chromium
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chromium¹
- /ˈkɹoʊ.mi.əm/ US
Where it comes from
From New Latin, from French chrome (from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”)) + -ium. So called because of the striking colors of its compounds.
noun chromiums
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A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.
Similar: chrome
Chromium²
proper noun
- An open source web browser developed by Google
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cr, molybdenum, chromic, trivalent, hexavalent, chrome, chrome-plated, dome, rca, ferrochrome, chromate, chromous, chromite, chromium group, chromium dioxide, chromia
Translations
Every language
noun chemical element
| Español | cromo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 크롬 keurom, 크로뮴 keuromyum |
| 日本語 | クロム kuromu |
| 中文 | 鉻 /铬 gè |
| हिन्दी | वर्णातु varṇātu, क्रोमियम kromiyam |
| Kiswahili | chromi |
| Português | cromo, crómio, crômio |
| Français | chrome |
| Deutsch | Chrom |
| Italiano | cromo |
| Ελληνικά | χρώμιο chrómio |
| Română | crom |
| Русский | хром xrom |
| Tiếng Việt | crôm |
| العربية | كُرُوم kurūm |
| עברית | כְּרוֹם krom |
Talk about this word "chromium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chromium. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chromium. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chromium "chromium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chromium.Cite this
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title = {chromium},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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