aluminium

Chemical element
Al
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• 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)

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• (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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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ə.l(j)ʊˈmɪn.ɪ.jəm/

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.
   • 2025 February 5, Annabel Crabb, “Donald Trump didn't invent brawling about tariffs. Australia gave it a red hot go”, in ABC News‎^[2], archived from the original on 3 April 2025:

     There are plenty of reasons, Australians may reason, why our nation might be exempted from the threatened next round of Trumpian tariffs, on stuff like aluminium and pharmaceuticals.

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

• → Malay: aluminium
• → Welsh: alwminiwm

Chemical element
Al
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aluminium (uncountable)

1. aluminium

Chemical element
Al
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Created in 1812, from Latin alūmen +‎ -ium.

• 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)

• “aluminium” in Den Danske Ordbog

Chemical element
Al
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Borrowed from English aluminium.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.lyˈmi.ni.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: alu‧mi‧ni‧um

aluminium n (uncountable, no diminutive)

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
• → Vietnamese: nhôm

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

Chemical element
Al
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Next: silikon (Si)

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 [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

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

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.ɫuːˈmɪ.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.luˈmiː.ni.um]

alūminium n (genitive alūminiī); second declension

1. (New Latin) aluminium

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Chemical element
Al
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Borrowed from English aluminium.

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

aluminium (Jawi spelling الومينيوم, plural aluminium-aluminium or aluminium²)

1. aluminium (A silvery metal)

• "aluminium" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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

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

• IPA^(key): /alɵˈmiːnɪɵm/

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aluminium n (uncountable)

1. aluminum, aluminium

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