gallium
/ˈɡæliəm/
gallium noun: a chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.

Noun
gallium (uncountable)
- A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.
- Synonyms:
- eka-aluminium
gallium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Malay
gallium in Hindi
- chemical element
- द्रवातु dravātu
gallium in Tamil
- chemical element
- மென்தங்கம் meṉtaṅkam, காலியம் kāliyam
gallium in Arabic
- chemical element
- غَالِيُوم ḡāliyūm
gallium in Malay
- chemical element
- galium
More languagesFewer languages
- gallium in Thai
- แกลเลียม gɛɛl-lîiam
- gallium in Vietnamese
- gali
Synonyms of gallium
Origin of 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.
Words formed from gallium
- aluminium gallium arsenide
- aluminum gallium arsenide
- aluminium gallium nitride
- aluminum gallium nitride
- copper indium gallium selenide
- digallium
- gallane
- gallate
- gallian
- galliferous
- gallium arsenide
- gallium arsenide phosphide
- gallium citrate
- gallium gadolinium garnet
- gallium nitrate
- gallium nitride
- indium gallium nitride
- lumogallion
- organogallium
- radiogallium
- triethylgallium
- trigallium
- trimethylgallium
Phrases with gallium
Words that rhyme with gallium
Questions about gallium
- What does gallium mean?
- Gallium means a chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.
- What is gallium in Hindi?
- Gallium in Hindi is द्रवातु (dravātu). See Gallium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gallium?
- Gallium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gallium?
- Gallium is pronounced /ˈɡæliəm/.
Words near gallium in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gallium (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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