gallium

G2A1L1L1I1U1M3
/ˈɡæliəm/

noun

A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.

Similar
eka-aluminiumGaatomic number 31
OriginFrench gallium ← Latin Gallia →
Less commonScrabble 10
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Meanings

noungallium (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.

    Synonyms: eka-aluminium

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.

Similar
eka-aluminium

More synonyms by meaning

nouna rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores

Similar
Gaatomic number 31
Broader
metallic elementmetal
Also see
ga

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LatinGallus
  2. LatinGallia
  3. Frenchgallium
  4. Englishgallium

Borrowed from French gallium, named by its discoverer Lecoq, after Latin Gallia (“Gaul”). It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.

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Translations

Afrikaans gallium
  • galliumchemical element
Arabic غَالِيُوم
  • غَالِيُوم (ḡāliyūm)chemical element
Basque galioa
  • galioachemical element
Bulgarian га́лий
  • га́лий (gálij)chemical element
Catalan gal·li
  • gal·lichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 鎵 /镓
  • 鎵 /镓 (jiā)chemical element
Czech gallium
  • galliumchemical element
Danish gallium
  • galliumchemical element
Dutch gallium
  • galliumchemical element
Esperanto galio, galiumo
  • galiochemical element
  • galiumochemical element
Estonian gallium
  • galliumchemical element
Finnish gallium
  • galliumchemical element
French gallium
  • galliumchemical element
German Gallium
  • Galliumchemical element
Greek γάλλιο
  • γάλλιο (gállio)chemical element
Hebrew גליום
  • גליום (galyúm)chemical element
Hindi द्रवातु
  • द्रवातु (dravātu)chemical element
Hungarian gallium
  • galliumchemical element
Icelandic gallín
  • gallínchemical element
Irish gailliam
  • gailliamchemical element
Italian gallio
  • galliochemical element
Japanese ガリウム
  • ガリウム (gariumu)chemical element
Korean 갈륨
  • 갈륨 (gallyum)chemical element
Latvian gallijs
  • gallijschemical element
Lithuanian galis
  • galischemical element
Malay galium
  • galiumchemical element
Norwegian gallium
  • galliumchemical element
Polish gal
  • galchemical element
Portuguese gálio
  • gáliochemical element
Romanian galiu
  • galiuchemical element
Russian га́ллий
  • га́ллий (gállij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic gailium
  • gailiumchemical element
Slovak gálium
  • gáliumchemical element
Spanish galio
  • galiochemical element
Swahili gali
  • galichemical element
Swedish gallium
  • galliumchemical element
Tamil மென்தங்கம், காலியம்
  • மென்தங்கம் (meṉtaṅkam)chemical element
  • காலியம் (kāliyam)chemical element
Thai แกลเลียม
  • แกลเลียม (gɛɛl-lîiam)chemical element
Turkish galyum
  • galyumchemical element
Ukrainian га́лій, ґа́лій
  • га́лій (hálij)chemical element
  • ґа́лій (gálij)chemical element
Vietnamese gali
  • galichemical element
Welsh galiwm
  • galiwmchemical element

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gallium

Valiumalliumthalliumpallium
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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