aluminium

See also: Aluminium and alumínium

English

Chemical element
Al Previous: magnesium (Mg)
Next: silicon (Si)

Alternative forms

Etymology

First used in 1812 as an alternative form of aluminum which was invented in the same year.[1], from Latin alumen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elud-.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăl"yo͝omĭn'ēəm, ăl"yo͝omĭn'yəm, IPA(key): /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.i.əm/, /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.jəm/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • (US) enPR: ăl"(y)o͞omĭn'ēəm, ăl"(y)o͞omĭn'yəm, IPA(key): /ˌæl.(j)uˈmɪn.i.əm/, /ˌæl(j)uˈmɪn.j.əm/ (or like aluminum)
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /əˈluːmɪnəm/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AUS)(file)

Noun

aluminium (countable and uncountable, plural aluminiums)

  1. A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

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References

  1. ↑ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Al Previous: magnesium (Mg)
Next: silikon (Si)

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

Dutch

Chemical element
Al Previous: magnesium (Mg)
Next: silicium (Si)

Pronunciation

  • aluminium(file)

Noun

aluminium n (uncountable)

  1. aluminium

French

aluminium

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ly.mi.njɔm/
  • aluminium(file)
  • Audio(file)

Noun

aluminium m (plural aluminiums)

  1. aluminum (element)

Descendants

  • Lingala: aluminyu

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.luːˈmi.ni.um/, [a.ɫuːˈmɪ.ni.ũ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.luˈmi.ni.um/, [a.luˈmiː.ni.um]

Noun

alūminium n (genitive alūminiī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) aluminium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative alūminium alūminia
genitive alūminiī alūminiōrum
dative alūminiō alūminiīs
accusative alūminium alūminia
ablative alūminiō alūminiīs
vocative alūminium alūminia

Malay

Chemical element
Al Previous: magnesium (Mg)
Next: silikon (Si)

Alternative forms

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, n (definite singular aluminiumen or aluminiumet) (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin alumen

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.luˈmʲi.ɲum/
  • audio(file)

Noun

aluminium n

  1. aluminum

Declension

Indeclinable.

Synonyms

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alɵˈmiːnɪɵm/

Noun

aluminium n (uncountable)

  1. aluminium

Declension

Declension of aluminium 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative aluminium aluminiumet — —
Genitive aluminiums aluminiumets — —
Declension of aluminium 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative aluminium aluminiet — —
Genitive aluminiums aluminiets — —

References

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