noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɪˈtɜː.bi.əm/
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General-American:/ɪˈtɚ.bi.əm/
General-American:/ˈjə.tɚ.bi.əm/
General-American:/ˈjɪ.tɚ.bi.əm/
General-American:/jəˈtɚ.bi.əm/
General-American:/jɪˈtɚ.bi.əm/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)biəm
1
noun
Meaning 1
A metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 70.
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: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Yb, atomic number 70
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Etymology
From Ytterby + -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden, the same etymological source as yttrium, terbium, and erbium.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
ytterbium
— chemical element
Albanian:
iterb
— chemical element
Arabic:
أُوتِّرْبِيُوم
(ʔūttirbiyūm)
— chemical element
Arabic:
يُتِرْبِيُوم
(yutirbiyūm)
— chemical element
Arabic:
إِتِيرْبِيُوم
(ʔitīrbiyūm)
— chemical element
Armenian:
իտերբիում
(iterbium)
— chemical element
Asturian:
iterbiu
— chemical element
Basque:
iterbioa
— chemical element
Belarusian:
ітэ́рбій
(itérbij)
— chemical element
Breton:
iterbiom
— chemical element
Bulgarian:
ите́рбий
(itérbij)
— chemical element
Catalan:
iterbi
— chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
鐿 /镱
(yì)
— chemical element
Cornish:
yterbyum
— chemical element
Czech:
ytterbium
— chemical element
Danish:
ytterbium
— chemical element
Dutch:
ytterbium
— chemical element
Esperanto:
iterbio
— chemical element
Estonian:
üterbium
— chemical element
Faroese:
ytterbium
— chemical element
Finnish:
ytterbium
— chemical element
French:
ytterbium
— chemical element
West-Frisian:
ytterbium
— chemical element
Friulian:
iterbi
— chemical element
Galician:
iterbio
— chemical element
Georgian:
იტერბიუმი
(iṭerbiumi)
— chemical element
German:
Ytterbium
— chemical element
Greek:
υττέρβιο
(yttérvio)
— chemical element
Hebrew:
איטרביום
(itérbiyum)
— chemical element
Hindi:
श्वेतला
(śvetlā)
— chemical element
Hungarian:
itterbium
— chemical element
Icelandic:
ytterbín
— chemical element
Ido:
yiterbo
— chemical element
Irish:
itéirbiam
— chemical element
Italian:
itterbio
— chemical element
Japanese:
イッテルビウム
(itterubiumu)
— chemical element
Japanese:
鐿
— chemical element
Kashubian:
éterb
— chemical element
Kazakh:
иттербий
(itterbii)
— chemical element
Khmer:
អ៊ីទែប្យូម
(iitɛɛbyuum)
— chemical element
Korean:
이테르븀
(itereubyum)
— chemical element
Korean:
이터븀
(iteobyum)
— chemical element
Latin:
ytterbium
— chemical element
Latvian:
iterbijs
— chemical element
Lithuanian:
iterbis
— chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Ytterbium
— chemical element
Macedonian:
ите́рбиум
(itérbium)
— chemical element
Malay:
iterbium
— chemical element
Maltese:
itterbjum
— chemical element
Manx:
ytterbium
— chemical element
Mongolian:
иттерби
(itterbi)
— chemical element
Norwegian Bokmål:
ytterbium
— chemical element
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ytterbium
— chemical element
Polish:
iterb
— chemical element
Portuguese:
itérbio
— chemical element
Romanian:
yterbiu
— chemical element
Russian:
итте́рбий
(ittérbij)
— chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
itèirbiam
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
итербиjум
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
итербиj
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
iterbij
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
iterbijum
— chemical element
Slovak:
ytterbium
— chemical element
Slovene:
iterbij
— chemical element
Spanish:
iterbio
— chemical element
Swedish:
ytterbium
— chemical element
Tajik:
иттербий
(itterbiy)
— chemical element
Tamil:
திகழ்வெள்ளீயம்
(tikaḻveḷḷīyam)
— chemical element
Thai:
อิตเทอร์เบียม
(ìt-təə-bîiam)
— chemical element
