Meanings
chromium1
plural chromiums
- countableuncountableA chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.
Synonyms: chrome
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounA chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing
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Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰrṓwmə
- Ancient Greekχρῶμα (khrôma)
- Frenchchrome
- New Latinchromium
- Englishchromium
From New Latin, from French chrome (from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”)) + -ium. So called because of the striking colors of its compounds.
More words from French, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans chroom
- chroomchemical element
Arabic كُرُوم
- كُرُوم (kurūm)chemical element
Basque kromoa
- kromoachemical element
Bulgarian хром
- хром (hrom)chemical element
Catalan crom
- cromchemical element
Chinese Mandarin 鉻 /铬
- 鉻 /铬 (gè)chemical element
Czech chrom
- chromchemical element
Danish krom
- kromchemical element
Dutch chroom
- chroomchemical element
Esperanto kromo
- kromochemical element
Estonian kroom
- kroomchemical element
Finnish kromi
- kromichemical element
French chrome
- chromechemical element
German Chrom
- Chromchemical element
Greek χρώμιο
- χρώμιο (chrómio)chemical element
Hebrew כְּרוֹם
- כְּרוֹם (krom)chemical element
Hindi वर्णातु, क्रोमियम
- वर्णातु (varṇātu)chemical element
- क्रोमियम (kromiyam)chemical element
Hungarian króm
- krómchemical element
Icelandic króm
- krómchemical element
Irish cróimiam
- cróimiamchemical element
Italian cromo
- cromochemical element
Japanese クロム
- クロム (kuromu)chemical element
Korean 크롬, 크로뮴
- 크롬 (keurom)chemical element
- 크로뮴 (keuromyum)chemical element
Latin chrōmium
- chrōmiumchemical element
Latvian hroms
- hromschemical element
Lithuanian chromas
- chromaschemical element
Malay kromium
- kromiumchemical element
Māori koromiama, konupūmura
- koromiamachemical element
- konupūmurachemical element
- konukitachemical element
Norwegian Bokmål krom
- kromchemical element
Persian کروم
- کروم (korom)chemical element
Polish chrom
- chromchemical element
Portuguese cromo, crómio
- cromochemical element
- crómiochemical element
- crômiochemical element
Romanian crom
- cromchemical element
Russian хром
- хром (xrom)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic cròimiam
- cròimiamchemical element
Slovak chróm
- chrómchemical element
Spanish cromo
- cromochemical element
Swahili chromi
- chromichemical element
Swedish krom
- kromchemical element
Tagalog kromo
- kromochemical element
Tamil நீலிரும்பு, குரோமியம்
- நீலிரும்பு (nīlirumpu)chemical element
- குரோமியம் (kurōmiyam)chemical element
Thai โครเมียม
- โครเมียม (kroo-mîiam)chemical element
Turkish krom
- kromchemical element
Ukrainian хром
- хром (xrom)chemical element
Urdu کرومیم
- کرومیم (kromiyam)chemical element
Vietnamese crôm
- crômchemical element
Welsh cromiwm
- cromiwmchemical element
Yiddish קראָומיאַם
- קראָומיאַם (kroumyam)chemical element
Cite this entry
chromium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chromium
“chromium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chromium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chromium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chromium.
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