chromium

From New Latin, from French chrome (from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrew- (“to grind, rub”)) + -ium. So called because of the striking colors of its compounds.

• (US) enPR: krō'mēəm IPA^(key): /ˈkɹoʊmi.əm/

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chromium (countable and uncountable, plural chromiums)

1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24.

• chrome (when used for plating)

• green rouge

• “Chromium” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
• “chromium”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
• chromium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• chromium in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• chromium at OneLook Dictionary Search

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰroː.mi.um/, [ˈkʰroː.mi.ũ]

chrōmium n (genitive chrōmiī); second declension

1. chromium

Second declension.