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praseodymium

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

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  • /ˌpɹeɪzioʊˈdɪmiəm/
  • /ˌpreɪziːəˈdɪmiəm/
  • prāzēōdĭm'ēəm
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noun

Meaning 1

A chemical element (symbol Pr) with an atomic number of 59, a soft, silvery, malleable and ductile rare earth metal, valued for its magnetic, electrical, chemical, and optical properties.

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

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noun

Meaning 2

a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Pr, atomic number 59

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metallic element, metal

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πράσιος (prásios, “leek-green”) + didymium.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: praseodimium — chemical element
  • Albanian: prazeodim — chemical element
  • Arabic: بَرَاسِيُودِيمِيُوم (barāsiyūdīmiyūm) — chemical element
  • Armenian: պրազեոդիմ (prazeodim) — chemical element
  • Asturian: praseodimiu — chemical element
  • Basque: praseodimioa — chemical element
  • Belarusian: празеады́м (prazjeadým) — chemical element
  • Breton: prazeodim — chemical element
  • Bulgarian: празеоди́м (prazeodím) — chemical element
  • Catalan: praseodimi — chemical element
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐠 /镨 (pǔ) — chemical element
  • Cornish: prasodyum — chemical element
  • Czech: praseodym — chemical element
  • Danish: praseodymium — chemical element
  • Dutch: praseodymium — chemical element
  • Esperanto: prazeodimo — chemical element
  • Estonian: praseodüüm — chemical element
  • Faroese: praseodymium — chemical element
  • Finnish: praseodyymi — chemical element
  • French: praséodyme — chemical element
  • West-Frisian: praseodymium — chemical element
  • Friulian: praseodimi — chemical element
  • Galician: praseodimio — chemical element
  • Georgian: პრაზეოდიმი (ṗrazeodimi) — chemical element
  • German: Praseodym — chemical element
  • Greek: πρασεοδύμιο (praseodýmio) — chemical element
  • Hebrew: פרסיאודימיום (prasiodímyum) — chemical element
  • Hindi: श्यामला (śyāmlā) — chemical element
  • Hungarian: prazeodímium — chemical element
  • Icelandic: praseódým — chemical element
  • Irish: praiséidimiam — chemical element
  • Italian: praseodimio — chemical element
  • Japanese: プラセオジム (puraseojimu) — chemical element
  • Kashubian: prazeòdim — chemical element
  • Kazakh: празеодим (prazeodim) — chemical element
  • Khmer: ប្រាសេអូឌឹម (praaseeʼoudɨm) — chemical element
  • Korean: 프라세오디뮴 (peurase'odimyum) — chemical element
  • Latin: praseodymium — chemical element
  • Latvian: prazeodīms — chemical element
  • Lithuanian: prazeodimis — chemical element
  • Luxembourgish: Praseodym — chemical element
  • Macedonian: празеодимиум (prazeodimium) — chemical element
  • Malay: praseodimium — chemical element
  • Maltese: praseodimjum — chemical element
  • Manx: prashodymmium — chemical element
  • Mongolian: празеодим (prazeodim) — chemical element
  • Norwegian: praseodym — chemical element
  • Persian: پرازئودیمیم (prâze'odimium) — chemical element
  • Polish: prazeodym — chemical element
  • Portuguese: praseodímio — chemical element
  • Romanian: praseodim — chemical element
  • Russian: празеоди́м (prazeodím) — chemical element
  • Scottish Gaelic: praiseoidimiam — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: празеодиjум — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: прасеодимиј — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: prazeodijum — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: praseodimij — chemical element
  • Slovak: prazeodým — chemical element
  • Slovene: prazeodim — chemical element
  • Spanish: praseodimio — chemical element
  • Swedish: praseodym — chemical element
  • Tajik: празеодим (prazeodim) — chemical element
  • Thai: เพรซิโอดิเมียม (prēsiodimiam) — chemical element
  • Turkish: praseodim — chemical element
  • Ukrainian: празеоди́м (prazeodým) — chemical element
  • Uzbek: prazeodim — chemical element
  • Vietnamese: prazeođim — chemical element
  • Volapük: praseodin — chemical element
  • Welsh: praseodiwm — chemical element