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{{also|Chromium}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}
{{elements|en|Cr|vanadium|V|manganese|Mn}}
[[File:Chromium crystals and 1cm3 cube.jpg|thumb|'''Chromium''' crystals and cube.]]

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰer-}}
From {{bor|en|NL.|-}}, from {{der|en|fr|chrome}} (from {{der|en|grc|χρῶμα||color}}) + {{m|la|-ium}}. So called because of the striking colors of its compounds.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|krō'mē-əm|a=US}}; {{IPA|en|/ˈkɹoʊ.mi.əm/}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-chromium.ogg|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{senseid|en|Q725}}A chemical element (''symbol'' Cr) with an [[atomic number]] of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle [[transition metal]].

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|chrome}} {{qual|when used for plating}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|Chromel|chromoly|dichromium|nonchromium|organochromium|radiochromium
|chromium group
|chromiferous
|chromium-52
|chromium-53
|chromium-54
|chromium carbide
|chromium dioxide
|chromium oxide
|chromium plate
|chromium-plated
|chromium plating
|chromium sesquioxide
|chromium trichloride
|chromium trifluoride
|chromium trioxide
|chromo-
|ferrochromium
}}

====Related terms====
{{rel3|en
|chroma
|chromate
|chrome
|chromic
|chromite
|chromo-
|chromous
|panchromium
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|id=Q725|chemical element}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|chroom}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|krom|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|كْرُوم|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|քրոմ}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|cromu|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|xrom}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|kromoa}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|хром|m}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|krom|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|хром|m}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|ခရိုမီယမ်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|crom|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|鉻|tr=gè}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|cromyum}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|chrom|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|krom|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|chroom|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kromo}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|kroom}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|krom|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kromi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|chrome|m}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|crom}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|cromo|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ქრომი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Chrom|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χρώμιο|n}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|kromi}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|વર્ણાતુ}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|כְּרוֹם|m|tr=krom}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|वर्णातु}}, {{t|hi|क्रोमियम}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|króm}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|króm|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|kromo}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|chromo}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|cróimiam|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|cromo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|クロム|tr=kuromu}}
* Kashubian: {{t|csb|chróm|m}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|хром}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ក្រូម}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|크롬}}, {{t+|ko|크로뮴}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|хром}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|chrōmium|n}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|hroms|m}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|kolomo|c9a|c10a}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|chromas|m}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Chrom}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|хром|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kromium}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|kromju}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|cromium}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|koromiama}}, {{t|mi|konupūmura}}, {{t|mi|konukita}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|хром}}
* Northern Sami: {{t-needed|se}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|krom|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t+|nn|krom|n}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|cròme|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|قروم|tr=qrōm, qırōm, qurōm}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کروم|tr=korom}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|chrom|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cromo|m}}, {{t+|pt|crómio|m}}, {{t+|pt|crômio|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|crom|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|хром|m-in}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|cròimiam}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|хро̏м|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|hrȍm|m}}, {{t+|sh|krȍm|m}} {{qualifier|Croatian}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|chróm|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|krom|m-in}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cromo|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|chromi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|krom|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kromo}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|хром}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|நீலிரும்பு}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|โครเมียม}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཚོན་ལྕགས|lit=colored iron}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|krom}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|hrom}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|хром|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|کرومیم|tr=kromiyam}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|خروم}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|xrom}}
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|uz|хром}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|crôm}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|kromin}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|cromiwm}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|groom}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|קראָומיאַם}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|green rouge}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:WebMineral}}
* {{R:mindat}}
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:OneLook}}

{{C|en|Chromium}}

==Latin==
{{wikipedia|lang=la}}
{{elements|la|Cr|vanadium|V|manganum|Mn}}

===Etymology===
{{af|la|fr:chrome|-ium}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|chrōmium}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|chrōmium<2.-ium>}}

# [[#English|chromium]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|chrōmium<2.-ium>}}

====Descendants====
{{hcol|4}}
* {{desc|my|ခရိုမီယမ်|bor=1}}
* {{desc|zh|鉻|tr=gè|bor=1}}
* {{desc|kw|cromyum|bor=1}}
* {{desc|en|chromium|bor=1}}
* {{desc|el|χρώμιο|bor=1}}
* {{desc|hi|क्रोमियम|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ga|cróimiam|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ko|크로뮴|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ms|kromium|bor=1}}
* {{desc|mt|kromju|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gv|cromium|bor=1}}
* {{desc|mi|koromiama|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pt|crómio|crômio|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gd|cròimiam|bor=1}}
* {{desc|sw|chromi|bor=1}}
* {{desc|th|โครเมียม|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ur|کرومیم|tr=kromiyam|bor=1}}
* {{desc|cy|cromiwm|bor=1}}
* {{desc|yi|קראָומיאַם|bor=1}}

{{topics|la|Chemical elements|Chromium}}