overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

tennessine.

The chemical element (halogen) with atomic number 117.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɛnəsiːn/US
  1. The chemical element (halogen) with atomic number 117.

    uncountable
  2. The chemical element (halogen) with atomic number 117. An atom of this element.

    countable
Where this word comes from

From Tennessee + -ine, named after the Tennessee region. Promulgated in June 2016 by the IUPAC based on recommendations of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to honor the region where the element was discovered. Suffix -ine, rather than -ium, is due to it being a halogen (like fluorine or chlorine).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

tennessine has 10 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

tennessine studiotennessine workshello, tennessine

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.