escândio
Portuguese, noun/isˈkɐ̃.d͡ʒju/
escândio is spelled E-S-C-Â-N-D-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escândio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scandium (chemical element)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elemento químico de símbolo Sc, possui o número atômico 21 e massa atômica relativa 44,955; é um metal de…”.
What does escândio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescandium (chemical element)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elemento químico de símbolo Sc, possui o número atômico 21 e massa atômica relativa 44,955; é um metal de transição, do grupo das terras raras, mole, muito leve e resistente a ácidos; o óxido de escândio é utilizado na fabricação de lâmpadas de vapor de mercúrio
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escândio
- escândios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escândio?
- Brazil /isˈkɐ̃.d͡ʒju/
- Brazil /esˈkɐ̃.d͡ʒju/
- /iʃˈkɐ̃.d͡ʒju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escândio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escândio in Portuguese?
escândio appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).