noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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ĭt'rēəm
/ˈɪtɹiːəm/
/ˈjɪtɹiːəm/
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CMU ARPABET:IH1 T R IY0 AH0 M
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noun
Meaning 1
A silvery metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 39, mainly found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare earth minerals.
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 silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Y, atomic number 39
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Etymology
From Ytterby + -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden, the same etymological source as terbium, erbium, and ytterbium.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
yttrium
— chemical element
Albanian:
itrium
— chemical element
Arabic:
إِتْرِيُوم
(ʔitriyūm)
— chemical element
Arabic:
أُتْرِيُوم
(ʔutriyūm)
— chemical element
Armenian:
իտրիում
(itrium)
— chemical element
Asturian:
itriu
— chemical element
Basque:
itrioa
— chemical element
Belarusian:
і́трый
(ítryj)
— chemical element
Breton:
itriom
— chemical element
Bulgarian:
и́трий
(ítrij)
— chemical element
Catalan:
itri
— chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
釔 /钇
(yǐ)
— chemical element
Cornish:
ytriom
— chemical element
Czech:
yttrium
— chemical element
Danish:
yttrium
— chemical element
Dutch:
yttrium
— chemical element
Esperanto:
itrio
— chemical element
Estonian:
ütrium
— chemical element
Faroese:
yttrium
— chemical element
Finnish:
yttrium
— chemical element
French:
yttrium
— chemical element
West-Frisian:
yttrium
— chemical element
Friulian:
itri
— chemical element
Galician:
itrio
— chemical element
Georgian:
იტრიუმი
(iṭriumi)
— chemical element
German:
Yttrium
— chemical element
Greek:
ύττριο
(ýttrio)
— chemical element
Hebrew:
איטריום
(ítriyum)
— chemical element
Hindi:
भृशला
(bhŕślā)
— chemical element
Hungarian:
ittrium
— chemical element
Icelandic:
yttrín
— chemical element
Ido:
yitro
— chemical element
Interlingua:
yttrium
— chemical element
Irish:
itriam
— chemical element
Italian:
ittrio
— chemical element
Japanese:
イットリウム
(ittoriumu)
— chemical element
Kashubian:
éter
— chemical element
Kazakh:
иттрий
(ittrii)
— chemical element
Khmer:
អ៊ីទ្រីយ៉ូម
(ʼiitriiyoum)
— chemical element
