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/ === 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[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “aluminium”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) 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