beryllium

See also: Beryllium and béryllium

English

Chemical element
Be
Previous: lithium (Li)
Next: boron (B)

Etymology

beryl +‎ -ium

Pronunciation

• enPR: bərĭl'ēəm, IPA^(key): /bəˈɹɪl.i.əm/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: be‧ryl‧li‧um

Noun

beryllium (countable and uncountable, plural berylliums)

2. The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
3. (countable) An atom of this element.

Beryllium sample.

Synonyms

• glucinium or glucinum (archaic)

Derived terms

• beryllium-9
• beryllium acetate
• beryllium acetylacetonate
• beryllium aluminate
• beryllium aluminium oxide
• beryllium boride
• beryllium borohydride
• beryllium bromide
• beryllium carbide
• beryllium chloride
• beryllium copper
• beryllium fluoride
• beryllium formate
• beryllium hydroxide
• beryllium iodide
• beryllium nitrate
• beryllium nitride
• beryllium oxide
• beryllium sodalite
• beryllium sulfate
• beryllium sulfide
• beryllium sulfite
• beryllium sulphate
• beryllium sulphide
• beryllium sulphite

 

Related terms

related terms

• beryl
• beryllia
• beryllide
• berylline
• berylliosis
• berylloid
• beryllonite
• brilliant (possibly)

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: berillium (af)
• Albanian: berilium (sq)
• Arabic: بِيرِيلْيُوم m (birilyum)
• Armenian: բերիլիում (hy) (berilium)
• Asturian: beriliu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: berillium
• Basque: berilioa
• Belarusian: беры́лій m (bjerýlij)
• Bengali: বেরিলিয়াম (beriliẏam)
• Breton: beriliom
• Bulgarian: бери́лий m (berílij)
• Burmese: ဘယ်ရီလီယမ် (bhairiliyam)
• Catalan: beril·li (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鈹／铍 (pei⁴)

  Eastern Min: 鈹／铍 (pì)

  Hakka: 鈹／铍 (phì)

  Mandarin: 鈹／铍 (zh) (pí)

• Chuvash: берилий (berilij)
• Cornish: berylyum
• Corsican: berilliu (co) m
• Czech: berylium (cs) n
• Danish: beryllium (da)
• Dutch: beryllium (nl) n
• Esperanto: berilio (eo)
• Estonian: berüllium (et)
• Faroese: beryllium n
• Finnish: beryllium (fi)
• French: béryllium (fr) m
• Friulian: berili
• Galician: berilio (gl)
• Georgian: ბერილიუმი (beriliumi)
• German: Beryllium (de) n
• Greek: βηρύλλιο (el) n (virýllio)
• Haitian Creole: berilyòm
• Hawaiian: beryllium
• Hebrew: בֶּרִילְיוּם (he) m (berilium)
• Hindi: विडूर (viḍūr)
• Hungarian: berillium (hu)
• Icelandic: beryllín (is)
• Ido: berilio (io)
• Indonesian: berilium (id)
• Interlingua: beryllium
• Irish: beirilliam (ga)
• Italian: berillio (it) m
• Japanese: ベリリウム (ja) (beririumu)
• Kabuverdianu:

  ALUPEC: : beríliu m

  Badiu: beríliu m

  Santiago: beríliu m

  São Vicente: berílio m

• Kannada: ಬೆರಿಲಿಯಮ್ (beriliyam)
• Kashubian: beril m
• Kazakh: бериллий (berillii)
• Khmer: បេរីល្យូម (beeriilyuum)
• Korean: 베릴륨 (ko) (berillyum)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: berîlyûm (ku)

• Kyrgyz: бериллий (ky) (berilliy)
• Lao: ເບລິລະລຽມ (bē li la līam)
• Latin: beryllium (la)
• Latvian: berilijs (lv) m
• Lingala: belilu class 9a/10a
• Lithuanian: berilis (lt)
• Low German: beryllium n
• Luxembourgish: Beryllium
• Macedonian: берилиум m (berilium)
• Malay: berilium (ms)
• Malayalam: ബെറിലിയം (beṟiliyaṁ)
• Maltese: berillju m
• Manx: beryllium
• Maori: konuuku
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: берилли (mn) (berilli), берили (berili) (China)

  Mongolian: ᠪᠧᠷᠢᠯᠯᠢ (bērilli), ᠪᠧᠷᠢᠯᠢ (bērili)

• Nahuatl: iztactlāltepoztli
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beryllium (no) n

  Nynorsk: beryllium (nn) n

• Occitan: berilli m
• Persian: بریلیوم (fa) (beriliyom)
• Polish: beryl (pl) m
• Portuguese: berílio (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬੇਰਿਲੀਅਮ (pa) (berilīama)
• Quechua: berilyu
• Romanian: beriliu (ro) n
• Russian: бери́ллий (ru) m (beríllij)
• Saterland Frisian: beryllium
• Scottish Gaelic: beirilliam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: берилиjум m, берилиj m

  Roman: berilijum m, berilij (sh) m

• Sinhalese: බෙරිලියම් (beriliyam)
• Slovak: berýlium (sk) n
• Slovene: berilij (sl) m
• Spanish: berilio (es) m
• Swahili: berili
• Swedish: beryllium (sv) n
• Tagalog: berilyo
• Tajik: бериллий (berilliy)
• Tamil: வெளிரியம் (veḷiriyam)
• Thai: เบริลเลียม (th) (bee-ril-lîiam)
• Tibetan: བེ་རི་ལིམ། (be ri lim)
• Turkish: berilyum (tr)
• Turkmen: berilliý
• Ukrainian: бери́лій (uk) m (berýlij)
• Urdu: بیریلیم (berelem)
• Uyghur: بېرىللىي (bërilliy)
• Uzbek: berilliy (uz)

  Cyrillic: бериллий (uz) (berilliy)

• Vietnamese: berili, beri
• Volapük: berilin (vo)
• Welsh: beryliwm (cy)
• West Frisian: beryllium (fy)
• Yiddish: בעריליום m (berilyum)

See also

• aquamarine
• bertrandite
• bromellite
• chrysoberyl
• emerald
• phenakite

References

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

Further reading

• beryllium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛriːlɪjum]

Noun

beryllium n

1. Alternative form of berylium

Declension

Declension of beryllium (semisoft neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	beryllium	beryllia
genitive	beryllia	beryllií
dative	berylliu	berylliím
accusative	beryllium	beryllia
vocative	beryllium	beryllia
locative	berylliu	berylliích
instrumental	berylliem	beryllii

Further reading

• beryllium in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Danish

Noun

beryllium n (singular definite berylliummet, not used in plural form)

1. beryllium

Declension

Declension of beryllium

gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	beryllium	berylliummet
genitive	berylliums	berylliummets

Dutch

Chemical element
Be
Previous: lithium (Li)
Next: boor (B)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Beryllium. Equivalent to beryl +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːˈri.li.ʏm/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: be‧ryl‧li‧um

Noun

beryllium n (uncountable)

1. beryllium [from 19h c.]

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English beryllium).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈberylːium/, [ˈbe̞rylˌlium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Syllabification^(key): be‧ryl‧li‧um

Noun

element

Be	Previous:	litium
	Next:	boori

beryllium

1. beryllium

Declension

Inflection of beryllium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		beryllium	—
genitive		berylliumin	—
partitive		berylliumia	—
illative		berylliumiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		beryllium	—
accusative	nom.	beryllium	—
	gen.	berylliumin
genitive		berylliumin	—
partitive		berylliumia	—
inessive		berylliumissa	—
elative		berylliumista	—
illative		berylliumiin	—
adessive		berylliumilla	—
ablative		berylliumilta	—
allative		berylliumille	—
essive		berylliumina	—
translative		berylliumiksi	—
abessive		berylliumitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative berylliumini — accusative nom. berylliumini — gen. berylliumini genitive berylliumini — partitive berylliumiani — inessive berylliumissani — elative berylliumistani — illative berylliumiini — adessive berylliumillani — ablative berylliumiltani — allative berylliumilleni — essive berylliuminani — translative berylliumikseni — abessive berylliumittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative berylliumisi — accusative nom. berylliumisi — gen. berylliumisi genitive berylliumisi — partitive berylliumiasi — inessive berylliumissasi — elative berylliumistasi — illative berylliumiisi — adessive berylliumillasi — ablative berylliumiltasi — allative berylliumillesi — essive berylliuminasi — translative berylliumiksesi — abessive berylliumittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative berylliumimme — accusative nom. berylliumimme — gen. berylliumimme genitive berylliumimme — partitive berylliumiamme — inessive berylliumissamme — elative berylliumistamme — illative berylliumiimme — adessive berylliumillamme — ablative berylliumiltamme — allative berylliumillemme — essive berylliuminamme — translative berylliumiksemme — abessive berylliumittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative berylliuminne — accusative nom. berylliuminne — gen. berylliuminne genitive berylliuminne — partitive berylliumianne — inessive berylliumissanne — elative berylliumistanne — illative berylliumiinne — adessive berylliumillanne — ablative berylliumiltanne — allative berylliumillenne — essive berylliuminanne — translative berylliumiksenne — abessive berylliumittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative berylliuminsa — accusative nom. berylliuminsa — gen. berylliuminsa genitive berylliuminsa — partitive berylliumiaan berylliumiansa — inessive berylliumissaan berylliumissansa — elative berylliumistaan berylliumistansa — illative berylliumiinsa — adessive berylliumillaan berylliumillansa — ablative berylliumiltaan berylliumiltansa — allative berylliumilleen berylliumillensa — essive berylliuminaan berylliuminansa — translative berylliumikseen berylliumiksensa — abessive berylliumittaan berylliumittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• berylliumfluoridi
• berylliumkloridi
• berylliumoksidi

 

Further reading

• “beryllium”, 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 2023-07-02

Latin

Chemical element
Be
Previous: lithium (Li)
Next: boracium (B)

Etymology

Derived from bēryll(us) (“beryl”) +‎ -ium (“chemical element suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /beːˈryl.li.um/, [beːˈrʏlːʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /beˈril.li.um/, [beˈrilːium]

Noun

bēryllium n (genitive bērylliī); second declension

1. beryllium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bēryllium	bēryllia
Genitive	bērylliī	bērylliōrum
Dative	bērylliō	bērylliīs
Accusative	bēryllium	bēryllia
Ablative	bērylliō	bērylliīs
Vocative	bēryllium	bēryllia

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian beryllium.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈperylliːum/

Noun

beryllium

1. beryllium

Declension

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	beryllium
Genitive	berylliuma
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	beryllium	berylliumat
Accusative	berylliuma	berylliumiid
Genitive	berylliuma	berylliumiid
Illative	berylliumii	berylliumiidda
Locative	berylliumis	berylliumiin
Comitative	berylliumiin	berylliumiiguin
Essive	berylliumin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person berylliuman berylliumeamẹ berylliumeamẹt 2nd person berylliumat berylliumeattẹ berylliumeattẹt 3rd person berylliumis berylliumeaskkạ berylliumeasẹt

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From beryll +‎ -ium.

Noun

beryllium n (definite singular berylliumet, uncountable)

1. beryllium, chemical element, symbol Be

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From beryll +‎ -ium.

Noun

beryllium n (definite singular berylliumet, uncountable)

1. beryllium, chemical element, symbol Be

References

• “beryllium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Chemical element
Be
Previous: litium (Li)
Next: bor (B)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈrʏlɪɵm/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

beryllium n (uncountable)

1. beryllium

Declension

Declension of beryllium
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	beryllium	berylliumet	—	—
Genitive	berylliums	berylliumets	—	—

Declension of beryllium
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	beryllium	berylliet	—	—
Genitive	berylliums	berylliets	—	—