cadmium
cad·mi·um/ˈkædmiəm/noun
cadmium is spelled C-A-D-M-I-U-M: 7 letters and 3 syllables (cad·mi·um). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cadmium means “A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cadmium is cadmiums.
How many letters and syllables are in cadmium?
| Letters | 7: C-A-D-M-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cad·mi·um |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,912th 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 cadmium?
Cadmium appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th 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 cadmium?
- /ˈkædmiəm/
Cadmium has 3 syllables, split cad·mi·um in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cadmium.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-cadmium.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cadmium
- cadmiums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cadmium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal.
- 2
A single atom of this element.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate cadmium?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of cadmium: cad..
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Cadmium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense chemical element:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cadmium come from?
1817, from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía, “calamine”), a cadmium-bearing mixture of minerals, which was named after the king Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).