europium
\ø.ʁɔ.pjɔm\
The verdict
“europium” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 63 et de symbole Eu qui fait partie de la série chimique des lanthanides et des terres rares ; a une masse atomique de 151,96u.
Corpus desk
Index FR-europium · europium · French
europium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | europium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ø.ʁɔ.pjɔm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « europium » en français
Rare enough to double-check
europium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ø.ʁɔ.pjɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for europium in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is europium, spelled E-U-R-O-P-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de numéro atomique 63 et de symbole Eu qui fait partie de la série chimique des lanthanides et des terres rares ; a une masse atomique de 151,96u.
- 2Corps simple de cet élément, très réactif, assez ductile, dur, et rapidement oxydé à l’air à température ambiante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how europium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’europium, comme tous les lanthanides, est une terre rare.
Dans les années 1960, le site fabrique de l’europium, utilisé pour les téléviseurs couleur.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.