Meanings
nounruthenium (countable and uncountable, plural rutheniums)
plural rutheniums
- countableuncountableA metallic chemical element (symbol Ru) with an atomic number of 44.
Their latest catalyst includes some ruthenium.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group; it is found associated with platinum
Similar
Ruatomic number 44
Broader
metallic elementmetal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Ruthenia + -ium. Named by Baltic German scientist Karl Ernst Claus in 1844 in honour of Russia (using the Latin name Ruthenia).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans rutenium
- ruteniumchemical element
Arabic رُوثِينِيُوم, رُوتِينِيُوم
- رُوثِينِيُوم (rūṯīniyūm)chemical element
- رُوتِينِيُوم (rūtīniyūm)chemical element
Basque rutenioa
- rutenioachemical element
Bulgarian руте́ний
- руте́ний (ruténij)chemical element
Catalan ruteni
- rutenichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 釕 /钌
- 釕 /钌 (liǎo)chemical element
Czech ruthenium
- rutheniumchemical element
Danish ruthenium
- rutheniumchemical element
Dutch ruthenium
- rutheniumchemical element
Esperanto rutenio
- ruteniochemical element
Estonian ruteenium
- ruteeniumchemical element
Finnish rutenium
- ruteniumchemical element
French ruthénium
- ruthéniumchemical element
German Ruthenium
- Rutheniumchemical element
Greek ρουθήνιο
- ρουθήνιο (routhínio)chemical element
Hebrew רותניום
- רותניום (rutényum)chemical element
Hindi नक्षरातु
- नक्षरातु (nakṣarātu)chemical element
Hungarian ruténium
- ruténiumchemical element
Icelandic rúten
- rútenchemical element
Irish ruitéiniam
- ruitéiniamchemical element
Italian rutenio
- ruteniochemical element
Japanese ルテニウム
- ルテニウム (ruteniumu)chemical element
Korean 루테늄
- 루테늄 (rutenyum)chemical element
Latvian rutēnijs
- rutēnijschemical element
Lithuanian rutenis
- rutenischemical element
Malay rutenium
- ruteniumchemical element
Norwegian Bokmål ruthenium
- rutheniumchemical element
Polish ruten
- rutenchemical element
Portuguese ruténio, rutênio
- ruténiochemical element
- rutêniochemical element
Romanian ruteniu
- ruteniuchemical element
Russian руте́ний
- руте́ний (ruténij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic ruitèiniam
- ruitèiniamchemical element
Slovak ruténium
- ruténiumchemical element
Spanish rutenio
- ruteniochemical element
Swedish rutenium
- ruteniumchemical element
Tagalog rutenyo
- rutenyochemical element
Tamil ருதெனியம்
- ருதெனியம் (ruteṉiyam)chemical element
Thai รูทีเนียม
- รูทีเนียม (ruu-tii-nîiam)chemical element
Turkish rutenyum
- rutenyumchemical element
Ukrainian руте́ній
- руте́ній (ruténij)chemical element
Vietnamese ruteni
- rutenichemical element
Welsh rwtheniwm
- rwtheniwmchemical element
Cite this entry
APA
ruthenium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruthenium
MLA
“ruthenium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruthenium. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ruthenium,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruthenium.
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