aluminium

• aluminum (US, Canada, Philippines) (see § Usage notes below)

First used in 1812 as an alternative form of aluminum which was coined in the same year.^[1] From Latin alūmen +‎ -ium.

• For information on the origins of the two spellings, see the Wikipedia article.

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) enPR: ăl"yo͝omĭn'ēəm, ăl"yo͝omĭn'yəm, IPA^(key): /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.i.əm/, /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.jəm/

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• (US) enPR: ăl"(y)o͞omĭn'ēəm, ăl"(y)o͞omĭn'yəm, IPA^(key): /ˌæl.(j)uˈmɪn.i.əm/, /ˌæl.(j)uˈmɪn.jəm/ (or like aluminum)
• (Canada) enPR: əlo͞om'ĭnəm, IPA^(key): /əˈluːmɪnəm/ (corresponding to aluminum)
• (New Zealand) enPR: ăl"(y)əmĭn'yəm, IPA^(key): /ˌɛl.(j)ɘˈmɘn.jɘm/

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aluminium (countable and uncountable, plural aluminiums)

2. A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.
4. (slang) Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminium.

The spelling aluminium is used internationally in chemistry as recommended by IUPAC. In everyday use aluminium is generally used in Commonwealth countries, while aluminum is used in US English.

• alumium (obsolete)
• E173 when used as a food colouring

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aluminium (uncountable)

1. aluminium

Created in 1812, from Latin alūmen (“alum”).

• IPA^(key): /aluminjɔm/, [a.luˈmiˀ.njɔm]
• Rhymes: -ɔm

aluminium n (singular definite aluminiummet, not used in plural form)

1. aluminum

• E173 (when used as a food colouring)

Borrowed from English aluminium.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.lyˈmi.ni.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: alu‧mi‧ni‧um

aluminium n (uncountable)

1. aluminium

• aluminiumfolie

• → Caribbean Javanese: alminiyum
• → Indonesian: aluminium
• → Sranan Tongo: aluminium

Borrowed from English aluminium.

• IPA^(key): /a.ly.mi.njɔm/

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aluminium m (plural aluminiums)

1. aluminum (element)

• Lingala: aluminyu
• → Portuguese: alumínio

• “aluminium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Dutch aluminium, from English aluminium.

• IPA^(key): [alumiˈniʊm]

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• Hyphenation: alu‧mi‧ni‧um

aluminium

1. aluminium (a silvery metal)

• aloeminioem (superseded)
• alumunium

• “aluminium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Derived from alūmen, alūminis (“alum”) +‎ -ium (chemical element suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.luːˈmi.ni.um/, [äɫ̪uːˈmɪniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.luˈmi.ni.um/, [äluˈmiːnium]

alūminium n (genitive alūminiī); second declension

1. (New Latin) aluminium

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• الومينيوم

From English aluminium.

• IPA^(key): /aluminiom/
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

aluminium (Jawi spelling الومينيوم)

1. aluminium (A silvery metal)

From Latin alumen.

aluminium m or n (definite singular aluminiumen or aluminiumet) (uncountable)

1. aluminium (UK), or aluminum (US) (chemical element and metal, symbol Al)

• aluminiumsfolie

• “aluminium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin alumen.

aluminium m or n (definite singular aluminiumen or aluminiumet) (uncountable)

1. aluminium (UK), or aluminum (US) (chemical element and metal, symbol Al)

• aluminiumsfolie

• “aluminium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from English aluminium,^[1] from Latin alumen.^[2] First attested in 1818^[3].

• IPA^(key): /a.luˈmi.ɲum/

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• Rhymes: -iɲum
• Syllabification: a‧lu‧mi‧nium

aluminium n (indeclinable)

1. aluminum

   Synonym: glin

• aluminium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aluminium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “aluminium”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aluminjum”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 28

aluminium n (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of aluminiu

• IPA^(key): /alɵˈmiːnɪɵm/

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aluminium n (uncountable)

1. aluminium

• aluminium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)