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aluminum

/əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.01 in modern English

Syllables
alu-minum
IPA
/əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

American, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/
  • British English: /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.jəm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

aluminums (plural) aluminium (alternative)

Derived Forms

alkoxyaluminum althupite aluminosis aluminumize aluminumlike aluminumware alvanite anodium dialuminum ekaaluminum ferroaluminum methylalumination

Phrases

aluminum wool eka-aluminum

Frequently Paired Words

bauxite

Synonyms

aluminium al atomic number 13

Questions

How do you pronounce aluminum?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/.
What does aluminum mean?
American, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium.
Where does aluminum come from?
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um

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