Meanings
plural poloniums
- uncountableusuallychemistryA rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.
- countableusuallychemistryAn atom of this element.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval LatinPolonia“Poland”
- New Latinpolonium
- Englishpolonium
From New Latin polonium, from Medieval Latin Polonia (“Poland”), named after Marie Curie's homeland.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans polonium
- poloniumchemical element
Arabic بُولُونِيُوم
- بُولُونِيُوم (būlūniyūm)chemical element
Basque polonioa
- polonioachemical element
Brazilian Portuguese polônio
- polôniochemical element
Bulgarian поло́ний
- поло́ний (polónij)chemical element
Catalan poloni
- polonichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 釙 /钋
- 釙 /钋 (pō)chemical element
Czech polonium
- poloniumchemical element
Danish polonium
- poloniumchemical element
Dutch polonium
- poloniumchemical element
Esperanto polonio
- poloniochemical element
Estonian poloonium
- polooniumchemical element
European Portuguese polónio
- polóniochemical element
Finnish polonium
- poloniumchemical element
French polonium
- poloniumchemical element
German Polonium
- Poloniumchemical element
Greek πολώνιο
- πολώνιο (polónio)chemical element
Hebrew פולוניום
- פולוניום (polonyum)chemical element
Hindi तोयातु
- तोयातु (toyātu)chemical element
Hungarian polónium
- polóniumchemical element
Icelandic pólon
- pólonchemical element
Irish polóiniam
- polóiniamchemical element
Italian polonio
- poloniochemical element
Japanese ポロニウム
- ポロニウム (poroniumu)chemical element
Korean 폴로늄
- 폴로늄 (pollonyum)chemical element
Latin polonium
- poloniumchemical element
Latvian polonijs
- polonijschemical element
Lithuanian polonis
- polonischemical element
Malay polonium
- poloniumchemical element
Norwegian Bokmål polonium
- poloniumchemical element
Persian پلونیوم
- پلونیوم (polôniyum)chemical element
Polish polon
- polonchemical element
Romanian poloniu
- poloniuchemical element
Russian поло́ний
- поло́ний (polónij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic polòiniam
- polòiniamchemical element
Slovak polonium
- poloniumchemical element
Spanish polonio
- poloniochemical element
Swedish polonium
- poloniumchemical element
Tamil அனலியம்
- அனலியம் (aṉaliyam)chemical element
Thai พอโลเนียม
- พอโลเนียม (pɔɔ-loo-nîiam)chemical element
Turkish polonyum
- polonyumchemical element
Ukrainian поло́ній
- поло́ній (polónij)chemical element
Vietnamese poloni
- polonichemical element
Welsh poloniwm
- poloniwmchemical element
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with polonium
Cite this entry
polonium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polonium
“polonium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polonium. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polonium,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polonium.
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