noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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zûrkō'nēəm
/zɜːɹˈkoʊniəm/
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noun
Meaning 1
A chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40, a strong, lustrous, grey-white transition metal mainly used as a refractory and opacifier.
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
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noun
Meaning 2
a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Zr, atomic number 40
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Etymology
From a New Latin coinage, from zircon. Doublet of jargonium.
Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
sirkonium
— chemical element
Albanian:
zirkonium
— chemical element
Arabic:
زِرْكُونِيُوم
(zirkūniyūm)
— chemical element
Armenian:
ցիրկոնիում
(cʻirkonium)
— chemical element
Asturian:
circoniu
— chemical element
Azerbaijani:
sirkonium
— chemical element
Basque:
zirkonioa
— chemical element
Belarusian:
цырко́ній
(cyrkónij)
— chemical element
Bengali:
জিরকোনিয়াম
(jirkōniẏam)
— chemical element
Breton:
zirkoniom
— chemical element
Bulgarian:
цирко́ний
(cirkónij)
— chemical element
Burmese:
ဇာကိုနီယမ်
(jakuiniyam)
— chemical element
Catalan:
zirconi
— chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
鋯 /锆
(gào)
— chemical element
Cornish:
zirkoniom
— chemical element
Czech:
zirkonium
— chemical element
Danish:
zirconium
— chemical element
Dutch:
zirkonium
— chemical element
Dutch:
zirkoon
— chemical element
Esperanto:
zirkonio
— chemical element
Estonian:
tsirkoonium
— chemical element
Faroese:
zirkon
— chemical element
Finnish:
zirkonium
— chemical element
French:
zirconium
— chemical element
West-Frisian:
zirkonium
— chemical element
Galician:
circonio
— chemical element
Georgian:
ცირკონიუმი
(cirḳoniumi)
— chemical element
German:
Zirkon
— chemical element
German:
Zirkonium
— chemical element
Greek:
ζιρκόνιο
(zirkónio)
— chemical element
Hebrew:
זירקוניום
(zirkónyum)
— chemical element
Hindi:
गोमेदातु
(gomedātu)
— chemical element
Hindi:
ज़र्कोनियम
(zarkoniyam)
— chemical element
Hungarian:
cirkónium
— chemical element
Icelandic:
sirkon
— chemical element
Interlingua:
zirconium
— chemical element
Irish:
siorcóiniam
— chemical element
Italian:
zirconio
— chemical element
Japanese:
ジルコニウム
(jirukoniumu)
— chemical element
Kazakh:
цирконий
(sirkonii)
— chemical element
Khmer:
សៀកូញ៉ូម
(siəkouñoum)
— chemical element
Korean:
지르코늄
(jireukonyum)
— chemical element
Kyrgyz:
цирконий
(tsirkoniy)
— chemical element
Latvian:
cirkonijs
— chemical element
Lithuanian:
cirkonis
— chemical element
Macedonian:
циркониум
(cirkonium)
— chemical element
Malay:
zirkonium
— chemical element
Maltese:
żirkonju
— chemical element
Mongolian:
циркони
(cirkoni)
— chemical element
Norwegian:
zirkonium
— chemical element
Occitan:
zircòni
— chemical element
Persian:
زیرکونیم
(zirkoniyom)
— chemical element
Polish:
cyrkon
— chemical element
Portuguese:
zircónio
— chemical element
Portuguese:
zircônio
— chemical element
Romanian:
zirconiu
— chemical element
Russian:
цирко́ний
(cirkónij)
— chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
siorcòiniam
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
цирконијум
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
цѝрко̄ниј
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
cirkonijum
— chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
cìrkōnij
— chemical element
Slovak:
zirkónium
— chemical element
Slovene:
cirkonij
— chemical element
Spanish:
circonio
— chemical element
Swedish:
zirkonium
— chemical element
Tagalog:
sirkonyo
— chemical element
Tajik:
тсирконий
(tsirkoniy)
— chemical element
Tajik:
сирконий
(sirkoniy)
— chemical element
Tamil:
வன்தங்கம்
(vaṉtaṅkam)
— chemical element
Tamil:
சிர்க்கோனியம்
(cirkkōṉiyam)
— chemical element
Tatar:
цирконий
(tsirqöniy)
— chemical element
Thai:
เซอร์โคเนียม
(səə-koo-nîiam)
— chemical element
Turkish:
zirkonyum
— chemical element
Ottoman Turkish:
زیرقونیوم
(zīrqōniyūm)
— chemical element
Turkmen:
sirkoniý
— chemical element
Ukrainian:
цирко́ній
(cyrkónij)
— chemical element
