holmium

H4O1L1M3I1U1M3
US/ˈhoʊ(l).mi.əm/

noun

A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature.

Similar
Hoatomic number 67
OriginLatin Holmia →
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Meanings

nounholmium (usually uncountable, plural holmiums)

plural holmiums

  1. uncountableusuallychemistryA chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature.
    1. countableusuallychemistryA single atom of this element.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds

Similar
Hoatomic number 67
Broader
metallic elementmetal
Also see
ho

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LatinHolmia“Stockholm”
  2. Englishholmium

From Latin Holmia (“Stockholm”), the hometown of Per Teodor Cleve, one of the discoverers of holmium.

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Translations

Afrikaans holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
Arabic هُلْمِيُوم, هُولْمِيُوم
  • هُلْمِيُوم (hulmiyūm)chemical element
  • هُولْمِيُوم (hūlmiyūm)chemical element
Basque holmioa
  • holmioachemical element
Bulgarian хо́лмий
  • хо́лмий (hólmij)chemical element
Catalan holmi
  • holmichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 鈥 /钬
  • 鈥 /钬 (huǒ)chemical element
Czech holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
Danish holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
Dutch holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
Esperanto holmio
  • holmiochemical element
Estonian holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
Finnish holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
French holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
German Holmium
  • Holmiumchemical element
Greek όλμιο
  • όλμιο (ólmio)chemical element
Hebrew הולמיום
  • הולמיום (hólmiyum)chemical element
Hindi पांडुला
  • पांडुला (pāṇḍulā)chemical element
Hungarian holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
Icelandic hólmíum, hólmín
  • hólmíumchemical element
  • hólmínchemical element
Irish hoilmiam
  • hoilmiamchemical element
Italian olmio
  • olmiochemical element
Japanese ホルミウム, 鈥
  • ホルミウム (horumiumu)chemical element
  • 鈥chemical element
Korean 홀뮴
  • 홀뮴 (holmyum)chemical element
Latin holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
Latvian holmijs
  • holmijschemical element
Lithuanian holmis
  • holmischemical element
Malay holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
Norwegian holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
Polish holm
  • holmchemical element
Portuguese hólmio
  • hólmiochemical element
Romanian holmiu
  • holmiuchemical element
Russian го́льмий
  • го́льмий (gólʹmij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic hoilmiam
  • hoilmiamchemical element
Slovak holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
Spanish holmio
  • holmiochemical element
Swedish holmium
  • holmiumchemical element
Tamil ஹொல்மியம்
  • ஹொல்மியம் (holmiyam)chemical element
Thai โฮลเมียม
  • โฮลเมียม (hool-mîiam)chemical element
Turkish holmiyum
  • holmiyumchemical element
Ukrainian го́льмій
  • го́льмій (hólʹmij)chemical element
Vietnamese holmi, honmi
  • holmichemical element
  • honmichemical element
Welsh holmiwm
  • holmiwmchemical element
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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