calcium
French, noun/kal.sjɔm/
calcium is spelled C-A-L-C-I-U-M (7 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calcium is a French masculine noun meaning “calcium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de numéro atomique 20 et de symbole Ca qui fait partie des métaux alcalino-terreux”.
What does calcium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecalcium
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élément chimique de numéro atomique 20 et de symbole Ca qui fait partie des métaux alcalino-terreux. 2. Ion de cet élément, noté Ca²⁺ ou Ca⁺⁺. 3. Métal gris et mou, forme métallique pure de l’élément. 4. Atome, noyau de calcium.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of calcium
- calciums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calcium?
- /kal.sjɔm/
- \kal.sjɔm\
- [l̪ə kal̪.sjɔm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calcium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calcium in French?
calcium appears 3.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).