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periodic table

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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk ˈteɪb(ə)l/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɪə-/
  • General-American: /ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪk ˈteɪbəl/
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  • rhymes with -eɪbəl

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tabular chart of the chemical elements according to their atomic numbers so that elements with similar properties are in the same group (column).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

(chemistry) a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements according to atomic number as based on the periodic law

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: table, tabular array

History

Etymology

The table is termed “periodic” because it follows the periodic law – when chemical elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number, elements with similar properties recur at intervals.

Across languages

Translations

183 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аелементқәа рпериодикатә система (ajelementʼkwa rpʼerjodikʼatwʼ sistʼema) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Afrikaans: periodieke tabel — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Albanian: sistemi periodik i elementeve — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Amharic: የንጥረ ነገሮች ሠንጠረዥ (yänṭərä nägäroč śänṭäräž) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Arabic: الْجَدْوَلُ الدَّوْرِيّ (al-jadwalu d-dawriyy) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܲܒ݂ܠܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܘܼܪܬܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (ṭaḇlīṯā durtānāytā) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Armenian: պարբերական աղյուսակ (parberakan aġyusak) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Assamese: পৰ্যাবৃত্ত তালিকা (porzabritto talika) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Asturian: tabla periódica — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Azerbaijani: dövri cədvəl — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Azerbaijani: kimyəvi elementlərin dövri sistemi — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Balinese: tabél périodik — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Bashkir: химик элементтарҙың периодик системаһы (ximik elementtarźıñ periodik sistemahı) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Basque: taula periodikoa — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Belarusian: перыядычная сістэма элементаў (pjeryjadyčnaja sistema eljemjentaw) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Belarusian: табліца Мендзялеева (tablica Mjendzjaljejeva) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Bengali: পর্যায় সারণী (porjaẏ śaroni) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Bihari: पीरियॉडिक टेबल — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Central Bikol: peryodikong tableta — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Breton: taolenn beriodek an elfennoù — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Bulgarian: периодична система на елементите (periodična sistema na elementite) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Burmese: ဒြပ်စင်အလှည့်ကျဇယား (drapcang-a.hlany.kya.ja.ya:) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Catalan: taula periòdica — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Cebuano: talaang peryodiko — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Chechen: химин хӏумалгийн рогӏаллин система (ximin humalgiı̇n roğallin sistema) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Chinese Cantonese: 元素週期表 /元素周期表 (jyun4 sou3 zau1 kei4 biu2) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Chinese Cantonese: 週期表 /周期表 (zau1 kei4 biu2) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Hakka Chinese: ngièn-su chû-khì-péu — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Chinese Mandarin: 元素週期表 /元素周期表 (yuánsù zhōuqíbiǎo) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Chinese Mandarin: 週期表 /周期表 (zhōuqī biǎo) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Chuvash: элементсен периодла тытӑмӗ (elementsen p̬eriodla t̬yt̬ămĕ) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Cornish: mosen beriodek — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Corsican: tavola periodica — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Czech: periodická tabulka — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Danish: periodiske system — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Dhivehi: ޕީރިއަޑިކް ތާވަލު (pīriaḍik̊ tāvalu) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Dutch: periodiek systeem — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Esperanto: perioda tabelo — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Estonian: keemiliste elementide perioodilisussüsteem — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Estonian: Mendelejevi tabel — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Estonian: perioodilisustabel — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Extremaduran: tabra periúdica e los elementus — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Faroese: skeiðbundna skipanin — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Fiji Hindi: periodic table — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Finnish: jaksollinen järjestelmä — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Finnish: alkuaineiden jaksollinen järjestelmä — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Finnish: alkuainetaulukko — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • French: tableau périodique — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • French: tableau périodique des éléments — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Galician: táboa periódica — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Galician: táboa periódica dos elementos — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Georgian: ქიმიურ ელემენტთა პერიოდული სისტემა (kimiur elemenṭta ṗerioduli sisṭema) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • German: Periodensystem (der Elemente) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Greek: περιοδικός πίνακας (periodikós pínakas) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Greek: περιοδικός πίνακας των χημικών στοιχείων (periodikós pínakas ton chimikón stoicheíon) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Guianese Creole: tablo péryodik di sé éléman — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Gujarati: આવર્ત સારણી (āvart sārṇī) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Gujarati: આવર્ત કોષ્ટક (āvart koṣṭak) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Haitian Creole: tablo klasifikasyon peryodik eleman — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Hebrew: הטבלה המחזורית (hatavlá hamakhazorít) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Hindi: आवर्त सारणी (āvart sārṇī) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Hungarian: periódusos rendszer — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Hungarian: kémiai elemek periódusos rendszere — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Icelandic: lotukerfi — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Ido: periodala tabelo — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Ilocano: periodiko a lamisaan dagiti elemento — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Indonesian: tabel periodik — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Ingush: химе элементий мура система (xime elementiı̇ mura sistema) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Interlingua: tabella periodic — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Interlingua: tabella periodic del elementos — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Irish: tábla peiriadach — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Italian: tavola periodica — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Italian: tavola periodica degli elementi — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Jamaican Creole: piiriadik tiebl — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Japanese: 周期表 (shūkihyō) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Javanese: pratélan unsur miturut lambang — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Kabyle: tafelwit tawalant — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Kannada: ಆವರ್ತ ಕೋಷ್ಟಕ (āvarta kōṣṭaka) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Kapampangan: tablang periodiku da ring elementu — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Kazakh: химиялық элементтердің периодтық жүйесі (ximiälyq élementterdıñ periodtyq jüiesı) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Khmer: តារាងខួបធាតុគីមី (taaraang khuəp thiet kiimii) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Khmer: តារាងខួបនៃធាតុគីមី (taariəngkhuəpnɨythiətokiimii) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Komi-Permyak: периоддэз сьӧрті химия ӧтувторрезлӧн тэчас (perioddez śörti ximija ötuvtorrezlön tećas) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Komi-Zyrian: химия элементъяслӧн период система (ximija eľementjaslön period śisťema) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Korean: 주기율표 (jugiyulpyo) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Korean: 주기표 (jugipyo) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Central Kurdish: خشتەی خولی (xiştey xulî) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Kyrgyz: элементтер мезгилдик системасы (elementter mezgildik sisteması) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Lao: ຕາຕະລາງທາດ (tā ta lāng thāt) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Latin: systema periodicum — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Latvian: ķīmisko elementu periodiskā tabula — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Lezgi: химиядин элементрин девирдин система (ꭓimiädin èlementrin devirdin sistema) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Limburgish: periodiek systeem vaan eleminte — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Lingala: etánda ya bileko — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Lithuanian: periodinė elementų lentelė — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Lombard: taula periodica — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Luxembourgish: Periodesystem vun den Elementer — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Macedonian: периоден систем (perioden sistem) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Macedonian: периодична таблица (periodična tablica) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Malagasy: tabilaon'ny singa — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Malay: jadual berkala — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Malayalam: ആവര്ത്തനപ്പട്ടിക (āvarttanappaṭṭika) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Maltese: tavla perjodika — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Bishnupriya Manipuri: পর্যায় সারণী — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Manx: taabyl reiltagh ny bunstooghyn — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Māori: ripanga pūmotu — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Māori: taka pūmotu — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Marathi: आवर्त सारणी (āvarta sārṇī) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Eastern Mari: химий тӱҥлык-влакын периодик радамлыкше (himij tüŋlyk-vlakyn periodik radamlykše) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Minangkabau: tabel periodik — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Mirandese: tabela periódica — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Mongolian: үелэх хүснэгт (üjelex xüsnegt) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Mongolian: үелэх систем (üjelex sistem) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Mongolian: ᠦᠶᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ ᠬᠦᠰᠦᠨᠦᠭᠲᠦ (üyelekü küsünügtü) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Mongolian: ᠦᠶᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ ᠰᠢᠰᠲ᠋ᠧᠮ (üyelekü sistēm) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Nepali: आवर्त सारणी (āvarta sāraṇī) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Newar: तत्त्वमां (tattwamāṃ) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Norwegian Bokmål: periodesystem — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: periodesystem — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Nyindrou: tabela periodica di elemenc — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Occitan: taula periodica — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Odia: ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟ ସାରଣୀ (parjyāya sāraṇi) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Ossetian: элементты периодон системӕ (èlementty periodon sistemæ) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Papiamentu: tabèl periódiko — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Pashto: دعناصرو دوراني جدول — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Persian: جدول تناوبی (jadval-e tanâvobi) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Picard: tableau périodique — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Polish: układ okresowy — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Polish: układ okresowy pierwiastków — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Polish: tablica Mendelejewa — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Portuguese: tabela periódica — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Punjabi: ਮਿਆਦੀ ਪਹਾੜਾ (miādī pahāṛā) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Punjabi: ਤਰਤੀਬੀ ਪਹਾੜਾ (tartībī pahāṛā) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Punjabi: پیریاڈک ٹیبل (pereyāḍk ṭebl) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Romanian: tabel periodic — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Russian: периоди́ческая систе́ма (periodíčeskaja sistéma) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Russian: периоди́ческая систе́ма элеме́нтов (periodíčeskaja sistéma eleméntov) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Russian: табли́ца Менделе́ева (tablíca Mendeléjeva) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Russian: периоди́ческая табли́ца (periodíčeskaja tablíca) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Sardinian: tàula periòdica de is elementos — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Scots: periodic cairt — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Scottish Gaelic: clàr pillteach — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Serbo-Croatian: периодни сустав елемената — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Serbo-Croatian: periodni sustav elemenata — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Sicilian: tàvula piriòdica — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Silesian: ukłŏd ôkresowy elymyntōw — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Sindhi: دوري جدول (dore jdol) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Sinhalese: ආවර්තිතා වගුව (āwartitā waguwa) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Slovak: periodická tabuľka — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Slovene: periodni sistem elementov — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Sotho: tafole ya periodiki — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Spanish: clasificación periódica — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Spanish: tabla periódica — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Spanish: tabla periódica de los elementos — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Sundanese: tabél periodik — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Swahili: mfumo radidia — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Swahili: jedwali la elementi — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Swedish: periodiska systemet — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Tagalog: talaulitan — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Tagalog: talahanayang peryodiko — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Tajik: ҷадвали даврии унсурҳои кимёӣ (jadval-i davri-yi unsurho-yi kimyoyi) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Tamil: ஆவர்த்தன அட்டவணை (āvarttaṉa aṭṭavaṇai) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Tamil: தனிம அட்டவணை (taṉima aṭṭavaṇai) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Telugu: ఆవర్తన పట్టిక (āvartana paṭṭika) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Thai: ตารางธาตุ (dtaaraang tâat) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Tibetan: རྩ་རྫས་ཀྱི་དུས་འཁོར་རེའུ་མིག། (rtsa rdzas kyi dus 'khor re'u mig) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Tok Pisin: tebol bilong ol elemen — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Turkish: periyodik tablo — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Turkish: periyodik cetvel — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Turkmen: himiki elementleriň periodik ulgamy — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Tuvan: химиктиг элементилерниң периодтуг системазы (ximiktig elementilerniñ periodtug sistemazı) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Ukrainian: періодична система елементів (periodyčna systema elementiv) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Ukrainian: періодична таблыця (periodyčna tablycja) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Ukrainian: таблиця Менделєєва (tablycja Mendeljejeva) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Ukrainian: періодична система хімічних елементів (periodyčna systema ximičnyx elementiv) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Uyghur: ئېلېمېنتلارنىڭ دەۋرىي جەەدۋىلى (ëlëmëntlarning dewriy jeedwili) — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Uzbek: kimyoviy elementlar davriy sistemasi — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Venetan: tabeła periòdega — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Vietnamese: bảng tuần hoàn — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Vietnamese: bảng tuần hoàn các nguyên tố hoá học — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Walloon: tåvlea periodike des elemints — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Welsh: tabl cyfnodol — tabular chart of the chemical elements
  • Yakut: периодтаах таабыл (periodtaaq taabïl) — tabular chart of the chemical elements