lithium
French, noun/li.tjɔm/
lithium is spelled L-I-T-H-I-U-M (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lithium is a French masculine noun meaning “lithium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de numéro atomique 3 et de symbole Li. C’est l’élément solide le plus léger”.
What does lithium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelithium
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 3 et de symbole Li. C’est l’élément solide le plus léger. 2. Corps simple métallique mou et blanc argenté. 3. Atome (ou, par ellipse, noyau) de lithium.
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 lithium
- lithiums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lithium?
- /li.tjɔm/
- \li.tjɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lithium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lithium in French?
lithium appears 2.6 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).