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gadolinium

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

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  • găd'ə-lĭnʹē-əm
  • /ˌɡæd.əˈlɪn.i.əm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white 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

2

noun

Meaning 2

a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Gd, atomic number 64

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metallic element, metal

History

Etymology

Named after chemist Johan Gadolin, a Swedish-speaking Finn, + -ium.

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gadolinium — chemical element
  • Albanian: gadolin — chemical element
  • Arabic: جَادُولِينِيُوم (jādūlīniyūm) — chemical element
  • Arabic: جَدُلِنْيُوم (jadulinyūm) — chemical element
  • Armenian: գադոլինիում (gadolinium) — chemical element
  • Asturian: gadoliniu — chemical element
  • Basque: gadolinioa — chemical element
  • Belarusian: гадалі́ній (hadalínij) — chemical element
  • Breton: gadoliniom — chemical element
  • Bulgarian: гадоли́ний (gadolínij) — chemical element
  • Catalan: gadolini — chemical element
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釓 /钆 (gá) — chemical element
  • Cornish: gadolynyum — chemical element
  • Czech: gadolinium — chemical element
  • Danish: gadolinium — chemical element
  • Dutch: gadolinium — chemical element
  • Esperanto: gadolinio — chemical element
  • Estonian: gadoliinium — chemical element
  • Faroese: gadolinium — chemical element
  • Finnish: gadolinium — chemical element
  • French: gadolinium — chemical element
  • West-Frisian: gadolinium — chemical element
  • Friulian: gadolini — chemical element
  • Galician: gadolinio — chemical element
  • Georgian: გადოლინიუმი (gadoliniumi) — chemical element
  • German: Gadolinium — chemical element
  • Greek: γαδολίνιο (gadolínio) — chemical element
  • Hebrew: גדוליניום (gadolínyum) — chemical element
  • Hindi: योनिला (yonilā) — chemical element
  • Hungarian: gadolínium — chemical element
  • Icelandic: gadólín — chemical element
  • Irish: gadailiniam — chemical element
  • Italian: gadolinio — chemical element
  • Japanese: ガドリニウム (gadoriniumu) — chemical element
  • Kashubian: gadolin — chemical element
  • Kazakh: гадолиний (gadolinii) — chemical element
  • Khmer: កាដូលីញ៉ូម (kaadouliiñoum) — chemical element
  • Korean: 가돌리늄 (gadollinyum) — chemical element
  • Latin: gadolinium — chemical element
  • Latvian: gadolīnijs — chemical element
  • Lithuanian: gadolinis — chemical element
  • Luxembourgish: Gadolinium — chemical element
  • Macedonian: гадолиниум (gadolinium) — chemical element
  • Malay: gadolinium — chemical element
  • Maltese: gadolinjum — chemical element
  • Manx: gadolinnium — chemical element
  • Mongolian: гадолини (gadolini) — chemical element
  • Norwegian: gadolinium — chemical element
  • Polish: gadolin — chemical element
  • Portuguese: gadolíneo — chemical element
  • Portuguese: gadolínio — chemical element
  • Romanian: gadoliniu — chemical element
  • Russian: гадоли́ний (gadolínij) — chemical element
  • Scottish Gaelic: gadailiniam — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: гадолиниј — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: гадолинијум — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: gadolinij — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: gadolinijum — chemical element
  • Slovak: gadolínium — chemical element
  • Slovene: gadolinij — chemical element
  • Spanish: gadolinio — chemical element
  • Swedish: gadolinium — chemical element
  • Tajik: гадолиний (gadoliniy) — chemical element
  • Tamil: கடோலினியம் (kaṭōliṉiyam) — chemical element
  • Thai: แกโดลิเนียม (gɛɛ-doo-lí-nîiam) — chemical element
  • Turkish: gadolinyum — chemical element
  • Ukrainian: гадолі́ній (hadolínij) — chemical element
  • Ukrainian: ґадолі́ній (gadolínij) — chemical element
  • Uzbek: гадолиний (gadoliniy) — chemical element
  • Uzbek: gadoliniy — chemical element
  • Vietnamese: gađolini — chemical element
  • Volapük: gadolin — chemical element
  • Welsh: gadoliniwm — chemical element