aluminum
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- aluminium (the spelling used in the sciences, and non-US English)
Etymology edit
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium.[1] By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um
Pronunciation edit
- (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 edit
aluminum (countable and uncountable, plural aluminums)
- US, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium.
Translations edit
aluminium — see aluminium
See also edit
References edit
- 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.
- ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988
Latin edit
Noun edit
alūminum