noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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tītā'nēəm
/taɪˈteɪni.əm/
tĭtā'nēəm
/tɪˈteɪni.əm/
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rhymes with -eɪniəm
CMU ARPABET:T AY0 T EY1 N IY0 AH0 M
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A chemical element (symbol Ti), atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
This airframe uses titanium alloys extensively.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An atom of this element.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
This coordination complex contains a titanium.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ti, atomic number 22
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Etymology
From Latin titanium.
Across languages
Translations
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
titaan
— chemical element
Albanian:
titan
— chemical element
Arabic:
تِيتَانِيُوم
(tītāniyūm)
— chemical element
Armenian:
տիտան
(titan)
— chemical element
Asturian:
titaniu
— chemical element
Basque:
titanioa
— chemical element
Belarusian:
тыта́н
(tytán)
— chemical element
Breton:
titan
— chemical element
Bulgarian:
тита́н
(titán)
— chemical element
Catalan:
titani
— chemical element
Chinese Cantonese:
鈦 /钛
(taai3)
— chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
鈦 /钛
(tài)
— chemical element
Cornish:
titaniom
— chemical element
Czech:
titan
— chemical element
Danish:
titan
— chemical element
Dutch:
titanium
— chemical element
Dutch:
titaan
— chemical element
Esperanto:
titanio
— chemical element
Estonian:
titaan
— chemical element
Faroese:
titan
— chemical element
Finnish:
titaani
— chemical element
French:
titane
— chemical element
West-Frisian:
titaan
— chemical element
Friulian:
titani
— chemical element
Galician:
titanio
— chemical element
Georgian:
ტიტანი
(ṭiṭani)
— chemical element
German:
Titan
— chemical element
Greek:
τιτάνιο
(titánio)
— chemical element
Hawaiian:
kaikaniuma
— chemical element
Hebrew:
טיטניום
(titánium)
— chemical element
Hindi:
रंजातु
(rañjātu)
— chemical element
Hungarian:
titán
— chemical element
Icelandic:
títan
— chemical element
Indonesian:
titanium
— chemical element
Interlingua:
titanium
— chemical element
Irish:
tíotáiniam
— chemical element
Italian:
titanio
— chemical element
Japanese:
チタン
(chitan)
— chemical element
Japanese:
チタニウム
(chitaniumu)
— chemical element
Kashubian:
titan
— chemical element
Kazakh:
титан
(titan)
— chemical element
Khmer:
ទីតាន
(tiitaan)
— chemical element
Korean:
티탄
(titan)
— chemical element
Korean:
티타늄
(titanyum)
— chemical element
Korean:
타이타늄
(taitanyum)
— chemical element
Latin:
titanium
— chemical element
Latvian:
titāns
— chemical element
Lingala:
titani class 9a/10a
— chemical element
Lithuanian:
titanas
— chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Titan
— chemical element
Macedonian:
тита́н
(titán)
— chemical element
Malay:
titanium
— chemical element
Maltese:
titanju
— chemical element
Manx:
çhitaanium
— chemical element
Māori:
konuhinauri
— chemical element
Mongolian:
титан
(titan)
— chemical element
Navajo:
béésh doo ńdiniichxíihii
— chemical element
Norwegian Bokmål:
titan
— chemical element
Norwegian Nynorsk:
titan
— chemical element
Occitan:
titani
— chemical element
Polish:
tytan
— chemical element
Portuguese:
titânio
— chemical element
Romanian:
titan
— chemical element
Russian:
тита́н
(titán)
— chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
titanium
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
титан
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
титаниј
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
titan
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
titanij
— chemical element
Slovak:
titán
— chemical element
Slovene:
titan
— chemical element
Spanish:
titanio
— chemical element
Swahili:
titani
— chemical element
Swedish:
titan
— chemical element
Tajik:
титан
(titan)
— chemical element
Tamil:
டைட்டேனியம்
(ṭaiṭṭēṉiyam)
— chemical element
Telugu:
టైటానియం
(ṭaiṭāniyaṁ)
— chemical element
Thai:
ไทเทเนียม
(tai-tee-nîiam)
— chemical element
