dysprosium
French, noun/dis.pʁɔ.zjɔm/
dysprosium is spelled D-Y-S-P-R-O-S-I-U-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dysprosium is a French masculine noun meaning “dysprosium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de numéro atomique 66 et de symbole Dy qui fait partie de la série chimique des lanthanides…”.
What does dysprosium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedysprosium
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 66 et de symbole Dy qui fait partie de la série chimique des lanthanides et des terres rares. 2. Métal pur de cet élément, gris-argenté, malléable, ductile, assez mou, relativement stable à l’air à température ambiante.
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.
How do you pronounce dysprosium?
- /dis.pʁɔ.zjɔm/
- \dis.pʁo.zjɔm\
- \dis.pʁɔ.zjɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dysprosium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dysprosium in French?
dysprosium appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).