ytterbium
French, noun/i.tɛʁ.bjɔm/
ytterbium is spelled Y-T-T-E-R-B-I-U-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ytterbium is a French masculine noun meaning “ytterbium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de numéro atomique 70 et de symbole Yb qui fait partie de la série chimique des lanthanides…”.
What does ytterbium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineytterbium
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 70 et de symbole Yb 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 ytterbium?
- /i.tɛʁ.bjɔm/
- \i.tɛʁ.bjɔm\
- [i.tɛʁ.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 ytterbium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ytterbium in French?
ytterbium appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).