hafnium
French, noun/af.njɔm/
hafnium is a French masculine noun meaning “hafnium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de numéro atomique 72 et de symbole Hf qui fait partie de la série chimique des métaux de…”.
What does hafnium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehafnium
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 72 et de symbole Hf qui fait partie de la série chimique des métaux de transition. 2. Métal pur de cet élément.
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 hafnium?
- /af.njɔm/
- ^((h muet))\af.njɔm\
- ^((h aspiré))\af.njɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hafnium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hafnium in French?
hafnium appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).