noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/səˈmɛə.ɹi.əm/
General-American:/səˈmɛɹ.i.əm/
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uncommon:səmăr'ēəm
uncommon:/səˈmæɹiəm/
rhymes with -ɛəɹiəm
1
noun
Meaning 1
A chemical element (symbol Sm) with an atomic number of 62, a moderately hard silvery metal that slowly oxidizes in air. Applications in human affairs include magnets with high performance at high temperatures, which are important in military equipment.
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 grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Sm, atomic number 62
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Etymology
After samarskite, in turn honoring Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
samarium
— chemical element
Albanian:
samarium
— chemical element
Arabic:
سَمَرْيُوم
(samaryūm)
— chemical element
Armenian:
սամարիում
(samarium)
— chemical element
Asturian:
samariu
— chemical element
Basque:
samarioa
— chemical element
Belarusian:
сама́рый
(samáryj)
— chemical element
Breton:
samariom
— chemical element
Bulgarian:
сама́рий
(samárij)
— chemical element
Catalan:
samari
— chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
釤 /钐
(shàn)
— chemical element
Cornish:
samaryum
— chemical element
Czech:
samarium
— chemical element
Danish:
samarium
— chemical element
Dutch:
samarium
— chemical element
Esperanto:
samario
— chemical element
Estonian:
samaarium
— chemical element
Faroese:
samarium
— chemical element
Finnish:
samarium
— chemical element
French:
samarium
— chemical element
West-Frisian:
samarium
— chemical element
Friulian:
samari
— chemical element
Galician:
samario
— chemical element
Georgian:
სამარიუმი
(samariumi)
— chemical element
German:
Samarium
— chemical element
Greek:
σαμάριο
(samário)
— chemical element
Hebrew:
סמריום
(samáryum)
— chemical element
Hindi:
धूसरला
(dhūsarlā)
— chemical element
Hungarian:
szamárium
— chemical element
Icelandic:
samarín
— chemical element
Irish:
samairiam
— chemical element
Italian:
samario
— chemical element
Japanese:
サマリウム
(samariumu)
— chemical element
Kashubian:
samar
— chemical element
Kazakh:
самарий
(samarii)
— chemical element
Khmer:
សាម៉ារ្យ៉ូម
(saamaaryoum)
— chemical element
Korean:
사마륨
(samaryum)
— chemical element
Latin:
samarium
— chemical element
Latvian:
samārijs
— chemical element
Lithuanian:
samaris
— chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Samarium
— chemical element
Macedonian:
самариум
(samarium)
— chemical element
Malay:
samarium
— chemical element
Maltese:
samarjum
— chemical element
Manx:
samaarium
— chemical element
Mongolian:
самари
(samari)
— chemical element
Norwegian:
samarium
— chemical element
Polish:
samar
— chemical element
Portuguese:
samário
— chemical element
Romanian:
samariu
— chemical element
Russian:
сама́рий
(samárij)
— chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
samairiam
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
самариjум
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
самариj
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
samarijum
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
samarij
— chemical element
Slovak:
samárium
— chemical element
Slovene:
samarij
— chemical element
Spanish:
samario
— chemical element
Swedish:
samarium
— chemical element
Tajik:
самарий
(samariy)
— chemical element
Tamil:
சமேரியம்
(camēriyam)
— chemical element
Thai:
ซาแมเรียม
(saa-mɛɛ-rîiam)
— chemical element
