erbium
French, noun/ɛʁ.bjɔm/
erbium is spelled E-R-B-I-U-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erbium is a French masculine noun meaning “erbium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de numéro atomique 68 et de symbole Er qui fait partie de la série chimique des lanthanides…”.
What does erbium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineerbium
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 68 et de symbole Er qui fait partie de la série chimique des lanthanides et des terres rares. 2. Métal pur de cet élément, gris-argenté, malléable, ductile.
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 erbium?
- /ɛʁ.bjɔm/
- \ɛʁ.bjɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erbium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erbium in French?
erbium appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).