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lutetium

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

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  • lūtē'shēəm
  • /ljuːˈtiːʃiəm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The chemical element with atomic number 71, a silvery-white metal which resists corrosion in dry air.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cassiopeium

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lutecium, Lu, atomic number 71

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metallic element, metal

History

Etymology

From Latin Lutetia (“Paris, the capital of France”) + -ium.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: lutesium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Albanian: lutec — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Arabic: لُوتِيتِيُوم (lūtītiyūm) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Armenian: լուտեցիում (lutecʻium) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Asturian: luteciu — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Basque: lutezioa — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Belarusian: лютэ́цый (ljutécyj) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Breton: lutesiom — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Bulgarian: люте́ций (ljutécij) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Catalan: luteci — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鑥 /镥 (lǔ) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鎦 /镏 (lǔ) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Cornish: lutetyum — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Czech: lutecium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Danish: lutetium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Dutch: lutetium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Esperanto: lutecio — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Estonian: luteetsium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Faroese: lutetium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Finnish: lutetium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • French: lutécium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • West-Frisian: lutetium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Friulian: lutezi — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Galician: lutecio — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Georgian: ლუტეციუმი (luṭeciumi) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • German: Lutetium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • German: Cassiopeium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Greek: λουτέτσιο (loutétsio) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Hebrew: לוטטיום (lutetyum) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Hindi: निर्वर्णला (nirvarṇalā) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Hungarian: lutécium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Icelandic: lútesín — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Irish: lúitéitiam — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Italian: lutezio — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Japanese: ルテチウム (rutechiumu) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Japanese: 鎦 — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Kashubian: lutet — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Khmer: លុយតេចូម (luyteecoum) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Korean: 루테튬 (rutetyum) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Latin: lutetium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Latvian: lutēcijs — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Lithuanian: lutecis — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Luxembourgish: Lutetium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Macedonian: лутециум (lutecium) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Malay: lutetium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Maltese: lutizjum — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Manx: lootaiçhum — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Mongolian: лйутеци (ljuteci) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Norwegian: lutetium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Polish: lutet — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Portuguese: lutécio — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Romanian: lutețiu — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Russian: люте́ций (ljutécij) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Scottish Gaelic: luitèitiam — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Serbo-Croatian: лутециj — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Serbo-Croatian: лутециjум — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Serbo-Croatian: lutecij — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Serbo-Croatian: lutecijum — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Slovak: lutecium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Slovene: lutecij — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Spanish: lutecio — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Swedish: lutetium — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Tajik: lyuteci' — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Tamil: மிளிரியம் (miḷiriyam) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Thai: ลูทีเชียม (luu-tii-chîiam) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Turkish: lütesyum — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Ukrainian: люте́цій (ljutécij) — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Uzbek: lyutetsiy — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Vietnamese: Luteti — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Volapük: lutetin — chemical element with atomic number of 71
  • Welsh: lwtetiwm — chemical element with atomic number of 71