bismuth

B3I1S1M3U1T1H4
/ˈbɪz.məθ/

noun

A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.

Similar
Biatomic number 83
OriginGerman Wismuth ← Old High German hwiz →
Less commonScrabble 14
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Meanings

nounbismuth (countable and uncountable, plural bismuths)

plural bismuths

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.
    1. countablechemistryAn atom of this element.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals

Similar
Biatomic number 83
Broader
metallic elementmetal
Also see
bi

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old High Germanhwiz
  2. GermanWismuth
  3. Englishbismuth

From German Wismuth. Often explained as a miner's contraction of wis mat "white mass" from Old High German hwiz "white".

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Translations

Afrikaans bismut
  • bismutchemical element
Arabic بِزْمُوث, بِزْمُوت
  • بِزْمُوث (bizmūṯ)chemical element
  • بِزْمُوت (bizmūt)chemical element
Basque bismutoa
  • bismutoachemical element
Bulgarian би́смут
  • би́смут (bísmut)chemical element
Catalan bismut
  • bismutchemical element
Chinese Mandarin 鉍 /铋
  • 鉍 /铋 (bì)chemical element
Czech bismut, vizmut
  • bismutchemical element
  • vizmutchemical element
Danish vismuth
  • vismuthchemical element
Dutch bismut
  • bismutchemical element
Esperanto bismuto
  • bismutochemical element
Estonian vismut
  • vismutchemical element
Finnish vismutti
  • vismuttichemical element
French bismuth
  • bismuthchemical element
German Wismut, Bismut
  • Wismutchemical element
  • Bismutchemical element
Greek βισμούθιο
  • βισμούθιο (vismoúthio)chemical element
Hebrew בִּיסְמוּת
  • בִּיסְמוּת (bismút)chemical element
Hindi भिदातु
  • भिदातु (bhidātu)chemical element
Hungarian bizmut
  • bizmutchemical element
Icelandic bismút
  • bismútchemical element
Irish biosmat
  • biosmatchemical element
Italian bismuto
  • bismutochemical element
Japanese ビスマス, 蒼鉛
  • ビスマス (bisumusu)chemical element
  • 蒼鉛 (sōen)chemical element
Korean 비스무트, 창연
  • 비스무트 (biseumuteu)chemical element
  • 창연 (chang'yeon)chemical element
Latin bisemutum
  • bisemutumchemical element
Latvian bismuts
  • bismutschemical element
Lithuanian bismutas
  • bismutaschemical element
Malay bismut, timah wurung
  • bismutchemical element
  • timah wurungchemical element
Norwegian Bokmål vismut
  • vismutchemical element
Persian بیسموت
  • بیسموت (bismut)chemical element
Polish bizmut
  • bizmutchemical element
Portuguese bismuto
  • bismutochemical element
Romanian bismut
  • bismutchemical element
Russian ви́смут
  • ви́смут (vísmut)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic biosmat
  • biosmatchemical element
Slovak bizmut
  • bizmutchemical element
Spanish bismuto
  • bismutochemical element
Swedish vismut
  • vismutchemical element
Tamil பிஸ்மத்
  • பிஸ்மத் (pismat)chemical element
Thai บิสมัท
  • บิสมัท (bís-mát)chemical element
Turkish bizmut
  • bizmutchemical element
Ukrainian ві́смут
  • ві́смут (vísmut)chemical element
Vietnamese bitmut, bismut
  • bitmutchemical element
  • bismutchemical element
Welsh bismwth
  • bismwthchemical element
Yiddish וויזמוט
  • וויזמוט (vizmut)chemical element

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

shitbum
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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