# vanadium
## English
### Etymology

Old Norse Vanadís, a name of the goddess Freyja, +‎ -ium.
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### Pronunciation

* enPR: vənā'dēəm, IPA: /vəˈneɪdi.əm/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

vanadium (countable and uncountable, plural vanadiums)
* A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
* (countable) A single atom of this element.

#### Synonyms

* panchromium (name proposed by the mineralogist Andrés Manuel del Río)
* rionium (name proposed by the geologist George William Featherstonhaugh)

#### Derived terms

* ferrovanadium
* vanadate
* vanadian
* vanadiate
* vanadic
* vanadinite
* vanadious
* vanadite
* vanadium-50
* vanadium-51
* vanadium-associated protein
* vanadium bromoperoxidase
* vanadium bronze
* vanadium carbide
* vanadium carbonyl
* vanadium chloride
* vanadium chromagen
* vanadium dichloride
* vanadium dioxide
* vanadium group
* vanadium oxide
* vanadium oxytrichloride
* vanadium pentachloride
* vanadium pentoxide
* vanadium steel
* vanadium sulfide, vanadium sulphide
* vanadium tetrachloride
* vanadium tetraoxide
* vanadium trichloride
* vanadium trioxide
* vanadium trisulfate, vanadium trisulphate
* vanadocyte
* vanadous
* vanadyl

#### Related terms

* Vanadís

#### Translations
### See also

* carnotite
* patronite

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vanadium (uncountable)
* vanadium

## Danish
### Alternative Forms

* vanadin

### Etymology

From Old Norse Vanadís +‎ -ium. From New Latin vanadium.

### Noun

vanadium n (singular definite vanadiummet, not used in plural form)
* vanadium

#### Declension
### References

* “vanadium” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin vanadium or Swedish vanadium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌvaːˈnaː.di.ʏm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: va‧na‧di‧um

### Noun

vanadium n (uncountable)
* vanadium (chemical element)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /va.na.djɔm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vanadium m (uncountable)
* vanadium

#### Descendants

* Lingala: vanadu

### Further reading

* “vanadium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Etymology

Derived from Old Norse Vanadis, (one of the names of Freyja, goddess of beauty) + -ium (chemical element suffix), in reference to the many beautifully colored chemical compounds it produces. The Norse name is a compound of the names Vana (from vanr (“lacking, missing”)) and Dis (from dís (“goddess”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /u̯aˈna.di.um/, [u̯äˈnäd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /vaˈna.di.um/, [väˈnäːd̪ium]

### Noun

vanadium n (genitive vanadiī); second declension
* (New Latin) vanadium

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

### References

* Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)

## Limburgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʋɑˈnaː˨ɖɔ˧m]

### Noun

vanadium n
* (uncountable) vanadium
* A part of vanadium

## Malay
### Etymology

From English vanadium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vanadiom], [vanadiəm], [vənediəm]
* Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

### Noun

vanadium
* vanadium (chemical element)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya).

### Noun

vanadium n (definite singular vanadiumet, uncountable)
* vanadium, chemical element, symbol V

### References

* “vanadium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “vanadium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya).

### Noun

vanadium n (definite singular vanadiumet, uncountable)
* vanadium, chemical element, symbol V

### References

* “vanadium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.