Meanings
nounvanadium (countable and uncountable, plural vanadiums)
plural vanadiums
- countableuncountableA chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
- countableAn atom of this element.
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
panchromiumrionium
nouna soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite
Similar
Vatomic number 23
Broader
metallic elementmetal
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weh₂-
- Proto-Germanic*wanaz
- Old Norsevanr
- Old NorseVana
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
- Proto-Germanic*dīsiz
- Old Norsedís
- Old NorseDís
- Old NorseVanadís
- New Latinvanadium
- Englishvanadium
Mid 19th century, from New Latin vanadium.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vanadium
- vanadiumchemical element
Arabic فَنَادِيُوم m or فَنَدْيُوم, وَنَدْيُوم
- فَنَادِيُوم m or فَنَدْيُوم (fanādiyūm)chemical element
- وَنَدْيُوم (wanadyūm)chemical element
- فَانَادِيُوم (fānādiyūm)chemical element
Basque banadioa
- banadioachemical element
Bulgarian вана́дий
- вана́дий (vanádij)chemical element
Catalan vanadi
- vanadichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 釩 /钒
- 釩 /钒 (fán)chemical element
Czech vanad
- vanadchemical element
Danish vanadium
- vanadiumchemical element
Dutch vanadium
- vanadiumchemical element
Esperanto vanadio
- vanadiochemical element
Estonian vanaadium
- vanaadiumchemical element
Finnish vanadiini
- vanadiinichemical element
French vanadium
- vanadiumchemical element
German Vanadium
- Vanadiumchemical element
Greek βανάδιο
- βανάδιο (vanádio)chemical element
Hebrew ונדיום
- ונדיום (vanádium)chemical element
Hindi रोचातु
- रोचातु (rocātu)chemical element
Hungarian vanádium
- vanádiumchemical element
Icelandic vanadín
- vanadínchemical element
Irish vanaidiam
- vanaidiamchemical element
Italian vanadio
- vanadiochemical element
Japanese バナジウム
- バナジウム (banajiumu)chemical element
Korean 바나듐
- 바나듐 (banadyum)chemical element
Latin vanadium
- vanadiumchemical element
Latvian vanādijs
- vanādijschemical element
Lithuanian vanadis
- vanadischemical element
Malay vanadium
- vanadiumchemical element
Norwegian Bokmål vanadium
- vanadiumchemical element
Persian وانادیم
- وانادیم (vanâdiyom)chemical element
Polish wanad
- wanadchemical element
Portuguese vanádio
- vanádiochemical element
Romanian vanadiu
- vanadiuchemical element
Russian вана́дий
- вана́дий (vanádij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic vanaidiam
- vanaidiamchemical element
Slovak vanád
- vanádchemical element
Spanish vanadio
- vanadiochemical element
Swahili vanadi
- vanadichemical element
Swedish vanadin
- vanadinchemical element
Tagalog banadyo
- banadyochemical element
Tamil பழீயம், வனேடியம்
- பழீயம் (paḻīyam)chemical element
- வனேடியம் (vaṉēṭiyam)chemical element
Thai วาเนเดียม
- วาเนเดียม (waa-nee-dîiam)chemical element
Turkish vanadyum
- vanadyumchemical element
Ukrainian вана́дій
- вана́дій (vanádij)chemical element
Vietnamese vanađi
- vanađichemical element
Welsh fanadiwm
- fanadiwmchemical element
Cite this entry
APA
vanadium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vanadium
MLA
“vanadium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vanadium. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vanadium,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vanadium.
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