rhodium

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/ˈɹoʊdiəm/

noun

A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.

Similar
Rhatomic number 45
OriginNew Latin rhodium ← Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) ← Proto-Iranian *wardahder.? →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

nounrhodium (usually uncountable, plural rhodiums)

plural rhodiums

  1. uncountableusuallyA rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.
  2. countableusuallyA single atom of this element.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum

Similar
Rhatomic number 45
Broader
metallic elementmetal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*Hwerdʰ-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*(H)wardʰ-
  3. Proto-Iranian*wardahder.?
  4. Ancient Greekῥόδον (rhódon)
  5. New Latinrhodium
  6. Englishrhodium

Borrowed from New Latin rhodium, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), because of the colour of its salts' solutions.

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Translations

Afrikaans rodium
  • rodiumchemical element
Arabic رُودِيُوم
  • رُودِيُوم (rūdiyūm)chemical element
Basque rodioa
  • rodioachemical element
Bulgarian ро́дий
  • ро́дий (ródij)chemical element
Catalan rodi
  • rodichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 銠 /铑
  • 銠 /铑 (lǎo)chemical element
Czech rhodium
  • rhodiumchemical element
Danish rhodium
  • rhodiumchemical element
Dutch rhodium
  • rhodiumchemical element
Esperanto rodio
  • rodiochemical element
Estonian roodium
  • roodiumchemical element
Finnish rodium
  • rodiumchemical element
French rhodium
  • rhodiumchemical element
German Rhodium
  • Rhodiumchemical element
Greek ρόδιο
  • ρόδιο (ródio)chemical element
Hebrew רודיום
  • רודיום (rodyum)chemical element
Hindi नाम्लातु, रोडियम
  • नाम्लातु (nāmlātu)chemical element
  • रोडियम (roḍiyam)chemical element
Hungarian ródium
  • ródiumchemical element
Icelandic ródín
  • ródínchemical element
Irish róidiam
  • róidiamchemical element
Italian rodio
  • rodiochemical element
Japanese ロジウム
  • ロジウム (rojiumu)chemical element
Korean 로듐
  • 로듐 (rodyum)chemical element
Latin rhodium
  • rhodiumchemical element
Latvian rodijs
  • rodijschemical element
Lithuanian rodis
  • rodischemical element
Malay rodium
  • rodiumchemical element
Norwegian Bokmål rhodium
  • rhodiumchemical element
Persian رودیم
  • رودیم (rodiyom)chemical element
Polish rod
  • rodchemical element
Portuguese ródio
  • ródiochemical element
Romanian rodiu
  • rodiuchemical element
Russian ро́дий
  • ро́дий (ródij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic ròidiam
  • ròidiamchemical element
Slovak ródium
  • ródiumchemical element
Spanish rodio
  • rodiochemical element
Swedish rodium
  • rodiumchemical element
Tagalog rodyo
  • rodyochemical element
Tamil அரத்தியம்
  • அரத்தியம் (arattiyam)chemical element
Thai โรเดียม
  • โรเดียม (roo-dîiam)chemical element
Turkish rodyum
  • rodyumchemical element
Ukrainian ро́дій
  • ро́дій (ródij)chemical element
Urdu رہوڈیئم
  • رہوڈیئم (rhoḍiyam)chemical element
Vietnamese rođi
  • rođichemical element
Welsh rhodiwm
  • rhodiwmchemical element

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rhodium

taxodium
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Anagrams

humidorHuidrommidhour
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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