polonium
Syllables: po·lo·ni·um/pəˈləʊ.nɪ.əm//pəˈloʊ.ni.əm/
polonium noun: a rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.
Noun
polonium (usually uncountable, plural poloniums)
- A rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.
- An atom of this element.
polonium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
polonium in Hindi
- chemical element
- तोयातु toyātu
polonium in Tamil
- chemical element
- அனலியம் aṉaliyam
polonium in Telugu
- polonium
- పొలోనియము polōniyamu
polonium in Kannada
- ಪೊಲೊನಿಯಮ್
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- polonium in Arabic
- بُولُونِيُوم būlūniyūm
- polonium in Malay
- polonium
- polonium in Persian
- پلونیوم polôniyum
- polonium in Thai
- พอโลเนียม pɔɔ-loo-nîiam
- polonium in Vietnamese
- poloni
Forms of polonium
| plural | poloniums |
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Origin of polonium
From New Latin polonium, from Medieval Latin Polonia (“Poland”), named after Marie Curie's homeland.
Words formed from polonium
- eka-polonium
- organopolonium
- polane
- polonate
- polonide
- poloniferous
- polonium-210
- polonium hydride
Words that rhyme with polonium
- pandemonium
- plutonium
- harmonium
- meconium
- onium
- stramonium
- -curonium
- balonium
- decamethonium
- diazonium
- euphonium
- fandemonium
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Questions about polonium
- What does polonium mean?
- Polonium means a rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.
- What is polonium in Hindi?
- Polonium in Hindi is तोयातु (toyātu). See Polonium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is polonium?
- Polonium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce polonium?
- Polonium is pronounced /pəˈləʊ.nɪ.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of polonium?
- The plural of polonium is poloniums.
Words near polonium in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: polonium (page history and authors); పొలోనియము (Telugu) (page history and authors); polonium (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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