bdellium
bdel·li·um/ˈdɛ.li.əm/noun
bdellium is spelled B-D-E-L-L-I-U-M: 8 letters and 3 syllables (bdel·li·um). It appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bdellium means “An aromatic gum-like balsam extracted from one of several species of tree in the genus Commiphora” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bdellium is bdelliums.
How many letters and syllables are in bdellium?
| Letters | 8: B-D-E-L-L-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: bdel·li·um |
| In writing | about once in every 76 million words; the 275,970th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bdellium?
Bdellium appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bdellium?
- /ˈdɛ.li.əm/
- /b(ə)ˈdɛli.əm/
Bdellium has 3 syllables, split bdel·li·um in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-bdellium.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bdellium
- bdelliums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bdellium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An aromatic gum-like balsam extracted from one of several species of tree in the genus Commiphora.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bdellium come from?
Borrowed from Latin bdellium, from Ancient Greek βδέλλιον (bdéllion), itself perhaps from Hebrew בְּדֹלַח (bdólakh), cognate with Akkadian 𒁉𒁺𒌨𒄷 (bidurḫu) or from Sanskrit भिदुर (bhidura, “something brittle, fragile, easily split or broken”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).