bismuth
/ˈbɪz.məθ/
bismuth noun: a chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.
Noun
bismuth (countable and uncountable, plural bismuths)
- A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.
- An atom of this element.
bismuth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
bismuth in Hindi
- chemical element
- भिदातु bhidātu
bismuth in Tamil
- chemical element
- பிஸ்மத் pismat
bismuth in Telugu
- bismuth
- బిస్మతు bismatu
bismuth in Malayalam
- bismuth
- ഓട് ōṭŭ
More languagesFewer languages
- bismuth in Arabic
- بِزْمُوث bizmūṯ, بِزْمُوت bizmūt
- bismuth in Malay
- bismut, timah wurung
- bismuth in Persian
- بیسموت bismut
- bismuth in Thai
- บิสมัท bís-mát
- bismuth in Vietnamese
- bitmut, bismut
Forms of bismuth
| plural | bismuths |
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Origin of bismuth
From German Wismuth. Often explained as a miner's contraction of wis mat "white mass" from Old High German hwiz "white".
Words formed from bismuth
- acicular bismuth
- bismite
- bismole
- bismuth acetate
- bismuthal
- bismuthane
- bismuthate
- bismuth-blende
- bismuth bromide
- bismuth carbonate
- bismuth chloride
- bismuth citrate
- bismuthene
- bismuth fluoride
- bismuth-glance
- bismuth hydride
- bismuthian
- bismuthic
- bismuthide
- bismuthiferous
- bismuthine
- bismuthinite
- bismuth iodide
- bismuthism
- bismuthite
- bismutite
- bismuth molybdate
- bismuth-nickel
- bismuth nitrate
- bismuth nitrate pentahydrate
- bismuthoan
- bismuth-ocher
- bismuth-ochre
- bismuthonium
- bismuth orthoborate
- bismuth orthophosphate
- bismuthosis
- bismuthous
- bismuth oxide
- bismuth oxycarbonate
- bismuth oxychloride
- bismuth oxyiodide
- bismuth pentoxide
- bismuth selenide
- bismuth silicate
- bismuth-silver
- bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide
- bismuth subnitrate
- bismuth subsalicylate
- bismuth sulfide
- bismuth sulphide
- bismuth telluride
- bismuth-tellurium
- bismuth triacetate
- bismuth tribromide
- bismuth trichloride
- bismuth trifluoride
- bismuth triiodide
- bismuth trinitrate
- bismuth trioxide
Phrases with bismuth
Questions about bismuth
- What does bismuth mean?
- Bismuth means a chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.
- What is bismuth in Hindi?
- Bismuth in Hindi is भिदातु (bhidātu). See Bismuth meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bismuth?
- Bismuth is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bismuth?
- Bismuth is pronounced /ˈbɪz.məθ/.
- What is the plural of bismuth?
- The plural of bismuth is bismuths.
Words near bismuth in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bismuth (page history and authors); బిస్మతు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ഓട് (Malayalam) (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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