noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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tĭlyo͝or'ēəm
/tɪˈljʊəɹiəm/
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CMU ARPABET:T EH0 L UH1 R IY0 AH0 M
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noun
Meaning 1
The chemical element with atomic number 52. Symbol: Te. A rare, brittle, mildly toxic, silver-white metalloid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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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
Alternative form of tellurion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Te, atomic number 52
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element
History
Etymology
Latin tellūs (“earth”) + -ium
Latin tellus (“earth”).
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
telluur
— chemical element
Albanian:
telur
— chemical element
Arabic:
تِلُّورِيُوم
(tillūriyūm)
— chemical element
Arabic:
تِيلُورِيُوم
(tīlūriyūm)
— chemical element
Armenian:
տելուր
(telur)
— chemical element
Asturian:
teluriu
— chemical element
Basque:
telurioa
— chemical element
Belarusian:
тэлу́р
(telúr)
— chemical element
Breton:
telluriom
— chemical element
Bulgarian:
телу́р
(telúr)
— chemical element
Catalan:
tel·luri
— chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
碲
(dì)
— chemical element
Cornish:
teluryum
— chemical element
Czech:
tellur
— chemical element
Danish:
tellur
— chemical element
Dutch:
telluur
— chemical element
Dutch:
tellurium
— chemical element
Esperanto:
teluro
— chemical element
Estonian:
telluur
— chemical element
Faroese:
tellur
— chemical element
Finnish:
telluuri
— chemical element
French:
tellure
— chemical element
West-Frisian:
telluur
— chemical element
Friulian:
teluri
— chemical element
Galician:
telurio
— chemical element
Georgian:
ტელური
(ṭeluri)
— chemical element
German:
Tellur
— chemical element
Greek:
τελλούριο
(telloúrio)
— chemical element
Hebrew:
טלוריום
(teluryum)
— chemical element
Hindi:
वंगक
(vaṅgak)
— chemical element
Hungarian:
tellúr
— chemical element
Icelandic:
tellúr
— chemical element
Irish:
teallúiriam
— chemical element
Italian:
tellurio
— chemical element
Japanese:
テルル
(teruru)
— chemical element
Kashubian:
tellur
— chemical element
Korean:
텔루르
(tellureu)
— chemical element
Korean:
텔루륨
(telluryum)
— chemical element
Latin:
tellurium
— chemical element
Latvian:
telūrs
— chemical element
Lithuanian:
telūras
— chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Tellur
— chemical element
Macedonian:
телур
(telur)
— chemical element
Malay:
telurium
— chemical element
Maltese:
tellurju
— chemical element
Manx:
çhellurium
— chemical element
Mongolian:
теллур
(tellur)
— chemical element
Norwegian:
tellur
— chemical element
Occitan:
telluri
— chemical element
Polish:
tellur
— chemical element
Portuguese:
telúrio
— chemical element
Romanian:
telur
— chemical element
Russian:
теллу́р
(tellúr)
— chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
teallùiriam
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
телур
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
телуриј
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
telur
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
telurij
— chemical element
Slovak:
telúr
— chemical element
Slovene:
telur
— chemical element
Spanish:
teluro
— chemical element
Swedish:
tellur
— chemical element
Tagalog:
teluro
— chemical element
Tajik:
теллур
(tellur)
— chemical element
Tamil:
வெண்கந்தகம்
(veṇkantakam)
— chemical element
Thai:
เทลลูเรียม
(teel-luu-rîiam)
— chemical element
