Meanings
plural praseodymiums
- uncountableusuallyA chemical element (symbol Pr) with an atomic number of 59, a soft, silvery, malleable and ductile rare earth metal, valued for its magnetic, electrical, chemical, and optical properties.
But the government also gave MP Materials a decade-long guaranteed price floor for its products, such as the rare earths neodymium-praseodymium, at twice recent market rates (leaving aside the fact prices have soared this week as MP Materials has cut ties with China).
2025 August 30, Gillian Tett, “America’s new ‘patriotic’ capitalism”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπρᾰ́σον (prắson)
- Ancient Greekπράσιος (prásios)
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Hellenic*dúwo
- Ancient Greekδύο (dúo)redup.
- Ancient Greekδίδυμος (dídumos)
- Englishdidymium
- Englishpraseodymium
From Ancient Greek πράσιος (prásios, “leek-green”) + didymium.
More words from Ancient Greek
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Afrikaans praseodimium
- praseodimiumchemical element
Arabic بَرَاسِيُودِيمِيُوم
- بَرَاسِيُودِيمِيُوم (barāsiyūdīmiyūm)chemical element
Basque praseodimioa
- praseodimioachemical element
Bulgarian празеоди́м
- празеоди́м (prazeodím)chemical element
Catalan praseodimi
- praseodimichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 鐠 /镨
- 鐠 /镨 (pǔ)chemical element
Czech praseodym
- praseodymchemical element
Danish praseodymium
- praseodymiumchemical element
Dutch praseodymium
- praseodymiumchemical element
Esperanto prazeodimo
- prazeodimochemical element
Estonian praseodüüm
- praseodüümchemical element
Finnish praseodyymi
- praseodyymichemical element
French praséodyme
- praséodymechemical element
German Praseodym
- Praseodymchemical element
Greek πρασεοδύμιο
- πρασεοδύμιο (praseodýmio)chemical element
Hebrew פרסיאודימיום
- פרסיאודימיום (prasiodímyum)chemical element
Hindi श्यामला
- श्यामला (śyāmlā)chemical element
Hungarian prazeodímium
- prazeodímiumchemical element
Icelandic praseódým
- praseódýmchemical element
Irish praiséidimiam
- praiséidimiamchemical element
Italian praseodimio
- praseodimiochemical element
Japanese プラセオジム
- プラセオジム (puraseojimu)chemical element
Korean 프라세오디뮴
- 프라세오디뮴 (peurase'odimyum)chemical element
Latin praseodymium
- praseodymiumchemical element
Latvian prazeodīms
- prazeodīmschemical element
Lithuanian prazeodimis
- prazeodimischemical element
Malay praseodimium
- praseodimiumchemical element
Norwegian praseodym
- praseodymchemical element
Persian پرازئودیمیم
- پرازئودیمیم (prâze'odimium)chemical element
Polish prazeodym
- prazeodymchemical element
Portuguese praseodímio
- praseodímiochemical element
Romanian praseodim
- praseodimchemical element
Russian празеоди́м
- празеоди́м (prazeodím)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic praiseoidimiam
- praiseoidimiamchemical element
Slovak prazeodým
- prazeodýmchemical element
Spanish praseodimio
- praseodimiochemical element
Swedish praseodym
- praseodymchemical element
Thai เพรซิโอดิเมียม
- เพรซิโอดิเมียม (prēsiodimiam)chemical element
Turkish praseodim
- praseodimchemical element
Ukrainian празеоди́м
- празеоди́м (prazeodým)chemical element
Vietnamese prazeođim
- prazeođimchemical element
Welsh praseodiwm
- praseodiwmchemical element
Cite this entry
praseodymium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/praseodymium
“praseodymium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/praseodymium. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “praseodymium,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/praseodymium.
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