gallium
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gallium
- /ˈɡæliəm/
Rhymes with -æliəm
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gallium, named by its discoverer Lecoq, after Latin Gallia (“Gaul”). It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.
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A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.
Similar: eka-aluminium
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Talk about this word "gallium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gallium. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gallium. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gallium "gallium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gallium.Cite this
@misc{gallium_2026,
title = {gallium},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gallium},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
