noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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ĭnʹdēəm
/ˈɪndi.əm/
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noun
Meaning 1
A chemical element (symbol In) with an atomic number of 49: a soft silvery-white metal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A single atom of this element.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: In, atomic number 49
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Etymology
Coined as a New Latin term from German Indigo (“indigo”), based on the color of its spectral lines.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Albanian:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Arabic:
إِنْدِيُوم
(ʔindiyūm)
— metallic chemical element
Armenian:
ինդիում
(indium)
— metallic chemical element
Asturian:
indiu
— metallic chemical element
Basque:
indioa
— metallic chemical element
Belarusian:
і́ндый
(índyj)
— metallic chemical element
Breton:
indiom
— metallic chemical element
Bulgarian:
и́ндий
(índij)
— metallic chemical element
Catalan:
indi
— metallic chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
銦 /铟
(yīn)
— metallic chemical element
Cornish:
indiom
— metallic chemical element
Czech:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Danish:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Dutch:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Esperanto:
indio
— metallic chemical element
Estonian:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Faroese:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Finnish:
indium
— metallic chemical element
French:
indium
— metallic chemical element
West-Frisian:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Friulian:
indi
— metallic chemical element
Galician:
indio
— metallic chemical element
Georgian:
ინდიუმი
(indiumi)
— metallic chemical element
German:
Indium
— metallic chemical element
Greek:
ίνδιο
(índio)
— metallic chemical element
Hebrew:
אינדיום
(índiyum)
— metallic chemical element
Hindi:
नैलातु
(nailātu)
— metallic chemical element
Hungarian:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Icelandic:
indín
— metallic chemical element
Interlingua:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Irish:
indiam
— metallic chemical element
Italian:
indio
— metallic chemical element
Japanese:
インジウム
(injiumu)
— metallic chemical element
Kashubian:
jind
— metallic chemical element
Kazakh:
индий
(indii)
— metallic chemical element
Khmer:
អាំងដ្យូម
(ʼangdyoum)
— metallic chemical element
Korean:
인듐
(indyum)
— metallic chemical element
Latvian:
indijs
— metallic chemical element
Limburgish:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Lingala:
indu class 9a/10a
— metallic chemical element
Lithuanian:
indis
— metallic chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Indium
— metallic chemical element
Macedonian:
индиум
(indium)
— metallic chemical element
Malay:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Maltese:
indju
— metallic chemical element
Manx:
indjum
— metallic chemical element
Mongolian:
инди
(indi)
— metallic chemical element
Norwegian:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Occitan:
indi
— metallic chemical element
Polish:
ind
— metallic chemical element
Portuguese:
índio
— metallic chemical element
Romanian:
indiu
— metallic chemical element
Russian:
и́ндий
(índij)
— metallic chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
и̑ндӣј
— metallic chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
индиjум
— metallic chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
ȋndīj
— metallic chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
indijum
— metallic chemical element
Slovak:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Slovene:
índij
— metallic chemical element
Spanish:
indio
— metallic chemical element
Swedish:
indium
— metallic chemical element
Tajik:
индий
(indiy)
— metallic chemical element
Tamil:
இந்தியம்
(intiyam)
— metallic chemical element
Thai:
อินเดียม
(in-dîiam)
— metallic chemical element
Turkish:
indiyum
— metallic chemical element
Ukrainian:
і́ндій
(índij)
— metallic chemical element
