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rhodian

/ˈroʊdi.ən/adjective

rhodian is an adjective meaning “Containing rhodium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-H-O-D-I-A-N, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does rhodian mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Containing rhodium.

adjective

as Rhodian
  1. 1

    From, or pertaining to, the Greek island of Rhodes or its people.

noun

as Rhodian
  1. 1

    Someone from the island of Rhodes

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce rhodian?

  • UK /ˈrəʊdɪən/
  • US /ˈroʊdi.ən/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is rhodian?

Rhodian appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th 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).

Rhodian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchrhodien, rhodienne (of Rhodes), Rhodien, Rhodienne (Someone from the island of Rhodes)
Spanishrodio (of Rhodes), rodia (Someone from the island of Rhodes)

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 rhodian come from?

From rhodium + -ian.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).