noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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vənā'dēəm
/vəˈneɪdi.əm/
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CMU ARPABET:V AH0 N EY1 D IY0 AH0 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
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
An 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 soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: V, atomic number 23
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1weh2-der. Proto-Germanic *wanaz Old Norse vanr Old Norse Vana Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dhéh1sder. Proto-Germanic *dīsiz Old Norse dís Old Norse Dís Old Norse Vanadís Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium New Latin vanadiumder. English vanadium Mid 19th century, from New Latin vanadium.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
vanadium
— chemical element
Albanian:
vanad
— chemical element
Arabic:
فَنَادِيُوم m or فَنَدْيُوم
(fanādiyūm)
— chemical element
Arabic:
وَنَدْيُوم
(wanadyūm)
— chemical element
Armenian:
վանադիում
(vanadium)
— chemical element
Asturian:
vanadiu
— chemical element
Basque:
banadioa
— chemical element
Belarusian:
вана́дый
(vanádyj)
— chemical element
Breton:
vanadiom
— chemical element
Bulgarian:
вана́дий
(vanádij)
— chemical element
Catalan:
vanadi
— chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
釩 /钒
(fán)
— chemical element
Cornish:
vanadyum
— chemical element
Czech:
vanad
— chemical element
Danish:
vanadium
— chemical element
Dutch:
vanadium
— chemical element
Esperanto:
vanadio
— chemical element
Estonian:
vanaadium
— chemical element
Faroese:
vanadium
— chemical element
Finnish:
vanadiini
— chemical element
French:
vanadium
— chemical element
West-Frisian:
vanadium
— chemical element
Friulian:
vanadi
— chemical element
Galician:
vanadio
— chemical element
Georgian:
ვანადიუმი
(vanadiumi)
— chemical element
German:
Vanadium
— chemical element
Greek:
βανάδιο
(vanádio)
— chemical element
Hebrew:
ונדיום
(vanádium)
— chemical element
Hindi:
रोचातु
(rocātu)
— chemical element
Hungarian:
vanádium
— chemical element
Icelandic:
vanadín
— chemical element
Interlingua:
vanadium
— chemical element
Irish:
vanaidiam
— chemical element
Italian:
vanadio
— chemical element
Japanese:
バナジウム
(banajiumu)
— chemical element
Kashubian:
wônôd
— chemical element
Kazakh:
ванадий
(vanadii)
— chemical element
Khmer:
វ៉ាណាដ្យូម
(vaanaadyoum)
— chemical element
Korean:
바나듐
(banadyum)
— chemical element
Latin:
vanadium
— chemical element
Latvian:
vanādijs
— chemical element
Lingala:
vanadu class 9a/10a
— chemical element
Lithuanian:
vanadis
— chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Vanadium
— chemical element
Malay:
vanadium
— chemical element
Maltese:
vanadju
— chemical element
Manx:
vanaadjum
— chemical element
Mongolian:
ванади
(vanadi)
— chemical element
Norwegian Bokmål:
vanadium
— chemical element
Norwegian Nynorsk:
vanadium
— chemical element
Occitan:
vanadi
— chemical element
Polish:
wanad
— chemical element
Portuguese:
vanádio
— chemical element
Romanian:
vanadiu
— chemical element
Russian:
вана́дий
(vanádij)
— chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
vanaidiam
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
ванадијум
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
ванадиј
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
vanadijum
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
vanadij
— chemical element
Slovak:
vanád
— chemical element
Slovene:
vanadij
— chemical element
Spanish:
vanadio
— chemical element
Swahili:
vanadi
— chemical element
Swedish:
vanadin
— chemical element
Tagalog:
banadyo
— chemical element
Tajik:
vanadi'
— chemical element
Tamil:
பழீயம்
(paḻīyam)
— chemical element
Tamil:
வனேடியம்
(vaṉēṭiyam)
— chemical element
Thai:
วาเนเดียม
(waa-nee-dîiam)
— chemical element
