aluminium

See also: Aluminium and alumínium

English

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

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/

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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)
• (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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Noun

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.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.
4. (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

• aluminic
• aluminiferous
• aluminio-, alumino-
• aluminise, aluminize
• aluminium-26
• aluminium-27
• aluminium arsenide, aluminum arsenide
• aluminium borate, aluminum borate
• aluminium boron oxide, aluminum boron oxide
• aluminium brass, aluminum brass
• aluminium bromide, aluminum bromide
• aluminium bronze, aluminum bronze
• aluminium caesium tetrachloride
• aluminium carbide, aluminum carbide
• aluminium chloride, aluminum chloride
• aluminium chloride fluoride, aluminum chloride fluoride
• aluminium chloride oxide, aluminum chloride oxide
• aluminium chlorohydrate, aluminum chlorohydrate
• aluminium difluoride, aluminum difluoride
• aluminium difluoride oxide, aluminum difluoride oxide
• aluminium family
• aluminium fluoride, aluminum fluoride
• aluminium foil, aluminum foil
• aluminium gallium arsenide, aluminum gallium arsenide
• aluminium-gallium-indium phosphide, aluminum-gallium-indium phosphide
• aluminium gallium nitride, aluminum gallium nitride
• aluminium hydride, aluminum hydride
• aluminium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide
• aluminium iodide, aluminum iodide
• aluminium isopropoxide, aluminum isopropoxide
• aluminium monobromide, aluminum monobromide
• aluminium monochloride, aluminum monochloride
• aluminium monofluoride, aluminum monofluoride
• aluminium monofluoride monoxide
• aluminium monoiodide, aluminum monoiodide
• aluminium monophosphide, aluminum monophosphide
• aluminium monostearate, aluminum monostearate
• aluminium monotelluride, aluminum monotelluride
• aluminium monoxide, aluminum monoxide
• aluminium nitrate, aluminum nitrate
• aluminium nitride, aluminum nitride
• aluminium oxide, aluminum oxide
• aluminium oxide hydroxide, aluminum oxide hydroxide
• aluminium oxynitride, aluminum oxynitride
• aluminium paper
• aluminium phosphide, aluminum phosphide
• aluminium rubidium tetrachloride, aluminum rubidium tetrachloride
• aluminium shower
• aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate
• aluminium silicon monoxide, aluminum silicon monoxide
• aluminium suboxide, aluminum suboxide
• aluminium sulphate, aluminum sulfate
• aluminium sulphate hexadecahydrate, aluminum sulfate hexadecahydrate
• aluminium sulphide, aluminum sulfide
• aluminium tribromide, aluminum tribromide
• aluminium trichloride, aluminum trichloride
• aluminium trifluoride, aluminum trifluoride
• aluminium triiodide, aluminum triiodide
• alundum
• beryllium aluminium oxide, beryllium aluminum oxide
• dialuminium, dialuminum
• diethylaluminium chloride, diethylaluminum chloride
• dihydroxyaluminium
• diisobutylaluminium hydride, diisobutylaluminum hydride
• duralumin
• eka-aluminium, ekaaluminum
• ferro-aluminium, ferro-aluminum
• lithium aluminium hydride, lithium aluminum hydride
• magnalium
• magnesium aluminium oxide, magnesium aluminum oxide
• magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate
• monoaluminium, monoaluminum
• potassium aluminium chloride, potassium aluminum chloride
• potassium aluminium silicate
• potassium aluminium sulfate
• potassium aluminium sulphate, potassium aluminum sulfate
• rubidium aluminium sulphate-dodecahydrate, rubidium aluminum sulfate-dodecahydrate
• sodium aluminium fluoride, sodium aluminum fluoride
• sodium aluminium phosphate
• triethylaluminium, triethylaluminum
• trimethylaluminium, trimethyl aluminium
• yttrium aluminium garnet, yttrium aluminum garnet

 

Related terms

• algraphy
• alum
• alumane
• alumina
• aluminate
• aluminian
• aluminide
• aluminothermy

 

Translations

silvery metal

• Afrikaans: aluminium (af)
• Albanian: alumin (sq) ?
• Arabic: أَلُومِنْيُوم m (ʔalūminyūm)
• Armenian: ալյումին (hy) (alyumin)
• Assamese: এলুমিনিয়াম (eluminiam)
• Asturian: aluminiu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: alüminium
• Basque: aluminioa
• Belarusian: алюмі́ній m (aljumínij)
• Bengali: অ্যালুমিনিয়াম (bn) (êluminiẏam)
• Breton: aluminiom m
• Bulgarian: алуми́ний (bg) m (alumínij)
• Burmese: အလူမီနီယမ် (a.luminiyam)
• Catalan: alumini (ca) m
• Central Melanau: maniyem
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鋁／铝 (leoi⁵)

  Hakka: 鋁／铝 (lî), 阿路米 (à-lu-mí, â-lu-mí) (Taiwan)

  Hokkien: 鋁／铝 (lū, lī), a-lú-mih (Taiwan), 輕銀／轻银 (zh-min-nan) (khin-gîn, khin-gûn, kheng-gûn), 輕銀仔／轻银仔 (khin-gîn-á, kheng-gîn-á), 礬素／矾素 (hoân-sò͘)

  Mandarin: 鋁／铝 (zh) (lǚ)

  Wu: 鋁／铝 (⁶liu)

• Chuvash: алюмини (aljumini)
• Cornish: aluminiom m
• Corsican: alluminiu (co) m
• Czech: hliník (cs) m
• Danish: aluminium (da) n
• Dutch: aluminium (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ཀ་ལ (ka la)
• Erzya: люм (ľum)
• Esperanto: aluminio (eo)
• Estonian: alumiinium (et)
• Farefare: waasrɛ
• Faroese: aluminium n
• Finnish: alumiini (fi)
• French: aluminium (fr) m
• Friulian: alumini ?
• Galician: aluminio (gl) m
• Georgian: ალუმინი (alumini)
• German: Aluminium (de) n

  Central Franconian: Allu ?

• Greek: αλουμίνιο (el) n (aloumínio)
• Haitian Creole: aliminyòm
• Hawaiian: ʻAluminuma
• Hebrew: אלומיניום (he) (alumínyum), חמרן (he) m (ḥamran, ḥomran)
• Hindi: एल्युमिनियम ? (elyuminiyam), स्फटयातु ? (sphaṭyātu)
• Hungarian: alumínium (hu)
• Icelandic: ál (is) n
• Ido: aluminio (io)
• Indonesian: aluminium (id)
• Interlingua: aluminium
• Irish: alúmanam (ga) m
• Italian: alluminio (it) m
• Japanese: アルミニウム (ja) (aruminiumu), 軽銀 (ja) (けいぎん, keigin), 礬素 (banso)
• Javanese: alumunium
• Kannada: ಅಲ್ಯೂಮಿನಿಯಮ್ (alyūminiyam)
• Kapampangan: aluminiu
• Kashubian: aluminijô m
• Kazakh: алюминий (kk) (alüminii)
• Khmer: អាលុយមីញ៉ូម (ʼaaluymiiñoum), ដេរ៉ា (deeraa), ញ៉ូម (ñoum)
• Korean: 알루미늄 (ko) (alluminyum), 반소(礬素) (ko) (banso)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bafûn (ku)

• Kyrgyz: алюминий (ky) (alyuminiy)
• Lao: ອາລູມິນຽມ (ʼā lū mi nīam)
• Latin: aluminium (la) n
• Latvian: alumīnijs ?
• Limburgish: alleminium (li) n
• Lingala: aluminyu class 9a/10a
• Lithuanian: aliuminis (lt) ?
• Low German: aluminium ?
• Luxembourgish: Aluminium ?
• Macedonian: алуминиум m (aluminium)
• Malay: aluminium (ms)
• Malayalam: അലുമിനിയം (ml) (aluminiyaṁ)
• Maltese: aluminju m
• Manx: ollymin m
• Maori: konumohe
• Marathi: ऍल्युमिनियम ? (ĕlyuminiyam)
• Mongolian: хөнгөн цагаан (xöngön cagaan)
• Moore: waasdo
• Navajo: béésh ászólí
• Nepali: आल्मुनियम (ālmuniyam)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aluminium (no) m or n

  Nynorsk: aluminium (nn) m or n

• Occitan: alumini (oc) m
• Pashto: المونيم (ps) m (almónyám)
• Persian: آلومینیم (fa) (âluminiyom)
• Plautdietsch: Alumienium m
• Polish: glin (pl) m, aluminium (pl) m
• Portuguese: alumínio (pt) m
• Quechua: ch'aqu q'illay
• Romanian: aluminiu (ro) n
• Russian: алюми́ний (ru) m (aljumínij)
• Sanskrit: स्फटयातु ? (sphaṭayātu)
• Saterland Frisian: aluminium ?
• Scottish Gaelic: alùmanam m, almain (gd) m, alman (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алу̀мӣнијум m, алу̀мӣниј m

  Roman: alùmīnijum m, alùmīnij (sh) m

• Sicilian: alluminiu (scn)
• Slovak: hliník (sk) m
• Slovene: aluminij (sl)
• Spanish: aluminio (es) m
• Swahili: alumini (sw), aluminiamu
• Swedish: aluminium (sv) n
• Tagalog: aluminyo (tl)
• Tajik: алюминий (tg) (alyuminiy)
• Tamil: அலூமீனியம் (alūmīṉiyam)
• Telugu: అల్యూమినియం (te) (alyūminiyaṁ)
• Thai: อะลูมิเนียม (th) (à-luu-mí-niiam), อะลูมินัม (à-luu-mí-nam)
• Tibetan: ཧ་ཡང་ (ha yang)
• Turkish: alüminyum (tr)
• Turkmen: alýumin
• Ukrainian: алюмі́ній (uk) m (aljumínij)
• Urdu: ایلومینیم m (elyuminiyam)
• Uyghur: ئاليۇمىن (alyumin)
• Uzbek: alyuminiy (uz)

  Cyrillic: алюминий (uz) (alyuminiy)

• Veps: alüminii
• Vietnamese: nhôm (vi)
• Volapük: lalumin (vo)
• Welsh: alwminiwm (cy) m
• West Frisian: aluminium ?
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: אַלומיניום m (aluminyum)
• Yoruba: aluminiọmu, bẹ̀lẹ̀jẹ́
• Zhuang: lij

See also

• andalusite
• bauxite
• Birmabright
• chiolite
• cobalt blue
• corundum
• cryolite
• emery
• mullite
• romanium
• ruby
• sapphire

Afrikaans

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

aluminium (uncountable)

1. aluminium

Danish

Etymology

Created in 1812, from Latin alūmen (“alum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aluminjɔm/, [a.luˈmiˀ.njɔm]
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Noun

aluminium n (singular definite aluminiummet, not used in plural form)

1. aluminum

Synonyms

• E173 (when used as a food colouring)

Dutch

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English aluminium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.lyˈmi.ni.ʏm/

• aluminium

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• Hyphenation: alu‧mi‧ni‧um

Noun

aluminium n (uncountable)

1. aluminium

Derived terms

• aluminiumfolie

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: alminiyum
• → Indonesian: aluminium
• → Sranan Tongo: aluminium

French

aluminium

Etymology

Borrowed from English aluminium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ly.mi.njɔm/

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Noun

aluminium m (plural aluminiums)

1. aluminum (element)

Descendants

• Lingala: aluminyu
• → Portuguese: alumínio

Further reading

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

Indonesian

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

Etymology

From Dutch aluminium, from English aluminium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alumiˈniʊm]
• Hyphenation: alu‧mi‧ni‧um

Noun

aluminium

1. aluminium (a silvery metal)

Alternative forms

• aloeminioem (superseded)
• alumunium

Derived terms

• aluminium asetat
• aluminium diasetat
• aluminium dilinoleat
• aluminium dimerat
• aluminium dimiristat
• aluminium disetil fosfat
• aluminium distearat
• aluminium format
• aluminium fosfat
• aluminium hidroksida
• aluminium klorhidroksida
• aluminium klorida
• aluminium klorohidrat
• aluminium laktat
• aluminium palmitat
• aluminium silikat
• aluminium sitrat
• aluminium stearat
• aluminium sulfat

 

Further reading

• “aluminium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.luːˈmi.ni.um/, [äɫ̪uːˈmɪniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.luˈmi.ni.um/, [äluˈmiːnium]

Noun

alūminium n (genitive alūminiī); second declension

1. (New Latin) aluminium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alūminium	alūminia
Genitive	alūminiī	alūminiōrum
Dative	alūminiō	alūminiīs
Accusative	alūminium	alūminia
Ablative	alūminiō	alūminiīs
Vocative	alūminium	alūminia

Malay

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

Alternative forms

• الومينيوم

Etymology

From English aluminium.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aluminium (Jawi spelling الومينيوم)

1. aluminium (A silvery metal)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin alumen.

Noun

aluminium m or n (definite singular aluminiumen or aluminiumet) (uncountable)

1. 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)

1. 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/

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• Rhymes: -iɲum
• Syllabification: a‧lu‧mi‧nium

Noun

aluminium n (indeclinable)

1. aluminum

   Synonym: glin

Derived terms

adjective

• aluminiowy

 

nouns

• aluminografia
• aluminotermia

 

verb

• aluminiować

 

Collocations

Collocations

• powlekany aluminium ― coated in aluminum
• pokryty aluminium ― covered with aluminum
• polerowane aluminium ― polished aluminum
• szczotkowane aluminium ― brushed aluminum
• anodowane aluminium ― anodized aluminum
• drugoligowe aluminium ― second-tier aluminum
• matowe aluminium ― matt aluminum
• lekkie aluminium ― lightweight aluminum
• cenne aluminium ― valuable aluminum
• przetop aluminium ― aluminum smelting
• huta aluminium ― aluminum smelter
• odlewnia aluminium ― aluminum foundry
• stop aluminium ― aluminum alloy
• kilogram aluminium ― kilogram of aluminum
• spawanie aluminium ― aluminum welding
• tlenek aluminium ― aluminum oxide
• imitacja aluminium ― aluminum imitation
• recykling aluminium ― aluminum recycling
• walcownia aluminium ― aluminum rolling mill
• tona aluminium ― ton of aluminum
• przetwórstwo aluminium ― processing of aluminum
• odzysk aluminium ― aluminum recovery
• produkcja aluminium ― aluminum production
• hutnictwo aluminium ― aluminum metallurgy
• zastosowanie aluminium ― use of aluminum
• producent aluminium ― aluminum producer
• złom aluminium ― aluminum scrap
• warstwa aluminium ― aluminum layer
• wytwarzanie aluminium ― production of aluminum
• proszek aluminium ― aluminum powder
• fabryka aluminium ― aluminum factory
• złodziej aluminium ― aluminum thief
• cena aluminium ― aluminum price
• skład aluminium ― aluminum composition
• rynek aluminium ― aluminum market
• kraść aluminium ― to steal aluminum
• produkować aluminium ― to produce aluminum
• tworzyć aluminium ― to create aluminum
• aluminium kosztuje ileś ― aluminum costs some amount

Further reading

• 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^[2]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aluminjum”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 28

Romanian

Noun

aluminium n (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of aluminiu

Swedish

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alɵˈmiːnɪɵm/

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Noun

aluminium n (uncountable)

1. aluminium

Declension

Declension of aluminium
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	aluminium	aluminiumet	—	—
Genitive	aluminiums	aluminiumets	—	—

Declension of aluminium
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	aluminium	aluminiet	—	—
Genitive	aluminiums	aluminiets	—	—

References

• aluminium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)