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sodium

/ˈsəʊ.di.əm/ UK
/ˈsəw.dɪj.əm/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈsoʊ.di.əm/ Canada, US
[ˈsoʊ.ɾi.əm] Canada, US
/ˈsəʉ.di.əm/ Australia
[ˈsəʉ.ɾi.əm] ~(some speakers)[ˈsɐʉ.ɾi.əm] Australia
/ˈsɐʉ.di.əm/ New Zealand
[ˈsɐʉ.ɾi.əm] New Zealand
/ˈso.de.əm/ Scotland
/-dɪ-/ Scotland
/-di-/ Scotland
/ˈsoːdi.əm/ Wales

Rhymes with -əʊdiəm

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Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from soda + -ium.

noun sodiums

uncountable, usually The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.
uncountable, usually An atom of this element.
attributive, uncountable, usually Employing sodium. From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.

Similar: natrium

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noun reactive metal

Español	sodio
한국어	나트륨 nateuryum, 소듐 sodyum
日本語	ナトリウム natoriumu
中文	鈉 /钠 nà
हिन्दी	क्षारातु kṣārātu, सोडियम soḍiyam
Kiswahili	natiri, sodiamu
Português	sódio
Français	sodium
Deutsch	Natrium
Italiano	sodio
Ελληνικά	νάτριο nátrio
Română	sodiu, natriu
Русский	на́трий nátrij
Tiếng Việt	natri, chất muối
العربية	صُودِيُوم ṣūdiyūm
עברית	נַתְרָן natrán

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@misc{sodium_2026,
  title = {sodium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sodium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}