yttrium
French, noun/i.tʁi.jɔm/
yttrium is spelled Y-T-T-R-I-U-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yttrium is a French masculine noun meaning “yttrium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de numéro atomique 39 et de symbole Y, qui fait partie de la série des métaux de transition”.
What does yttrium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyttrium
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 39 et de symbole Y, qui fait partie de la série des métaux de transition.
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 yttrium?
- /i.tʁi.jɔm/
- \i.tʁi.jɔm\
- [i.tʁi.jɔm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to yttrium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is yttrium in French?
yttrium appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).