aluminyo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aluminio (“aluminum”), from English aluminium, coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, from Latin alūmen (“alum”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaluˈminjo/ [ʔɐ.lʊˈmiː.ɲo]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔaluˈminjo/ [ʔɐ.lʊˈmin̪.jo]
• Rhymes: -injo
• Syllabification: a‧lu‧min‧yo

Noun

aluminyo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ) (chemistry)

1. aluminum

Related terms

• alumina
• piyedralumbre

Further reading

• “aluminyo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “aluminyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 28