aluminium

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English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Usage notes

• 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.

Synonyms

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

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Noun

aluminium (uncountable)

1. aluminium

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. aluminum

Synonyms

• E173 (when used as a food colouring)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English aluminium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.lyˈmi.ni.ʏm/
• Hyphenation: alu‧mi‧ni‧um

Noun

aluminium n (uncountable)

1. aluminium

Derived terms

• aluminiumfolie

Descendants

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English aluminium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ly.mi.njɔm/

Noun

aluminium m (plural aluminiums)

1. aluminum (element)

Descendants

• Lingala: aluminyu
• → Portuguese: alumínio

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch aluminium, from English aluminium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alumiˈniʊm]
• Hyphenation: alu‧mi‧ni‧um

Noun

aluminium

1. aluminium (a silvery metal)

Alternative forms

• aloeminioem (superseded)
• alumunium

Derived terms

Further reading

• “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.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alūminium n (genitive alūminiī); second declension

1. (New Latin) aluminium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Malay

Alternative forms

• الومينيوم

Etymology

From English aluminium.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aluminium (Jawi spelling الومينيوم)

1. aluminium (A silvery metal)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin alumen.

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• aluminiumsfolie

References

• “aluminium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin alumen.

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• aluminiumsfolie

References

• “aluminium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English aluminium, from Latin alumen. First attested in 1818.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.luˈmi.ɲum/
• Rhymes: -iɲum
• Syllabification: a‧lu‧mi‧nium

Noun

aluminium n (indeclinable)

1. aluminum

   Synonym: glin

Derived terms

Collocations

References

Further reading

• 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

Romanian

Noun

aluminium n (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of aluminiu

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alɵˈmiːnɪɵm/

Noun

aluminium n (uncountable)

1. aluminum, aluminium

Declension

References

• aluminium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• aluminium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• aluminium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH