aluminum

English

Alternative forms

• aluminium (the spelling used in the sciences, and non-US English)

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen +‎ -um

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) enPR: ə-lo͞o'-mĭ-nəm, IPA^(key): /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/

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• (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.i.əm, IPA^(key): /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.jəm/ (corresponding to the form aluminium)

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈluː.mɪ.nəm/

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• (Philippine) IPA^(key): /ʔɐ.lʊˈmi.nʊm/

Noun

aluminum (countable and uncountable, plural aluminums)

1. US, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium.

Translations

aluminium — see aluminium

See also

• bauxite

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Aluminum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “aluminum”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
• Michael Quinion (2004), “Aluminum”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.

Latin

Noun

alūminum

1. genitive plural of alūmen