noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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nōbĕl'ēəm
/noʊˈbɛliəm/
nōbēl'ēəm
/noʊˈbiːliəm/
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noun
Meaning 1
a transuranic chemical element (symbol No) with an atomic number of 102.
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 radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: No, atomic number 102
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element
History
Etymology
From Nobel + -ium, after Alfred Nobel.
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
nobelium
— chemical element
Albanian:
nobelium
— chemical element
Arabic:
نُوبِلْيُوم
(nubilyum)
— chemical element
Armenian:
նոբելիում
(nobelium)
— chemical element
Asturian:
nobeliu
— chemical element
Basque:
nobelioa
— chemical element
Belarusian:
нобе́лій
(nobjélij)
— chemical element
Breton:
nobeliom
— chemical element
Bulgarian:
нобе́лий
(nobélij)
— chemical element
Catalan:
nobeli
— chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
鍩 /锘
(nuò)
— chemical element
Cornish:
nobelyum
— chemical element
Czech:
nobelium
— chemical element
Danish:
nobelium
— chemical element
Dutch:
nobelium
— chemical element
Esperanto:
nobelio
— chemical element
Estonian:
nobeelium
— chemical element
Faroese:
nobelium
— chemical element
Finnish:
nobelium
— chemical element
French:
nobélium
— chemical element
West-Frisian:
nobelium
— chemical element
Friulian:
nobeli
— chemical element
Galician:
nobelio
— chemical element
Georgian:
ნობელიუმი
(nobeliumi)
— chemical element
German:
Nobelium
— chemical element
Greek:
νομπέλιο
(nompélio)
— chemical element
Hebrew:
נובליום
(nobélyum)
— chemical element
Hungarian:
nobélium
— chemical element
Icelandic:
nóbelín
— chemical element
Irish:
nóbailiam
— chemical element
Italian:
nobelio
— chemical element
Japanese:
ノーベリウム
(nōberiumu)
— chemical element
Kashubian:
nobel
— chemical element
Kazakh:
нобелий
(nobelii)
— chemical element
Korean:
노벨륨
(nobellyum)
— chemical element
Latin:
nobelium
— chemical element
Latvian:
nobelijs
— chemical element
Lithuanian:
nobelis
— chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Nobelium
— chemical element
Macedonian:
нобелиум
(nobelium)
— chemical element
Malay:
nobelium
— chemical element
Maltese:
nobeljum
— chemical element
Manx:
nobelium
— chemical element
Mongolian:
нобели
(nobeli)
— chemical element
Norwegian:
nobelium
— chemical element
Polish:
nobel
— chemical element
Portuguese:
nobélio
— chemical element
Romanian:
nobeliu
— chemical element
Russian:
нобе́лий
(nobélij)
— chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
nòbailiam
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
нобелиjум
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
нобелиj
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
nobelijum
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
nobelij
— chemical element
Slovak:
nobelium
— chemical element
Slovene:
nobelij
— chemical element
Spanish:
nobelio
— chemical element
Swedish:
nobelium
— chemical element
Tajik:
нобелий
(nobeliy)
— chemical element
Tamil:
நோபெலியம்
(nōpeliyam)
— chemical element
Thai:
โนเบเลียม
(noo-bee-lîiam)
— chemical element
