praseodymium

English

Chemical element (edit)
Pr Atomic number 59 praseodymium
Classification data Period 6 Group 3 Block f-block Class lanthanide
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Next: neodymium (Nd) →
English Wikipedia article on Praseodymium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πράσιος (prásios, “leek-green”) + didymium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɹeɪzioʊˈdɪmiəm/, /ˌpreɪziːəˈdɪmiəm/, enPR: prāzēōdĭm'ēəm

• Audio (US); /ˌpɹeɪzioʊˈdɪmiəm/:

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• Audio (General American); /ˌpreɪziːəˈdɪmiəm/:

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Noun

praseodymium (usually uncountable, plural praseodymiums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Pr) with an atomic number of 59, a soft, silvery, malleable and ductile rare earth metal, valued for its magnetic, electrical, chemical, and optical properties.
   • 2025 August 30, Gillian Tett, “America’s new ‘patriotic’ capitalism”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:

     But the government also gave MP Materials a decade-long guaranteed price floor for its products, such as the rare earths neodymium-praseodymium, at twice recent market rates (leaving aside the fact prices have soared this week as MP Materials has cut ties with China).

Derived terms

• dipraseodymium
• praseodymate
• praseodymian
• praseodymium trichloride

Related terms

• didymium
• neodymium
• praseolite

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: praseodimium (af)
• Albanian: prazeodim
• Arabic: بَرَاسِيُودِيمِيُوم m (barāsiyūdīmiyūm)
• Armenian: պրազեոդիմ (hy) (prazeodim)
• Asturian: praseodimiu (ast) m
• Basque: praseodimioa
• Belarusian: празеады́м m (prazjeadým)
• Breton: prazeodim
• Bulgarian: празеоди́м m (prazeodím)
• Catalan: praseodimi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐠 / 镨 (zh) (pǔ)

• Cornish: prasodyum
• Czech: praseodym (cs)
• Danish: praseodymium (da) n
• Dutch: praseodymium (nl) n
• Esperanto: prazeodimo (eo)
• Estonian: praseodüüm (et)
• Faroese: praseodymium n
• Finnish: praseodyymi (fi)
• French: praséodyme (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: praseodymium

• Friulian: praseodimi
• Galician: praseodimio (gl) m
• Georgian: პრაზეოდიმი (ṗrazeodimi)
• German: Praseodym (de) n
• Greek: πρασεοδύμιο (el) n (praseodýmio)
• Hebrew: פרסיאודימיום (prasiodímyum)
• Hindi: श्यामला (hi) (śyāmlā)
• Hungarian: prazeodímium (hu)
• Icelandic: praseódým (is)
• Irish: praiséidimiam
• Italian: praseodimio (it) m
• Japanese: プラセオジム (ja) (puraseojimu)
• Kashubian: prazeòdim
• Kazakh: празеодим (prazeodim)
• Khmer: ប្រាសេអូឌឹម (praaseeʼoudɨm)
• Korean: 프라세오디뮴 (ko) (peurase'odimyum)
• Latin: praseodymium (la)
• Latvian: prazeodīms
• Lithuanian: prazeodimis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Praseodym
• Macedonian: празеодимиум m (prazeodimium)
• Malay: praseodimium
• Maltese: praseodimjum
• Manx: prashodymmium
• Mongolian: празеодим (prazeodim)
• Norwegian: praseodym
• Persian: پرازئودیمیم (prâze'odimium)
• Polish: prazeodym (pl) m
• Portuguese: praseodímio (pt) m
• Romanian: praseodim (ro) n
• Russian: празеоди́м (ru) m (prazeodím)
• Scottish Gaelic: praiseoidimiam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: празеодиjум m, прасеодимиј m

  Latin: prazeodijum m, praseodimij (sh) m

• Slovak: prazeodým (sk) m
• Slovene: prazeodim (sl) m
• Spanish: praseodimio (es) m
• Swedish: praseodym (sv) n
• Tajik: празеодим (prazeodim)
• Thai: เพรซิโอดิเมียม (prēsiodimiam)
• Turkish: praseodim (tr)
• Ukrainian: празеоди́м (uk) m (prazeodým)
• Uzbek: prazeodim (uz)
• Vietnamese: prazeođim
• Volapük: praseodin (vo)
• Welsh: praseodiwm

Danish

Noun

praseodymium

1. alternative form of praseodym
   • 1994, Københavns universitet, Aarbog for københavns Universitet, kommunitetet og den Polytekniske læreanstalt, Danmarks tekniske højskole:

     I metallet praseodymium er der to forskellige slags magnetiske elektroner, ...

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   • 1901, Teknisk ukeblad i samarbeide med teknikk:

     ... et eller flere af stoffene: ceriuni-nitrat, neodymiuinnitrat, praseodymium-nitrat  ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1985, Københavns universitet, Årbog:

     ... har arbejdet koncentreret sig om Praseodymium.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Dutch

Chemical element (edit)
Pr Atomic number 59 praseodymium
Classification data Period 6 Group 3 Block f-block Class lanthanide
Previous: ← cerium (Ce)
Next: neodymium (Nd) →

Pronunciation

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Noun

praseodymium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. praseodymium

Latin

Chemical element (edit)
Pr Atomic number 59 praseodymium
Classification data Period 6 Group 3 Block f-block Class lanthanide
Previous: ← cerium (Ce)
Next: neodymium (Nd) →

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pra.se.ɔˈdy.mi.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pra.s̬e.oˈdiː.mi.um]

Noun

praseodymium n (genitive praseodymiī); second declension

1. praseodymium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	praseodymium	praseodymia
genitive	praseodymiī	praseodymiōrum
dative	praseodymiō	praseodymiīs
accusative	praseodymium	praseodymia
ablative	praseodymiō	praseodymiīs
vocative	praseodymium	praseodymia