francium

See also Francium

English

Chemical element
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Etymology

From French francium, from France +‎ -ium (after the native country of Marguerite Perey).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfɹansɪəm/, /ˈfɹɑːnsɪəm/
• (US) IPA: /ˈfɹænsiəm/

Noun

francium (uncountable)

1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Fr) with an atomic number of 87.
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 221:

     The most elusive element of all, however, appears to be francium, which is so rare that it is thought that our entire planet may contain, at any given moment, fewer than twenty francium atoms.

Synonyms

• actinium-K (obsolete)
• virginium (obsolete)

Derived terms

• eka-francium

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: fransium (af)
• Albanian: francium (sq)
• Arabic: فرنسيوم (ar) (faránsiyum) m
• Armenian: ֆրանսիում (hy) (fransium)
• Asturian: franciu (ast) m
• Basque: frantzioa (eu)
• Belarusian: францый (be) (frántsyj) m
• Breton: frañsiom (br)
• Bulgarian: франций (bg) (frántsij) m
• Catalan: franci (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 钫 (cmn) (fāng), (Taiwan) 鍅 (cmn) (fǎ)

• Cornish: frankyum (kw)
• Czech: francium (cs)
• Danish: francium (da)
• Dutch: francium (nl) n
• Esperanto: franciumo (eo)
• Estonian: frantsium (et)
• Faroese: francium (fo)
• Finnish: frankium (fi)
• French: francium (fr) m
• Friulian: franci
• Galician: francio (gl) m
• Georgian: ფრანციუმი (ka) (p‘rants‘iumi)
• German: Francium (de) n
• Greek: φράγκιο (el) (frágkio) n
• Hebrew: פרנציום (he) (frantsiyum)
• Hindi: क्षुद्रातु (hi) (kshudraatu)
• Hungarian: francium (hu)
• Icelandic: fransín (is)
• Irish: frainciam (ga)
• Italian: francio (it) m
• Japanese: フランシウム (ja) (furanshiumu)
• Kashubian: frãs (csb)
• Kazakh: франций (kk) (frantsii)
• Korean: 프랑슘 (ko) (peurangsyum), 악티늄케이 (ko) (aktinyumkei)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: fransiyûm (ku)

• Latvian: francijs (lv)
• Lithuanian: francis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Francium (lb) n
• Macedonian: франциум (mk) (frántsium) m
• Malay: fransium (ms)
• Maltese: fransjum (mt)
• Manx: frankium (gv)
• Moksha: франци (frantsi)
• Mongolian: франци (mn) (frantsi)
• Norwegian: francium (no)
• Occitan: franci (oc) m
• Ossetian: франций (frantsiy)
• Persian: فرانسیم (fa) (ferânsiyom)
• Polish: frans (pl) m
• Portuguese: frâncio (pt) m
• Romanian: franciu (ro) n
• Russian: франций (ru) (frántsij) m
• Scottish Gaelic: frainciam (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: франциј (sh) m, францијум (sh) m

  Roman: francij (sh) m, francijum (sh) m

• Slovak: francium (sk)
• Slovene: fráncij (sl)
• Spanish: francio (es) m
• Swahili: fransi (sw)
• Swedish: francium (sv)
• Tajik: франсий (tg) (fransiy)
• Tamil: வெடியிதள் (ta) (vediyidhaL), பிரன்சியம் (ta) (piranciyam)
• Thai: แฟรนเซียม (th) (fraensiam)
• Turkish: fransiyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: францій (uk) (frántsij) m
• Uzbek: франций (uz) (frantsiy)
• Vietnamese: franxi (vi)
• Volapük: fransin (vo)
• Welsh: ffransiwm (cy)
• West Frisian: francium (fy) n

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Czech

Noun

francium n

1. francium

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

francium n (uncountable)

1. francium

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʁɑ̃.sjɔm/

Noun

francium m (usually uncountable)

1. francium

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Latin

Wikipedia ^la

Noun

francium (genitive franciī); n, second declension

1. francium

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	francium	francia
genitive	franciī	franciōrum
dative	franciō	franciīs
accusative	francium	francia
ablative	franciō	franciīs
vocative	francium	francia