium — chemical element
  • Danish: dysprosium — chemical element
  • Dutch: dysprosium — chemical element
  • Esperanto: disprozio — chemical element
  • Estonian: düsproosium — chemical element
  • Faroese: dysprosium — chemical element
  • Finnish: dysprosium — chemical element
  • French: dysprosium — chemical element
  • West-Frisian: dysprosium — chemical element
  • Friulian: disprosi — chemical element
  • Galician: disprosio — chemical element
  • Georgian: დისპროზიუმი (disṗroziumi) — chemical element
  • German: Dysprosium — chemical element
  • Greek: δυσπρόσιο (dysprósio) — chemical element
  • Hebrew: דיספרוסיום (disprósyum) — chemical element
  • Hindi: चुम्बला (cumbalā) — chemical element
  • Hungarian: diszprózium — chemical element
  • Icelandic: dysprósín — chemical element
  • Irish: diospróisiam — chemical element
  • Italian: disprosio — chemical element
  • Japanese: ジスプロシウム (jisupuroshiumu) — chemical element
  • Kashubian: dispóz — chemical element
  • Kazakh: диспрозий (disprozii) — chemical element
  • Khmer: ឌីសប្រូស្យូម (diihprousyoum) — chemical element
  • Korean: 디스프로슘 (diseupeurosyum) — chemical element
  • Latin: dysprosium — chemical element
  • Latvian: disprozijs — chemical element
  • Lithuanian: disprozis — chemical element
  • Luxembourgish: Dysprosium — chemical element
  • Macedonian: диспрозиум (disprozium) — chemical element
  • Malay: disprosium — chemical element
  • Maltese: disprożjum — chemical element
  • Manx: dysproshum — chemical element
  • Mongolian: диспрози (disprozi) — chemical element
  • Norwegian: dysprosium — chemical element
  • Polish: dysproz — chemical element
  • Portuguese: disprósio — chemical element
  • Romanian: disprosiu — chemical element
  • Russian: диспро́зий (disprózij) — chemical element
  • Scottish Gaelic: diospròisiam — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: диспрозиjум — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: диспрозиj — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: disprozijum — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: disprozij — chemical element
  • Slovak: dysprózium — chemical element
  • Slovene: disprozij — chemical element
  • Spanish: disprosio — chemical element
  • Swedish: dysprosium — chemical element
  • Tamil: டைஸ்புரோக்யம் (ṭaispurōkyam) — chemical element
  • Thai: ดิสโพรเซียม (dís-proo-sîiam) — chemical element
  • Turkish: disprosyum — chemical element
  • Ukrainian: диспро́зій (dysprózij) — chemical element
  • Uzbek: disproziy — chemical element
  • Uzbek: диспрозий (disproziy) — chemical element
  • Vietnamese: đysprosi — chemical element
  • Vietnamese: đisprozi — chemical element
  • Volapük: disprosin — chemical element
  • Welsh: dysprosiwm — chemical element