Meanings
nounyttrium (usually uncountable, plural yttriums)
plural yttriums
- uncountableusuallyA silvery metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 39, mainly found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare earth minerals.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
Similar
Yatomic number 39
Broader
metallic elementmetal
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Old Norseút
- Old Norseýtri
- Swedishyttre
- Swedishytter-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
- Proto-Germanic*būaną
- Old Norsebúa
- Old Norsebýr
- Old Swedishbȳr
- Swedishby
- SwedishYtterby
- EnglishYtterby
- Englishyttrium
From Ytterby + -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden. Doublet of erbium, terbium, and ytterbium.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans yttrium
- yttriumchemical element
Arabic إِتْرِيُوم, أُتْرِيُوم
- إِتْرِيُوم (ʔitriyūm)chemical element
- أُتْرِيُوم (ʔutriyūm)chemical element
Basque itrioa
- itrioachemical element
Bulgarian и́трий
- и́трий (ítrij)chemical element
Catalan itri
- itrichemical element
Chinese Mandarin 釔 /钇
- 釔 /钇 (yǐ)chemical element
Czech yttrium
- yttriumchemical element
Danish yttrium
- yttriumchemical element
Dutch yttrium
- yttriumchemical element
Esperanto itrio
- itriochemical element
Estonian ütrium
- ütriumchemical element
Finnish yttrium
- yttriumchemical element
French yttrium
- yttriumchemical element
German Yttrium
- Yttriumchemical element
Greek ύττριο
- ύττριο (ýttrio)chemical element
Hebrew איטריום
- איטריום (ítriyum)chemical element
Hindi भृशला
- भृशला (bhŕślā)chemical element
Hungarian ittrium
- ittriumchemical element
Icelandic yttrín
- yttrínchemical element
Irish itriam
- itriamchemical element
Italian ittrio
- ittriochemical element
Japanese イットリウム
- イットリウム (ittoriumu)chemical element
Korean 이트륨
- 이트륨 (iteuryum)chemical element
Latin yttrium
- yttriumchemical element
Latvian itrijs
- itrijschemical element
Lithuanian itris
- itrischemical element
Malay itrium
- itriumchemical element
Norwegian Bokmål yttrium
- yttriumchemical element
Polish itr
- itrchemical element
Portuguese ítrio
- ítriochemical element
Romanian ytriu
- ytriuchemical element
Russian и́ттрий
- и́ттрий (íttrij)chemical element
Scottish Gaelic itrium
- itriumchemical element
Slovak ytrium
- ytriumchemical element
Spanish itrio
- itriochemical element
Swedish yttrium
- yttriumchemical element
Tagalog itriyo
- itriyochemical element
Tamil திகழியம், இட்ரியம்
- திகழியம் (tikaḻiyam)chemical element
- இட்ரியம் (iṭriyam)chemical element
Thai อิตเทรียม
- อิตเทรียม (ìt-trîiam)chemical element
Turkish itriyum
- itriyumchemical element
Ukrainian і́трій
- і́трій (ítrij)chemical element
Vietnamese ytri
- ytrichemical element
Welsh ytriwm
- ytriwmchemical element
Cite this entry
APA
yttrium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yttrium
MLA
“yttrium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yttrium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yttrium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yttrium.
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