itérbio
Portuguese, noun/iˈtɛʁ.bju/
itérbio is spelled I-T-É-R-B-I-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese, the 225,105th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Itérbio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ytterbium (chemical element)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elemento químico de símbolo Yb, possui o número atômico 70 e massa atômica relativa 173,04 u; é um metal de…”.
What does itérbio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineytterbium (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 Yb, possui o número atômico 70 e massa atômica relativa 173,04 u; é um metal de transição interna (lantanídeo) de cor branco prateado; é obtido de minerais como a gadolinita, euxenita e a monazita; é utilizado em aparelhos de raio-x portáteis e em ligas metálicas para odontologia
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 itérbio
- itérbios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce itérbio?
- Brazil /iˈtɛʁ.bju/
- Brazil [iˈtɛɦ.bju]
- /iˈtɛɾ.bju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to itérbio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is itérbio in Portuguese?
itérbio appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).