europium

eu·ro·pi·um
E1U1R1O1P3I1U1M3
UK/jʊˈɹəʊ.pɪ.əm/UK/jəˈɹəʊ.pɪ.əm/US/juˈɹoʊ.pi.əm/US/jɚˈoʊ.pi.əm/

noun

A metallic chemical element (symbol Eu) with an atomic number of 63.

Similar
Euatomic number 63
UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

nouneuropium (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA metallic chemical element (symbol Eu) with an atomic number of 63.
    1. countablechemistryAn atom of this element.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group

Similar
Euatomic number 63
Broader
metallic elementmetal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LatinEurōpa
  2. FrenchEurope
  3. Frencheuropium
  4. Englisheuropium

Borrowed from French europium, from Europe + -ium.

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Translations

Afrikaans europium
  • europiumchemical element
Arabic يُورُوبِّيُوم, أُورُوبِّيُوم
  • يُورُوبِّيُوم (yūrūbbiyūm)chemical element
  • أُورُوبِّيُوم (ʔūrūbbiyūm)chemical element
Basque europioa
  • europioachemical element
Bulgarian евро́пий
  • евро́пий (evrópij)chemical element
Catalan europi
  • europichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 銪 /铕
  • 銪 /铕 (yǒu)chemical element
Czech europium
  • europiumchemical element
Danish europium
  • europiumchemical element
Dutch europium
  • europiumchemical element
Esperanto eŭropio
  • eŭropiochemical element
Estonian euroopium
  • euroopiumchemical element
Finnish europium
  • europiumchemical element
French europium
  • europiumchemical element
German Europium
  • Europiumchemical element
Greek ευρώπιο
  • ευρώπιο (evrópio)chemical element
Hebrew אירופיום
  • אירופיום (irópyum)chemical element
Hindi किंविरला
  • किंविरला (kimvirlā)chemical element
Hungarian európium
  • európiumchemical element
Icelandic evropín
  • evropínchemical element
Irish eoraipiam
  • eoraipiamchemical element
Italian europio
  • europiochemical element
Japanese ユウロピウム
  • ユウロピウム (yūropiumu)chemical element
Korean 유로퓸
  • 유로퓸 (yuropyum)chemical element
Latin europium
  • europiumchemical element
Latvian eiropijs
  • eiropijschemical element
Lithuanian europis
  • europischemical element
Malay europium, eropium
  • europiumchemical element
  • eropiumchemical element
Norwegian europium
  • europiumchemical element
Persian یوروپیم
  • یوروپیمchemical element
Polish europ
  • europchemical element
Portuguese európio
  • európiochemical element
Romanian europiu
  • europiuchemical element
Russian евро́пий
  • евро́пий (jevrópij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic eoraipiam
  • eoraipiamchemical element
Slovak európium
  • európiumchemical element
Spanish europio
  • europiochemical element
Swedish europium
  • europiumchemical element
Tamil யூரோப்பியம்
  • யூரோப்பியம் (yūrōppiyam)chemical element
Thai ยูโรเพียม
  • ยูโรเพียม (yuu-roo-pîiam)chemical element
Turkish europyum, evropiyum
  • europyumchemical element
  • evropiyumchemical element
  • avrupyumchemical element
Ukrainian євро́пій
  • євро́пій (jevrópij)chemical element
Vietnamese europi
  • europichemical element
Welsh ewropiwm
  • ewropiwmchemical element

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

europium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/europium

MLA

“europium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/europium. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “europium,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/europium.

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