fermium

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/ˈfɜːɹmiəm/

noun

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Fm) with an atomic number of 100.

Similar
Fmatomic number 100
OriginNew Latin fermium ← Italian Fermi ← Latin Firmum →
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Meanings

nounfermium (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA transuranic chemical element (symbol Fm) with an atomic number of 100.
    1. countablechemistryAn atom of this element.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons

Similar
Fmatomic number 100
Broader
metallic elementmetal
Also see
fm

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LatinFirmum
  2. ItalianFermo
  3. ItalianFermi
  4. New Latinfermium
  5. Englishfermium

Borrowed from New Latin fermium, from Fermi + -ium; named for Enrico Fermi.

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Translations

Afrikaans fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
Arabic فِرْمِيُوم
  • فِرْمِيُوم (firmiyum)chemical element
Basque fermioa
  • fermioachemical element
Bulgarian фе́рмий
  • фе́рмий (férmij)chemical element
Catalan fermi
  • fermichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 鐨 /镄
  • 鐨 /镄 (fèi)chemical element
Czech fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
Danish fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
Dutch fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
Esperanto fermio
  • fermiochemical element
Estonian fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
Finnish fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
French fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
German Fermium
  • Fermiumchemical element
Greek φέρμιο
  • φέρμιο (férmio)chemical element
Hebrew פרמיום
  • פרמיום (férmiyum)chemical element
Hungarian fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
Icelandic fermín
  • fermínchemical element
Irish fearmiam
  • fearmiamchemical element
Italian fermio
  • fermiochemical element
Japanese フェルミウム
  • フェルミウム (ferumiumu)chemical element
Korean 페르뮴
  • 페르뮴 (pereumyum)chemical element
Latin fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
Latvian fermijs
  • fermijschemical element
Lithuanian fermis
  • fermischemical element
Malay fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
Norwegian fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
Polish ferm
  • fermchemical element
Portuguese férmio
  • férmiochemical element
Romanian fermiu
  • fermiuchemical element
Russian фе́рмий
  • фе́рмий (férmij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic feirmiam
  • feirmiamchemical element
Slovak fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
Spanish fermio
  • fermiochemical element
Swedish fermium
  • fermiumchemical element
Tamil வெளுகன்
  • வெளுகன் (veḷukaṉ)chemical element
Thai เฟอร์เมียม
  • เฟอร์เมียม (fəə-mîiam)chemical element
Turkish fermiyum
  • fermiyumchemical element
Ukrainian фе́рмій
  • фе́рмій (férmij)chemical element
Vietnamese fecmi
  • fecmichemical element
Welsh ffermiwm
  • ffermiwmchemical element

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

frummie
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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