crom

See also: Crom and cróm

Catalan

Chemical element
Cr
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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrew- (“to grind, rub”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɾom]

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Noun

crom m (uncountable)

1. chromium

Further reading

• “crom”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007