Meanings
plural rheniums
- countableuncountablechemistryA metallic chemical element with the atomic number 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.
Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected resemblance to manganese.
2001 April 16, J. Michael Davis, “Manganese and Rhenium”, in Patty's Toxicology, →DOI- countablechemistryAn atom of this element.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
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Origin
- LatinRhenus“Rhine”
- Englishrhenium
From Latin Rhenus (“Rhine”), + -ium.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans renium
- reniumchemical element
Arabic رِينِيُوم
- رِينِيُوم (rīniyūm)chemical element
Basque renioa
- renioachemical element
Bulgarian ре́ний
- ре́ний (rénij)chemical element
Catalan reni
- renichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 錸 /铼
- 錸 /铼 (lái)chemical element
Czech rhenium
- rheniumchemical element
Danish rhenium
- rheniumchemical element
Dutch renium
- reniumchemical element
Esperanto renio
- reniochemical element
Estonian reenium
- reeniumchemical element
Finnish renium
- reniumchemical element
French rhénium
- rhéniumchemical element
German Rhenium
- Rheniumchemical element
Greek ρήνιο
- ρήνιο (rínio)chemical element
Hebrew רניום
- רניום (renyum)chemical element
Hindi बाष्पातु
- बाष्पातु (bāṣpātu)chemical element
Hungarian rénium
- réniumchemical element
Icelandic renín, reníum
- renínchemical element
- reníumchemical element
Irish réiniam
- réiniamchemical element
Italian renio
- reniochemical element
Japanese レニウム
- レニウム (reniumu)chemical element
Korean 레늄
- 레늄 (renyum)chemical element
Latin rhenium
- rheniumchemical element
Latvian rēnijs
- rēnijschemical element
Lithuanian renis
- renischemical element
Malay renium
- reniumchemical element
Norwegian rhenium
- rheniumchemical element
Polish ren
- renchemical element
Portuguese rénio
- réniochemical element
Romanian reniu
- reniuchemical element
Russian ре́ний
- ре́ний (rénij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic rèiniam
- rèiniamchemical element
Slovak rénium
- réniumchemical element
Spanish renio
- reniochemical element
Swedish rhenium
- rheniumchemical element
Tamil ரெனியம்
- ரெனியம் (reṉiyam)chemical element
Thai รีเนียม
- รีเนียม (rii-nîiam)chemical element
Turkish renyum
- renyumchemical element
Ukrainian ре́ній
- ре́ній (rénij)chemical element
Vietnamese reni
- renichemical element
Welsh rheniwm
- rheniwmchemical element
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rhenium
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Cite this entry
rhenium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhenium
“rhenium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhenium. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rhenium,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhenium.
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