barium

See also: Barium and bárium

English

Chemical element
Ba
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Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from baryta +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛəɹɪəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪəm

Noun

barium (usually uncountable, plural bariums)

2. The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.

   Synonym: (obsolete) barytum

3. (countable) A single atom of this element.
4. (medicine) barium sulfate suspension.

Barium sample

Derived terms

• barian
• bariferous
• barite
• barium acetate
• barium aluminate
• barium arsenate
• barium arsenite
• barium azide
• barium bromate-dihydrate
• barium bromate-monohydrate
• barium bromide
• barium carbide
• barium carbonate
• barium chlorate
• barium chloride
• barium chromate
• barium copper disilicate
• barium copper oxide
• barium copper silicate
• barium copper tetrasilicate
• barium cyanide
• barium dioxide
• barium disilicate
• barium fluoride
• barium formate
• barium hexaboride
• barium hexafluorosilicate
• barium hydroxide
• barium iodide
• barium manganate
• barium meal
• barium metaniobate
• barium metaphosphate
• barium metasilicate
• barium metatitanate
• barium molybdate
• barium niobate
• barium nitrate
• barium nitride
• barium nitrite
• barium orthophosphate
• barium orthovandate
• barium oxalate
• barium oxide
• barium perchlorate
• barium permanganate
• barium peroxide
• barium perxenate
• barium platinocyanide
• barium plutonate
• barium potassium chromate
• barium pyrophosphate
• barium pyrovanadate
• barium selenate
• barium selenide
• barium selenite
• barium silicide
• barium sodium niobate
• barium stannate
• barium star
• barium sulfate, barium sulphate
• barium sulfide, barium sulphide
• barium sulfite, barium sulphite
• barium swallow
• barium tellurate-trihydrate
• barium tellurite
• barium thiocyanate
• barium thiosulfate
• barium titanate
• barium tungstate
• barium uranium oxide
• barium zirconate
• bazirite
• dibarium
• hexabarium
• organobarium
• platino-barium cyanide
• radiobarium
• tetrabarium
• tribarium
• yttrium barium copper oxide

Related terms

• baric
• barote
• baryta
• barytes
• YBCO

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: barium (af)
• Albanian: barium (sq)
• Arabic: بَارِيُوم m (bāriyūm)
• Armenian: բարիում (hy) (barium)
• Asturian: bariu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani:

  Roman: barium

  Abjad: باریوم (bāriyūm, bārīūm, bāryūm)

• Basque: barioa
• Belarusian: ба́рый m (báryj)
• Breton: bariom
• Bulgarian: ба́рий m (bárij)
• Catalan: bari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鋇 / 钡 (zh) (bèi)

• Cornish: baryum
• Czech: baryum (cs) n
• Danish: barium (da)
• Dutch: barium (nl) n
• Esperanto: bario (eo)
• Estonian: baarium (et)
• Faroese: barium
• Finnish: barium (fi)
• French: baryum (fr) m
• Friulian: bari
• Galician: bario (gl) m
• Georgian: ბარიუმი (bariumi)
• German: Barium (de) n
• Greek: βάριο (el) n (vário)
• Hebrew: בריום (he) (baryom)
• Hindi: हर्यातु (haryātu)
• Hungarian: bárium (hu)
• Icelandic: barín (is)
• Irish: bairiam
• Italian: bario (it) m
• Japanese: バリウム (ja) (bariumu)
• Kashubian: bar
• Kazakh: барий (kk) (barii)
• Khmer: បារីយ៉ូម (baarəyoom), បារ៉្យូម (baaryuum)
• Korean: 바륨 (ko) (baryum)
• Latvian: bārijs (lv)
• Lithuanian: baris (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Barium
• Malay: barium (ms)
• Maltese: barju
• Manx: baarium
• Maori: konuokehu
• Mongolian: бари (mn) (bari)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barium n

  Nynorsk: barium (nn) n

• Occitan: bari (oc) m
• Persian: باریم (fa) (bâriyom)
• Polish: bar (pl) m
• Portuguese: bário (pt)
• Romanian: bariu (ro) n
• Russian: ба́рий (ru) m (bárij)
• Scottish Gaelic: bairiam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бариј m, бариум m

  Roman: barij (sh) m, barium m

• Slovak: bárium (sk)
• Slovene: barij (sl)
• Spanish: bario (es) m
• Swedish: barium (sv)
• Tajik: барий (bariy)
• Tamil: பாரவியம் (pāraviyam)
• Thai: แบเรียม (bɛɛ-rîiam)
• Turkish: baryum (tr)
• Ukrainian: ба́рій (uk) m (bárij)
• Uzbek: барий (uz) (bariy), bariy (uz)
• Vietnamese: bari (vi)
• Volapük: barin (vo)
• Welsh: bariwm (cy)
• West Frisian: barium

See also

• barium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gillespite
• heavy spar
• witherite

References

• Barium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

Anagrams

• BIMARU, Umbria

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Ba
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Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

barium (uncountable)

1. barium

Danish

Chemical element
Ba
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Next: lanthan (La)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βᾰρῠ́ς (bărŭ́s) +‎ -ium.

Noun

barium n (singular definite bariummet, not used in plural form)

1. barium

Declension

Declension of barium

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	barium	bariummet
genitive	bariums	bariummets

References

• “barium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Chemical element
Ba
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Next: lanthaan (La)

Etymology

Borrowed from English barium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.ri.ʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ri‧um
• Rhymes: -aːriʏm

Noun

barium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. barium

Derived terms

• bariumsulfaat

Related terms

• bariet

Finnish

Etymology

From English barium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑri.um/, [ˈbɑ̝ri.um]
• Rhymes: -ɑri.um
• Syllabification^(key): ba‧ri‧um
• Hyphenation^(key): ba‧ri‧um

Noun

barium

1. barium

Declension

Inflection of barium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		barium	—
genitive		bariumin	—
partitive		bariumia	—
illative		bariumiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		barium	—
accusative	nom.	barium	—
	gen.	bariumin
genitive		bariumin	—
partitive		bariumia	—
inessive		bariumissa	—
elative		bariumista	—
illative		bariumiin	—
adessive		bariumilla	—
ablative		bariumilta	—
allative		bariumille	—
essive		bariumina	—
translative		bariumiksi	—
abessive		bariumitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of barium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bariumini — accusative nom. bariumini — gen. bariumini genitive bariumini — partitive bariumiani — inessive bariumissani — elative bariumistani — illative bariumiini — adessive bariumillani — ablative bariumiltani — allative bariumilleni — essive bariuminani — translative bariumikseni — abessive bariumittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bariumisi — accusative nom. bariumisi — gen. bariumisi genitive bariumisi — partitive bariumiasi — inessive bariumissasi — elative bariumistasi — illative bariumiisi — adessive bariumillasi — ablative bariumiltasi — allative bariumillesi — essive bariuminasi — translative bariumiksesi — abessive bariumittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bariumimme — accusative nom. bariumimme — gen. bariumimme genitive bariumimme — partitive bariumiamme — inessive bariumissamme — elative bariumistamme — illative bariumiimme — adessive bariumillamme — ablative bariumiltamme — allative bariumillemme — essive bariuminamme — translative bariumiksemme — abessive bariumittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bariuminne — accusative nom. bariuminne — gen. bariuminne genitive bariuminne — partitive bariumianne — inessive bariumissanne — elative bariumistanne — illative bariumiinne — adessive bariumillanne — ablative bariumiltanne — allative bariumillenne — essive bariuminanne — translative bariumiksenne — abessive bariumittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative bariuminsa — accusative nom. bariuminsa — gen. bariuminsa genitive bariuminsa — partitive bariumiaan bariumiansa — inessive bariumissaan bariumissansa — elative bariumistaan bariumistansa — illative bariumiinsa — adessive bariumillaan bariumillansa — ablative bariumiltaan bariumiltansa — allative bariumilleen bariumillensa — essive bariuminaan bariuminansa — translative bariumikseen bariumiksensa — abessive bariumittaan bariumittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• bariumpuuro
• bariumsulfaatti

Further reading

• “barium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• rumbia

Indonesian

Chemical element
Ba
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Next: lantanum (La)

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /baˈrium/ [baˈri.ʊm]
• Rhymes: -um
• Syllabification: ba‧ri‧um

Noun

barium (plural barium-barium)

1. barium
   2. The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
   3. (countable) A single atom of this element.
   4. (medicine) barium sulfate suspension.

Derived terms

• barium enema
• barium nitrat
• barium telan

Further reading

• “barium”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Chemical element
Ba
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Next: lanthanum (La)

Etymology

Roughly βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈba.ri.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbaː.ri.um]

Noun

barium n (genitive bariī); second declension

1. (New Latin) barium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	barium	baria
genitive	bariī	bariōrum
dative	bariō	bariīs
accusative	barium	baria
ablative	bariō	bariīs
vocative	barium	baria

References

• "barium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “barium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “barium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “barium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaː˨ʁjɔ˧m]

Noun

barium n

1. (uncountable) barium
2. A part of barium

Malay

Chemical element
Ba
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Next: lantanum (La)

Etymology

From English barium, from Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bariom], [bariəm], [bɛriəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

barium

1. barium (chemical element)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English barium, from baryta.

Noun

barium n (definite singular bariumet, uncountable)

1. barium, chemical element, symbol Ba

References

• “barium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “barium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English barium, from baryta.

Noun

barium n (definite singular bariumet, uncountable)

1. barium, chemical element, symbol Ba

References

• “barium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Chemical element
Ba
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Next: lantan (La)

Noun

barium n

1. barium

Declension

Declension of barium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	barium	bariums
	definite	bariumet	bariumets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of barium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	barium	bariums
	definite	bariet	bariets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of barium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	barium	bariums
	definite	barium	bariums
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• barium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• barium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• barium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH