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francium

  • /ˈfɹansɪəm/ UK
  • /ˈfɹɑːnsɪəm/ UK
  • /ˈfɹænsi.əm/ US

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From French francium, from France + -ium (after the native country of Marguerite Perey).

noun franciums

  1. uncountable, usually The chemical element (symbol Fr) with an atomic number of 87. It is an intensely radioactive alkali metal that is not found in nature. The most elusive element of all, however, appears to be francium, which is so rare that it is thought that our entire planet may contain, at any given moment, fewer than twenty francium atoms.
  2. countable, usually An atom of this element. Notice that franciums are balanced without even thinking in moles, atoms, or whatever.

Similar: actinium-K, virginium

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Similar: actinium-K, virginium

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noun chemical element

Españolfrancio
한국어프랑슘 peurangsyum
日本語フランシウム furanshiumu
हिन्दीक्षुद्रातु kṣudrātu
Kiswahilifransi
Portuguêsfrâncio
Françaisfrancium
DeutschFrancium
Italianofrancio
Ελληνικάφράγκιο frágkio
Românăfranciu
Русскийфра́нций fráncij
Tiếng Việtfranxi
العربيةفَرَنْسِيُوم faransiyum, فَرَنْكِيُوم farankiyūm
עבריתפרנציום frantsiyum

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@misc{francium_2026,
  title = {francium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/francium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}