beryllium
Syllables: be·ryl·li·um/bəˈɹɪl.i.əm/
beryllium noun: the chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
Noun
beryllium (countable and uncountable, plural berylliums)
- The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
- An atom of this element.
beryllium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
beryllium in Hindi
- chemical element
- विडूर viḍūr
beryllium in Tamil
- chemical element
- வெளிரியம் veḷiriyam
beryllium in Marathi
- beryllium
- विडूर viḍūr
beryllium in Urdu
- chemical element
- بیریلیم berelem
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- beryllium in Bengali
- বেরিলিয়াম beriliẏam
- beryllium in Telugu
- బెరీలియము berīliyamu
- beryllium in Malayalam
- ബെറിലിയം beṟiliyaṁ
- beryllium in Kannada
- ಬೆರಿಲಿಯಮ್ beriliyam
- beryllium in Punjabi
- ਬੇਰਿਲੀਅਮ berilīama
- beryllium in Gujarati
- વિડૂર viḍūr
- beryllium in Sinhala
- බෙරිලියම් beriliyam
- beryllium in Nepali
- विडूर viḍūra
- beryllium in Tagalog
- berilyo
- beryllium in Arabic
- بِرِيلِيُوم birīliyūm
- beryllium in Malay
- berilium
- beryllium in Indonesian
- berilium
- beryllium in Persian
- بریلیوم beriliyom
- beryllium in Thai
- เบริลเลียม bee-ril-lîiam
- beryllium in Vietnamese
- berili, beri
- beryllium in Myanmar
- ဘယ်ရီလီယမ် bhairiliyam
Synonyms of beryllium
Forms of beryllium
| plural | berylliums |
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Origin of beryllium
From beryl + -ium, so called because the element is a key component of the mineral beryl.
Words formed from beryllium
- berylliferous
- beryllium-9
- beryllium acetate
- beryllium acetylacetonate
- beryllium aluminate
- beryllium aluminium oxide
- beryllium boride
- beryllium borohydride
- beryllium bromide
- beryllium carbide
- beryllium chloride
- beryllium copper
- beryllium fluoride
- beryllium formate
- beryllium hydroxide
- beryllium iodide
- berylliumlike
- beryllium nitrate
- beryllium nitride
- beryllium oxide
- beryllium sodalite
- beryllium sulfate
- beryllium sulfide
- beryllium sulfite
- beryllium sulphate
- beryllium sulphide
- beryllium sulphite
- chronic beryllium disease
- diberyllium
- radioberyllium
- tetraberyllium
Questions about beryllium
- What does beryllium mean?
- Beryllium means the chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
- What is beryllium in Hindi?
- Beryllium in Hindi is विडूर (viḍūr). See Beryllium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is beryllium?
- Beryllium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce beryllium?
- Beryllium is pronounced /bəˈɹɪl.i.əm/.
- What is the plural of beryllium?
- The plural of beryllium is berylliums.
Words near beryllium in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: beryllium (page history and authors); विडूर (Marathi) (page history and authors); బెరీలియము (Telugu) (page history and authors); વિડૂર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); विडूर (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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