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rhenium

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rē'nēəm
  • /ˈɹiːniəm/
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  • rhymes with -iːniəm

1

noun

Meaning 1

A metallic chemical element with the atomic number 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Re, atomic number 75

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metallic element, metal

History

Etymology

From Latin Rhenus (“Rhine”), + -ium.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: renium — chemical element
  • Albanian: renium — chemical element
  • Arabic: رِينِيُوم (rīniyūm) — chemical element
  • Armenian: ռենիում (ṙenium) — chemical element
  • Asturian: reniu — chemical element
  • Basque: renioa — chemical element
  • Belarusian: рэ́ній (rénij) — chemical element
  • Breton: reniom — chemical element
  • Bulgarian: ре́ний (rénij) — chemical element
  • Catalan: reni — chemical element
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錸 /铼 (lái) — chemical element
  • Cornish: rhenyum — chemical element
  • Czech: rhenium — chemical element
  • Danish: rhenium — chemical element
  • Dutch: renium — chemical element
  • Esperanto: renio — chemical element
  • Estonian: reenium — chemical element
  • Faroese: renium — chemical element
  • Finnish: renium — chemical element
  • French: rhénium — chemical element
  • West-Frisian: rhenium — chemical element
  • Friulian: reni — chemical element
  • Galician: renio — chemical element
  • Georgian: რენიუმი (reniumi) — chemical element
  • German: Rhenium — chemical element
  • Greek: ρήνιο (rínio) — chemical element
  • Hebrew: רניום (renyum) — chemical element
  • Hindi: बाष्पातु (bāṣpātu) — chemical element
  • Hungarian: rénium — chemical element
  • Icelandic: renín — chemical element
  • Icelandic: reníum — chemical element
  • Irish: réiniam — chemical element
  • Italian: renio — chemical element
  • Japanese: レニウム (reniumu) — chemical element
  • Kashubian: rén — chemical element
  • Kazakh: рений (renii) — chemical element
  • Khmer: រេញ៉ូម (reiñoum) — chemical element
  • Korean: 레늄 (renyum) — chemical element
  • Latin: rhenium — chemical element
  • Latvian: rēnijs — chemical element
  • Lithuanian: renis — chemical element
  • Luxembourgish: Rhenium — chemical element
  • Macedonian: рениум (renium) — chemical element
  • Malay: renium — chemical element
  • Malayalam: റിനിയം (ṟiniyaṁ) — chemical element
  • Malayalam: റീനിയം (ṟīniyaṁ) — chemical element
  • Maltese: rinjum — chemical element
  • Manx: rainium — chemical element
  • Mongolian: рени (reni) — chemical element
  • Norwegian: rhenium — chemical element
  • Occitan: rèni — chemical element
  • Polish: ren — chemical element
  • Portuguese: rénio — chemical element
  • Romanian: reniu — chemical element
  • Russian: ре́ний (rénij) — chemical element
  • Scottish Gaelic: rèiniam — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: ренијум — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: рениј — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: renijum — chemical element
  • Serbo-Croatian: renij — chemical element
  • Slovak: rénium — chemical element
  • Slovene: renij — chemical element
  • Spanish: renio — chemical element
  • Swedish: rhenium — chemical element
  • Tajik: рений (reniy) — chemical element
  • Tamil: ரெனியம் (reṉiyam) — chemical element
  • Thai: รีเนียม (rii-nîiam) — chemical element
  • Turkish: renyum — chemical element
  • Ukrainian: ре́ній (rénij) — chemical element
  • Uyghur: رېنىي (rëniy) — chemical element
  • Uzbek: reniy — chemical element
  • Uzbek: рений (reniy) — chemical element
  • Vietnamese: reni — chemical element
  • Volapük: renin — chemical element
  • Welsh: rheniwm — chemical element