berkelium

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/bɜːɹˈkiːliəm//ˈbɜːɹkliəm/

noun

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.

Similar
Bkatomic number 97
OriginEnglish Berkeley ← Old English leah ← Proto-West Germanic *lauh →
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Meanings

nounberkelium (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97.
    1. countablechemistryAn atom of this element.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium

Similar
Bkatomic number 97
Broader
metallic elementmetal
Also see
bk

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerHǵós
  2. Proto-Germanic*berkō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*berku
  4. Old Englishbeorc
  5. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lówkos
  7. Proto-Germanic*lauhaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*lauh
  9. Old Englishleah
  10. EnglishBerkeley
  11. Englishberkelium

After Berkeley, California, because of discovery at UC Berkeley, + -ium.

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Translations

Afrikaans berkelium
  • berkeliumtransuranic chemical element
Arabic بِرْكِيلِيُوم
  • بِرْكِيلِيُوم (birkīliyūm)transuranic chemical element
Basque berkelioa
  • berkelioatransuranic chemical element
Bulgarian бе́рклий
  • бе́рклий (bérklij)transuranic chemical element
Catalan berkeli
  • berkelitransuranic chemical element
Chinese Mandarin 錇 /锫, 鉳
  • 錇 /锫 (péi)transuranic chemical element
  • 鉳 (běi)transuranic chemical element
Czech berkelium
  • berkeliumtransuranic chemical element
Danish berkelium
  • berkeliumtransuranic chemical element
Dutch berkelium
  • berkeliumtransuranic chemical element
Esperanto berkelio
  • berkeliotransuranic chemical element
Estonian berkeelium
  • berkeeliumtransuranic chemical element
Finnish berkelium
  • berkeliumtransuranic chemical element
French berkélium
  • berkéliumtransuranic chemical element
German Berkelium
  • Berkeliumtransuranic chemical element
Greek μπερκέλιο
  • μπερκέλιο (berkélio)transuranic chemical element
Hebrew ברקליום
  • ברקליום (berkliyum)transuranic chemical element
Hungarian berkélium
  • berkéliumtransuranic chemical element
Icelandic berkelín
  • berkelíntransuranic chemical element
Irish beircéiliam
  • beircéiliamtransuranic chemical element
Italian berkelio
  • berkeliotransuranic chemical element
Japanese バークリウム
  • バークリウム (bākuriumu)transuranic chemical element
Korean 버클륨
  • 버클륨 (beokeullyum)transuranic chemical element
Latin berkelium
  • berkeliumtransuranic chemical element
Latvian berklijs
  • berklijstransuranic chemical element
Lithuanian berklis
  • berklistransuranic chemical element
Malay berkelium
  • berkeliumtransuranic chemical element
Norwegian berkelium
  • berkeliumtransuranic chemical element
Persian برکلیم
  • برکلیم (berkelyom)transuranic chemical element
Polish berkel
  • berkeltransuranic chemical element
Portuguese berquélio
  • berquéliotransuranic chemical element
Romanian berkeliu
  • berkeliutransuranic chemical element
Russian берке́лий, бе́рклий
  • берке́лий (berkélij)transuranic chemical element
  • бе́рклий (bérklij)transuranic chemical element
Scottish Gaelic beircèiliam
  • beircèiliamtransuranic chemical element
Slovak berkelium
  • berkeliumtransuranic chemical element
Spanish berkelio
  • berkeliotransuranic chemical element
Swedish berkelium
  • berkeliumtransuranic chemical element
Tamil பெர்கெலியம்
  • பெர்கெலியம் (perkeliyam)transuranic chemical element
Thai เบอร์คีเลียม
  • เบอร์คีเลียม (bəə-kii-lîiam)transuranic chemical element
Turkish berkelyum
  • berkelyumtransuranic chemical element
Ukrainian берке́лій, бе́рклій
  • берке́лій (berkélij)transuranic chemical element
  • бе́рклій (bérklij)transuranic chemical element
Vietnamese beckeli
  • beckelitransuranic chemical element
Welsh berkeliwm
  • berkeliwmtransuranic chemical element

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with berkelium

heliumepitheliumendotheliummyceliummesotheliumurotheliumantiheliumapheliumdiheliumexotheliumhydridoheliumhyperheliumhypotracheliummyoepitheliumnonheliumparaheliumperiheliumradioheliumsubendotheliumteliumtracheliumuroepithelium
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Cite this entry
APA

berkelium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berkelium

MLA

“berkelium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berkelium. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “berkelium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/berkelium.

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