Meanings
nounberyllium (countable and uncountable, plural berylliums)
plural berylliums
- uncountablechemistryThe chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
- countablechemistryAn atom of this element.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
Broader
metallic elementmetal
Also see
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Origin
- Latinbēryllium
- Latinbēryllium
- Englishberyllium
By surface analysis, beryl + -ium, so called because the element is a key component of the mineral beryl.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans berillium
- berilliumchemical element
Arabic بِرِيلِيُوم
- بِرِيلِيُوم (birīliyūm)chemical element
Basque berilioa
- berilioachemical element
Bengali বেরিলিয়াম
- বেরিলিয়াম (beriliẏam)chemical element
Bulgarian бери́лий
- бери́лий (berílij)chemical element
Catalan beril·li
- beril·lichemical element
Chinese Cantonese 鈹 /铍
- 鈹 /铍 (pei⁴)chemical element
Chinese Mandarin 鈹 /铍
- 鈹 /铍 (pí)chemical element
Czech berylium
- beryliumchemical element
Danish beryllium
- berylliumchemical element
Dutch beryllium
- berylliumchemical element
Esperanto berilio
- beriliochemical element
Estonian berüllium
- berülliumchemical element
Finnish beryllium
- berylliumchemical element
French béryllium
- bérylliumchemical element
German Beryllium
- Berylliumchemical element
Greek βηρύλλιο
- βηρύλλιο (virýllio)chemical element
Hawaiian beryllium
- berylliumchemical element
Hebrew בֵּרִילְיוּם
- בֵּרִילְיוּם (berilium)chemical element
Hindi विडूर
- विडूर (viḍūr)chemical element
Hungarian berillium
- berilliumchemical element
Icelandic beryllín
- beryllínchemical element
Indonesian berilium
- beriliumchemical element
Irish beirilliam
- beirilliamchemical element
Italian berillio
- berilliochemical element
Japanese ベリリウム
- ベリリウム (beririumu)chemical element
Korean 베릴륨
- 베릴륨 (berillyum)chemical element
Latin beryllium
- berylliumchemical element
Latvian berilijs
- berilijschemical element
Lithuanian berilis
- berilischemical element
Malay berilium
- beriliumchemical element
Māori konuuku
- konuukuchemical element
Norwegian Bokmål beryllium
- berylliumchemical element
Persian بریلیوم
- بریلیوم (beriliyom)chemical element
Polish beryl
- berylchemical element
Portuguese berílio
- beríliochemical element
Punjabi ਬੇਰਿਲੀਅਮ
- ਬੇਰਿਲੀਅਮ (berilīama)chemical element
Romanian beriliu
- beriliuchemical element
Russian бери́ллий
- бери́ллий (beríllij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic beirilliam
- beirilliamchemical element
Slovak berýlium
- berýliumchemical element
Spanish berilio
- beriliochemical element
Swahili berili
- berilichemical element
Swedish beryllium
- berylliumchemical element
Tagalog berilyo
- berilyochemical element
Tamil வெளிரியம்
- வெளிரியம் (veḷiriyam)chemical element
Thai เบริลเลียม
- เบริลเลียม (bee-ril-lîiam)chemical element
Turkish berilyum
- berilyumchemical element
Ukrainian бери́лій
- бери́лій (berýlij)chemical element
Urdu بیریلیم
- بیریلیم (berelem)chemical element
Vietnamese berili, beri
- berilichemical element
- berichemical element
Welsh beryliwm
- beryliwmchemical element
Yiddish בעריליום
- בעריליום (berilyum)chemical element
Cite this entry
APA
beryllium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beryllium
MLA
“beryllium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beryllium. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beryllium,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beryllium.
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