how to pronounce sodium

/ˈsəʊ.di.əm/

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sodium is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of sodium in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… safety of the ground is sodium for me …”

meaning of sodium

Sodium is a chemical element with symbol Na and atomic number 11.

sodium frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word sodium occurs in english on average 9.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.