yttrium

From Ytterby +‎ -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden, the same etymological source as terbium, erbium, and ytterbium.

• enPR: ĭt'rēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈɪtɹiːəm/, /ˈjɪtɹiːəm/

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yttrium (usually uncountable, plural yttriums)

1. A silvery metallic chemical element (symbol Y) with an atomic number of 39, mainly found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare-earth minerals.

• bastnasite

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yttrium (uncountable)

1. yttrium

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪtrɪjum]
• Hyphenation: yt‧t‧rium

yttrium n

1. yttrium (metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 39)

From Swedish Ytterby +‎ -ium.

yttrium n (singular definite yttriummet, not used in plural form)

1. yttrium

• “yttrium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from New Latin yttrium or Swedish yttrium. Named after Ytterby in Sweden. The first mention is from the late eighteenth century, which in fact referred to gadolinite, a mineral that was at the time misidentified as an element.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.tri.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: yt‧tri‧um

yttrium n (uncountable)

1. yttrium [from mid 19th c.]

Internationalism (see English yttrium).

• IPA^(key): /ˈyt(ː)rium/, [ˈyt̪.(t̪)rium]
• Rhymes: -yt(ː)rium
• Syllabification^(key): ytt‧ri‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): ytt‧ri‧um

yttrium

1. yttrium

• IPA^(key): /i.tʁi.jɔm/

yttrium m (uncountable)

1. yttrium

• “yttrium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈyt.tri.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈit̪.t̪ri.um]

yttrium n (genitive yttriī); second declension

1. yttrium

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʏtrɪɵm/

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yttrium n (uncountable)

1. yttrium

• yttrium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• yttrium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• yttrium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH