titanium

From Latin titanium.

• enPR: tītā'nēəm, IPA^(key): /taɪˈteɪni.əm/; enPR: tĭtā'nēəm, IPA^(key): /tɪˈteɪni.əm/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniəm

titanium (countable and uncountable, plural titaniums)

2. A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.
   • 2025 January 15, “FDA moves to eliminate carcinogenic Red 3 from foods”, in Center for Science in the Public Interest‎^[1]:

     Even as FDA works to develop that plan, consumers continue to be exposed to unsafe food chemicals including not just dyes but also the artificial sweetener aspartame, the white pigment titanium dioxide, the preservative propylparaben, and the phthalate food packaging chemicals, according to CSPI.

3. (countable) A single atom of this element.

• anatase
• brookite
• ilmenite
• perovskite
• rutile
• sphene

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Titanium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “titanium”, in Mindat.org‎^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán) +‎ -ium.

titanium n (singular definite titaniummet, not used in plural form)

1. titanium

   Synonym: titan

• “titanium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from New Latin titanium, named after Titania, a moon of Uranus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌtiˈtaː.ni.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: ti‧ta‧ni‧um

titanium n (uncountable)

1. titanium

   Synonym: titaan

Coined in 1791 by chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth, derived from Tītān (“Titan”) +‎ -ium (chemical element suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tiːˈtaː.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪iˈt̪aː.ni.um]

tītānium n (genitive tītāniī); second declension

1. (New Latin) titanium

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• IPA^(key): [ti˧ˈcaː˨ɲɔ˧m]

titanium n

1. (uncountable) titanium
2. A part of titanium

From English titanium.

• IPA^(key): [titaniom], [titani.əm], [tai̯teni.əm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

titanium

1. titanium (chemical element)