noun · Nature

tungsten

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The meaning (definition) of the word tungsten

a super hard, super heavy metal used in light bulbs.

The word tungsten used in a sentence

Tungsten is a very hard metal in some light bulbs.

How the word tungsten is said around the world

Frenchtungstène (terngsten)
Spanishtungsteno (toonggstaynoh)
Mandarin (wū)
Hindiटंगस्टन (tuhnggustuhn)
Arabicالتنجستن (ahttnjstn)
Russianвольфрам (vol'fram)
Portuguese (EU)tungstênio (toonnggstaynyuu)
Portuguese (BR)tungstênio (toonnggstaynyuu)
Japaneseタングステン (tangusuten)
GermanWolfram (vawlfrahm)
Urduٹنگسٹن (tuhnuhgustuhn)
Punjabiਟੰਗਸਟਨ (tunguhsuhtuhn)
Korean텅스텐 (teongseuten)
Hebrewווֹלפרָם (vohlfrahm)
Greekβολφράμιο (bolphramio)
Dutchwolfraam (vawlfrahm)
Tagalogtungsten (toongstuhn)
Vietnamesevonfram (vay aw enur eurp ezhur ah emur)
Turkishtungsten (tuungstan)
Persianتنگستن (tahngaystahn)
Polishwolfram (vawlfrahm)
Ukrainianвольфрам (volfram)
Bengaliটাংস্টেন (tahngshtayn)
Swedishvolfram (vawlfrahm)
Italiantungsteno (tuunggstenoh)

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