🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Chrom

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kʁoːm

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Chromium/ˈkroʊ.mi.əm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Chrom wird häufig in Legierungen verwendet."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A hard, brittle metal used in alloys and for plating.

    "Chromium is often used to make stainless steel more resistant to corrosion."
  2. 2

    A chemical element with the symbol Cr and atomic number 24.

    "The periodic table lists chromium as a transition metal."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'chromium' is derived from the Greek word 'chroma', meaning 'color', reflecting the colorful compounds that chromium can form. It was first identified as a distinct element in 1797 by the French chemist Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin.

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