noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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strŏn'tēəm
/ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/
/ˈstrɒn.ʃi.əm/
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CMU ARPABET:S T R AA1 N T IY0 AH0 M
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noun
Meaning 1
The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
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
2
noun
Meaning 2
A single atom of this element.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Sr, atomic number 38
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
Narrower terms: strontium 90
History
Etymology
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian.
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
strontium
— chemical element
Albanian:
stroncium
— chemical element
Arabic:
إِسْتُرُنْتِيُوم
(ʔisturuntiyūm)
— chemical element
Armenian:
ստրոնցիում
(stroncʻium)
— chemical element
Asturian:
estronciu
— chemical element
Basque:
estrontzioa
— chemical element
Belarusian:
стро́нцый
(stróncyj)
— chemical element
Breton:
strontiom
— chemical element
Bulgarian:
стро́нций
(stróncij)
— chemical element
Catalan:
estronci
— chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
鍶 /锶
(sī)
— chemical element
Cornish:
strontiom
— chemical element
Czech:
stroncium
— chemical element
Danish:
strontium
— chemical element
Dutch:
strontium
— chemical element
Esperanto:
stroncio
— chemical element
Estonian:
strontsium
— chemical element
Faroese:
strontium
— chemical element
Finnish:
strontium
— chemical element
French:
strontium
— chemical element
West-Frisian:
strontium
— chemical element
Friulian:
stronzi
— chemical element
Galician:
estroncio
— chemical element
Georgian:
სტრონციუმი
(sṭronciumi)
— chemical element
German:
Strontium
— chemical element
Greek:
στρόντιο
(stróntio)
— chemical element
Hebrew:
סְטְרוֹנְצְיוּם
(strontsiyum)
— chemical element
Hindi:
शोणातु
(śoṇātu)
— chemical element
Hungarian:
stroncium
— chemical element
Icelandic:
strontín
— chemical element
Interlingua:
strontium
— chemical element
Irish:
strointiam
— chemical element
Italian:
stronzio
— chemical element
Japanese:
ストロンチウム
(sutoronchiumu)
— chemical element
Kashubian:
starnt
— chemical element
Kazakh:
стронций
(stronsii)
— chemical element
Khmer:
ស្ត្រុងចូម
(strongcoum)
— chemical element
Korean:
스트론튬
(seuteurontyum)
— chemical element
Latvian:
stroncijs
— chemical element
Limburgish:
strontium
— chemical element
Lithuanian:
stroncis
— chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Strontium
— chemical element
Macedonian:
стронциум
(stroncium)
— chemical element
Malay:
strontium
— chemical element
Maltese:
stronzju
— chemical element
Manx:
stroinçhum
— chemical element
Manx:
strontiu
— chemical element
Mongolian:
стронци
(stronci)
— chemical element
Norwegian:
strontium
— chemical element
Occitan:
estronci
— chemical element
Persian:
استرونسیم
(estronsyom)
— chemical element
Polish:
stront
— chemical element
Portuguese:
estrôncio
— chemical element
Romanian:
stronțiu
— chemical element
Russian:
стро́нций
(stróncij)
— chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
strontium
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
стро̑нцӣј
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
стронциjум
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
strȏncīj m stroncijum
— chemical element
Slovak:
stroncium
— chemical element
Slovene:
stroncij
— chemical element
Spanish:
estroncio
— chemical element
Swedish:
strontium
— chemical element
Tagalog:
estronsiyo
— chemical element
Tajik:
стронсий
(stronsiy)
— chemical element
Tamil:
சிதறியம்
(citaṟiyam)
— chemical element
Tamil:
ஸ்ட்ரோண்டியம்
(sṭrōṇṭiyam)
— chemical element
Thai:
สทรอนเชียม
(sathronchiam)
— chemical element
Turkish:
stronsiyum
— chemical element
Ottoman Turkish:
استرونسیوم
(ıstrōnsyūm)
— chemical element
Ukrainian:
стро́нцій
(stróncij)
— chemical element
