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Meaning of Palladium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

pəˈleɪdiəm

Definitions

A wooden statue of great antiquity on which the safety of Troy and later Rome was said to depend.
A safeguard.
A chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46: a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal.
countable, uncountable
A single atom of this element.
countable

Equivalents

Afrikaans palladium

العربية البالاديوم بالاديوم بلاديوم

Български защита паладий щит

Bosanski paladij

Català pal·ladi

Čeština palladium

Cymraeg paladiwm

Deutsch Palladium Schutz

Ελληνικά παλλάδιο

Esperanto paladio

Español paladio paladión

Eesti pallaadium

Suomi palladium

Français palladium

Galego paladio

עברית פלדיום

Hrvatski paladij

Magyar palládium

Հայերեն պալադիում

Íslenska palladín

Italiano palladio

日本語パラジウム

ქართული პალადიუმი

Қазақша палладий

ខ្មែរ ប៉ាឡាដ្យូម

한국어 팔라듐

Lëtzebuergesch Palladium

Lietuvių paladis

Latviešu pallādijs

Македонски паладиум

Bahasa Melayu paladium

Malti palladju

Nederlands palladium

Polski pallad

Português paládio

Română paladiu

Русский палладий палла́диум

Slovenčina paládium

Slovenščina paladij

Српски paladij

Svenska palladium

ไทย แพลเลเดียม

Türkçe paladyum palladyum

Українська паладій

Oʻzbekcha palladiy

Tiếng Việt palađi

Examples

“The trial by jury is the Palladium of our civil rights.”

“[H]ow unspeakably ominous to dim Royalist participators; for whom Royalism was Mankind's palladium[.]”

“The presupposition of the Prometheus myth is to be found in the extravagant value which a naive humanity attached to fire as the true palladium of every ascending culture.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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Meaning of Palladium | Babel Free

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