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polonium

French, noun/pɔ.lɔ.njɔm/

polonium is spelled P-O-L-O-N-I-U-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 58,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polonium is a French masculine noun meaning “polonium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de symbole chimique Po et de numéro atomique 84, naturellement présent à l’état de traces…”.

What does polonium mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepolonium

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 symbole chimique Po et de numéro atomique 84, naturellement présent à l’état de traces, dont tous les isotopes sont radioactifs et généralement classé parmi les métaux post-transition. 2. Corps simple correspondant à cet élément, métal radioactif, généralement décrit comme argenté et très volatil, utilisé notamment comme source de particules alpha.

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 polonium?

  • /pɔ.lɔ.njɔm/
  • \pɔ.lɔ.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 polonium

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is polonium in French?

polonium appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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