corundum

English

Corundum

Etymology

From Tamil குருந்தம் (kuruntam, “ruby, sapphire”) First attested in the early 18th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹʌn.dəm/

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Noun

corundum (countable and uncountable, plural corundums)

1. (mineralogy) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al₂O₃, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.

Derived terms

• carborundum

Translations

mineral

• Armenian: կորունդ (hy) (korund)
• Azerbaijani: korund
• Belarusian: карунд (karund)
• Bulgarian: корунд (bg) (korund)
• Catalan: corindó m
• Chinese: 剛玉／刚玉 (zh) (gāngyù)
• Czech: korund (cs) m
• Danish: korund (da) n
• Dutch: korund (nl) m
• Estonian: korund
• Faroese: korund n
• Finnish: korundi (fi)
• French: corindon (fr) m
• Galician: corindón m
• Georgian: კორუნდი (ḳorundi)
• German: Korund m
• Greek: κορούνδιο (el) n (koroúndio)
• Hebrew: קורונדום (he) (qorundum)
• Hindi: कुरुविंद (hi) m (kuruvind), कुरंड (hi) m (kuraṇḍ), कुरुल (hi) m (kurul)
• Hungarian: korund (hu)
• Indonesian: korundum (id)
• Italian: corindone m
• Japanese: コランダム (korandamu), 鋼玉 (kōgyoku)
• Latvian: korunds
• Lithuanian: korundas
• Malay: korundum
• Persian: کرندوم (korondum)
• Polish: korund (pl) m
• Portuguese: corundo m, corindo m
• Romanian: corindon (ro) n
• Russian: кору́нд (ru) m (korúnd)
• Sanskrit: कुरुविन्द (sa) (kuruvinda)
• Spanish: corindón (es) m
• Swedish: korund (sv) c
• Tamil: குருந்தம் (ta) (kuruntam)
• Thai: กะรุน (gà-run), คอรันดัม (kɔɔ-ran-dam)
• Turkish: korindon (tr), korendon
• Ukrainian: кору́нд m (korúnd)
• Uzbek: korund (uz)
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Corundum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “corundum”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.