titanium

From Titan +‎ -ium.

• enPR: tītā'nēəm, IPA^(key): /taɪˈteɪni.əm/; enPR: tĭtā'nēəm, IPA^(key): /tɪˈteɪni.əm/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniəm

titanium (countable and uncountable, plural titaniums)

1. A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

• anatase
• brookite
• ilmenite
• perovskite
• rutile
• sphene

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Titanium”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “titanium”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

titanium (singular definite ?, plural indefinite titanium)

1. titanium

Borrowed from New Latin titanium, named after Titania, a moon of Uranus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌtiˈtaː.ni.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: ti‧ta‧ni‧um

titanium n (uncountable)

1. titanium

   Synonym: titaan

Coined in 1791 by chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth, derived from Tītān (“Titan”) +‎ -ium (chemical element suffix).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tiːˈtaː.ni.um/, [t̪iːˈt̪äːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈta.ni.um/, [t̪iˈt̪äːnium]

tītānium n (genitive tītāniī); second declension

1. (New Latin) titanium

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• IPA^(key): [ti˧ˈcaː˨ɲɔ˧m]

titanium n

1. (uncountable) titanium
2. A part of titanium

From English titanium.

• IPA^(key): [titaniom], [titani.əm], [tai̯teni.əm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

titanium

1. titanium (chemical element)