Meanings
nounbarium (usually uncountable, plural bariums)
plural bariums
- uncountableusuallyThe chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
Synonyms: barytum
- countableusuallyA single atom of this element.
- uncountableusuallymedicineBarium sulphate suspension.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
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Baatomic number 56
Broader
metallic elementmetal
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Origin
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from baryta + -ium.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans barium
- bariumchemical element
Arabic بَارِيُوم
- بَارِيُوم (bāriyūm)chemical element
Basque barioa
- barioachemical element
Bulgarian ба́рий
- ба́рий (bárij)chemical element
Catalan bari
- barichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 鋇 /钡
- 鋇 /钡 (bèi)chemical element
Czech baryum
- baryumchemical element
Danish barium
- bariumchemical element
Dutch barium
- bariumchemical element
Esperanto bario
- bariochemical element
Estonian baarium
- baariumchemical element
Finnish barium
- bariumchemical element
French baryum
- baryumchemical element
German Barium
- Bariumchemical element
Greek βάριο
- βάριο (vário)chemical element
Hebrew בריום
- בריום (baryom)chemical element
Hindi हर्यातु
- हर्यातु (haryātu)chemical element
Hungarian bárium
- báriumchemical element
Icelandic barín
- barínchemical element
Irish bairiam
- bairiamchemical element
Italian bario
- bariochemical element
Japanese バリウム
- バリウム (bariumu)chemical element
Korean 바륨
- 바륨 (baryum)chemical element
Latvian bārijs
- bārijschemical element
Lithuanian baris
- barischemical element
Malay barium
- bariumchemical element
Māori konuokehu
- konuokehuchemical element
Norwegian Bokmål barium
- bariumchemical element
Persian باریم
- باریم (bâriyom)chemical element
Polish bar
- barchemical element
Portuguese bário
- báriochemical element
Romanian bariu
- bariuchemical element
Russian ба́рий
- ба́рий (bárij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic bairiam
- bairiamchemical element
Slovak bárium
- báriumchemical element
Spanish bario
- bariochemical element
Swedish barium
- bariumchemical element
Tamil பாரவியம்
- பாரவியம் (pāraviyam)chemical element
Thai แบเรียม
- แบเรียม (bɛɛ-rîiam)chemical element
Turkish baryum
- baryumchemical element
Ukrainian ба́рій
- ба́рій (bárij)chemical element
Vietnamese bari
- barichemical element
Welsh bariwm
- bariwmchemical element
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Cite this entry
APA
barium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barium
MLA
“barium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barium.
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