yttrium

Concepts

yttrium

Translations

Yttrium

ittrio

yttrium

itrio

ítrio

itri

yttrium

يتريوم

ύττριο

إتريوم

itriyum

İtriyum

يِتْرِيُوم

ύτριο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈi.tri.ʏm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish: yttrium

In summary

Borrowed from New Latin yttrium or Swedish yttrium. Named after Ytterby in Sweden. The first mention is from the late eighteenth century, which in fact referred to gadolinite, a mineral that was at the time misidentified as an element.