Meanings
nounstrontium (usually uncountable, plural strontiums)
plural strontiums
- uncountableusuallyThe metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
- countableusuallyA single atom of this element.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
Similar
Sratomic number 38
Broader
metallic elementmetal
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Origin
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans strontium
- strontiumchemical element
Arabic إِسْتُرُنْتِيُوم
- إِسْتُرُنْتِيُوم (ʔisturuntiyūm)chemical element
Basque estrontzioa
- estrontzioachemical element
Bulgarian стро́нций
- стро́нций (stróncij)chemical element
Catalan estronci
- estroncichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 鍶 /锶
- 鍶 /锶 (sī)chemical element
Czech stroncium
- stronciumchemical element
Danish strontium
- strontiumchemical element
Dutch strontium
- strontiumchemical element
Esperanto stroncio
- stronciochemical element
Estonian strontsium
- strontsiumchemical element
Finnish strontium
- strontiumchemical element
French strontium
- strontiumchemical element
German Strontium
- Strontiumchemical element
Greek στρόντιο
- στρόντιο (stróntio)chemical element
Hebrew סְטְרוֹנְצְיוּם
- סְטְרוֹנְצְיוּם (strontsiyum)chemical element
Hindi शोणातु
- शोणातु (śoṇātu)chemical element
Hungarian stroncium
- stronciumchemical element
Icelandic strontín
- strontínchemical element
Irish strointiam
- strointiamchemical element
Italian stronzio
- stronziochemical element
Japanese ストロンチウム
- ストロンチウム (sutoronchiumu)chemical element
Korean 스트론튬
- 스트론튬 (seuteurontyum)chemical element
Latvian stroncijs
- stroncijschemical element
Lithuanian stroncis
- stroncischemical element
Malay strontium
- strontiumchemical element
Norwegian strontium
- strontiumchemical element
Persian استرونسیم
- استرونسیم (estronsyom)chemical element
Polish stront
- strontchemical element
Portuguese estrôncio
- estrônciochemical element
Romanian stronțiu
- stronțiuchemical element
Russian стро́нций
- стро́нций (stróncij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic strontium
- strontiumchemical element
Slovak stroncium
- stronciumchemical element
Spanish estroncio
- estronciochemical element
Swedish strontium
- strontiumchemical element
Tagalog estronsiyo
- estronsiyochemical element
Tamil சிதறியம், ஸ்ட்ரோண்டியம்
- சிதறியம் (citaṟiyam)chemical element
- ஸ்ட்ரோண்டியம் (sṭrōṇṭiyam)chemical element
Thai สทรอนเชียม
- สทรอนเชียม (sathronchiam)chemical element
Turkish stronsiyum
- stronsiyumchemical element
Ukrainian стро́нцій
- стро́нцій (stróncij)chemical element
Welsh strontiwm
- strontiwmchemical element
Cite this entry
APA
strontium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strontium
MLA
“strontium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strontium. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strontium,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strontium.
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