aluminium

== 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/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ə.l(j)ʊˈmɪn.ɪ.jəm/ === Noun === aluminium (countable and uncountable, plural aluminiums) A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13. (countable) A single atom of this element. (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 ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Malay: aluminium → Welsh: alwminiwm ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === === Noun === aluminium (uncountable) aluminium == Danish == === Etymology === Created in 1812, from Latin alūmen +‎ -ium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aluminjɔm/, [a.luˈmiˀ.njɔm] Rhymes: -ɔm === Noun === aluminium n (singular definite aluminiummet, not used in plural form) aluminium ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== E173 (when used as a food colouring) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “aluminium” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English aluminium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌaː.lyˈmi.ni.ʏm/ Hyphenation: alu‧mi‧ni‧um === Noun === aluminium n (uncountable, no diminutive) 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) aluminium (element) ==== Descendants ==== Lingala: aluminyu → Portuguese: alumínio → Vietnamese: nhôm === 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 aluminium (a silvery metal) ==== Alternative forms ==== aloeminioem (superseded) alumunium ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “aluminium”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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.ɫuːˈmɪ.ni.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.luˈmiː.ni.um] === Noun === alūminium n (genitive alūminiī); second declension (New Latin) aluminium ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from English aluminium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aluminiom/ Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om === Noun === aluminium (Jawi spelling الومينيوم, plural aluminium-aluminium or aluminium2) aluminium (A silvery metal) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === "aluminium" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin alumen. === Noun === aluminium m or n (definite singular aluminiumen or aluminiumet) (uncountable) 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) 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) aluminium 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) alternative form of aluminiu == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alɵˈmiːnɪɵm/ === Noun === aluminium n (uncountable) aluminium, aluminum ==== Declension ==== === References === “aluminium”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “aluminium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “aluminium”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH