"alum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæl.əm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alum (salt).wav [Southern-England] Forms: alums [plural]
Etymology: table From Middle English alum, alum, alym, alyme, from Anglo-Norman alum, alun, from Latin alūmen. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|salt}} table, {{inh|en|enm|alum}} Middle English alum, {{m|enm|alum}} alum, {{m|enm|alym}} alym, {{m|enm|alyme}} alyme, {{der|en|xno|alum}} Anglo-Norman alum, {{m|fro|alun}} alun, {{der|en|la|alūmen}} Latin alūmen Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} alum (countable and uncountable, plural alums)
  1. An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K₂SO₄·Al₂(SO₄)₃·24H₂O). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Aluminium
    Sense id: en-alum-en-noun-C5qyAiKH Disambiguation of Aluminium: 24 28 34 14
  2. (inorganic chemistry) Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic compounds, Aluminium Translations (chemistry: double sulfate): στυπτηρία (stuptēría) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), شَبّ (šabb) [masculine] (Arabic), շիբ (šib) (Armenian), պաղլեղ (paġleġ) (Armenian), рикӏкӏ (rikkʼ) (Avar), zəy (Azerbaijani), сти́пца (stípca) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ကျောက်ချဉ် (kyaukhkyany) (Burmese), alum [masculine] (Catalan), زاخ (zax) (Central Kurdish), 明礬 (Chinese Cantonese), 明矾 (ming⁴ faan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 明礬 (Chinese Mandarin), 明矾 (míngfán) (Chinese Mandarin), kamenec [masculine] (Czech), aluin [feminine] (Dutch), aluna (Finnish), alun [masculine] (French), შაბი (šabi) (Georgian), Alaun [neuter] (German), στυπτηρία (styptiría) [feminine] (Greek), στύψη (stýpsi) [feminine] (Greek), timsó (Hungarian), tawas (Indonesian), alúm [masculine] (Irish), ailím [feminine] (Irish), หินส้ม (Isan), allume [masculine] (Italian), ミョウバン (myōban) (Japanese), 明礬 (myōban) (alt: みょうばん) (Japanese), ຫິນສົ້ມ (hin som) (Lao), ສານສົ້ມ (sān som) (Lao), alūmen [neuter] (Latin), alūnas [masculine] (Lithuanian), tawas (Malay), alum (Malay), arama (Maori), alym (Middle English), တၟံဂစး (tmaʼ gacaḥ) (Mon), şeb (Northern Kurdish), ᩉᩥ᩠ᨶᩈᩫ᩠᩶ᨾ (Northern Thai), شاب (şab) (Ottoman Turkish), زاج (zâj) (Persian), ałun [masculine] (Polish), alume [masculine] (Portuguese), alúmen [masculine] (Portuguese), alaun [neuter] (Romanian), квасцы́ (kvascý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), ᱯᱷᱤᱴᱠᱤᱨᱤ (phiṭkiri) (Santali), stipsa [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alaun [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ႁိၼ်သူမ်ႈ (hǐn sūum) (Shan), زاخ (zax) (Southern Kurdish), alumbre [masculine] (Spanish), alun [common-gender] (Swedish), tawas (Tagalog), படிக்காரம் (paṭikkāram) (Tamil), สารส้ม (sǎan-sôm) (Thai), şap (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-alum-en-noun-pCHpHMt6 Disambiguation of Aluminium: 24 28 34 14 Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemistry: double sulfate': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: alumn Synonyms (double sulphate of potassium and aluminum): potash alum
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'double sulphate of potassium and aluminum': 50 50 Derived forms: alum-basket, alum cake, alum earth, alumed, alumiferous, alumina, aluming, alumish, alumium, alum mine, alumocalcite, alum rock, Alum Rock, alumroot, alum root, alum schist, alum shale, alum slate, alumstone, alum stone, alum works, ammonia alum, burnt alum, cake alum, carmalum, chrome alum, chrome-ammonia alum, common alum, feather alum, filter alum, hemalum, iron alum, magnesia alum, manganese alum, manganoso-magnesium alum, native alum, papermaker's alum, plume alum, potash alum, pseudo alum, rock alum, Roman alum, saccharine alum, silver alum, soda alum, sodium alum, unalumed Related terms: aluminiferous, aluniferous, aluminiform, aluminilite, aluminise, aluminize, aluminite, aluminous, alunite, alunogen, apjohnite, bosjemanite, halotrichite, kalinite, websterite

Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈlʌm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alum (alumnus).wav [Southern-England] Forms: alums [plural], alumni [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌm Etymology: table From alumnus and alumna (> alumn- > alum), by the removal of the originally Latin gender-specific nominative singular case endings -us (masculine) and -a (feminine). Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|person}} table, {{m|en|alumnus}} alumnus, {{m|en|alumna}} alumna Head templates: {{en-noun|s|alumni}} alum (plural alums or alumni)
  1. (shortening, Canada, US) A past attendee or graduate (of either gender) of a college, university or other educational institution. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Aluminium, People, Potassium, Sulfur Synonyms (of any gender): alumni [often, proscribed], alumnx Hyponyms (the original Latin gender-specific loanword): alumna [feminine], alumnus (english: of unspecified gender or masculine)
    Sense id: en-alum-en-noun-TTdkwdJE Disambiguation of Aluminium: 24 28 34 14 Disambiguation of People: 17 0 62 21 Disambiguation of Potassium: 19 26 44 11 Disambiguation of Sulfur: 19 24 41 16 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 54 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 28 50 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 20 62 4 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 17 14 65 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: alumn
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈæl.əm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alum (salt).wav [Southern-England] Forms: alums [present, singular, third-person], aluming [participle, present], alumed [participle, past], alumed [past]
Etymology: table From Middle English alum, alum, alym, alyme, from Anglo-Norman alum, alun, from Latin alūmen. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|salt}} table, {{inh|en|enm|alum}} Middle English alum, {{m|enm|alum}} alum, {{m|enm|alym}} alym, {{m|enm|alyme}} alyme, {{der|en|xno|alum}} Anglo-Norman alum, {{m|fro|alun}} alun, {{der|en|la|alūmen}} Latin alūmen Head templates: {{en-verb}} alum (third-person singular simple present alums, present participle aluming, simple past and past participle alumed)
  1. (transitive) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Aluminium Translations (To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.): alumenar (Catalan), käsitellä alunalla (Finnish), alunoida (Finnish), aluner (French), alumbrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-alum-en-verb-NU3YSVQ9 Disambiguation of Aluminium: 24 28 34 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: alumn Derived forms: unalumed
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈaː.lum/ [Classical], [ˈäːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical], /ˈa.lum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈäːlum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown Head templates: {{la-noun|ālum<2>}} ālum n (genitive ālī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ālum<2>}} Forms: ālum [canonical, neuter], ālī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ālum [nominative, singular], āla [nominative, plural], ālī [genitive, singular], ālōrum [genitive, plural], ālō [dative, singular], ālīs [dative, plural], ālum [accusative, singular], āla [accusative, plural], ālō [ablative, singular], ālīs [ablative, plural], ālum [singular, vocative], āla [plural, vocative]
  1. A plant, the comfrey Tags: declension-2 Categories (lifeform): Borage family plants
    Sense id: en-alum-la-noun-MUnT0GHv Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension

Noun [Latvian]

Head templates: {{head|lv|noun form|g=m}} alum m
  1. dative singular of alus Tags: dative, form-of, masculine, singular Form of: alus
    Sense id: en-alum-lv-noun-p2mffbay Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} alum
  1. Alternative form of alym Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: alym
    Sense id: en-alum-enm-noun-lnA--8mU Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Old French]

Forms: alum oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], aluns [oblique, plural], aluns [nominative, singular], alum [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Latin alūmen. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la|alūmen}} Latin alūmen Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} alum oblique singular, m (oblique plural aluns, nominative singular aluns, nominative plural alum)
  1. alum Synonyms: allum, alun
    Sense id: en-alum-fro-noun-QRateZv6 Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "of any gender",
      "tags": [
        "often",
        "proscribed"
      ],
      "word": "alumni"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of any gender",
      "word": "alumnx"
    },
    {
      "word": "alumn"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "alum"
  ],
  "word": "alum"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ālum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ālum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ālum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "ālum n (genitive ālī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ālum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin neuter nouns",
        "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
        "la:Borage family plants"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A plant, the comfrey"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "comfrey",
          "comfrey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaː.lum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.lum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈäːlum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alum"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "alum m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latvian non-lemma forms",
        "Latvian noun forms"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "alus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dative singular of alus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alus",
          "alus#Latvian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alum"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "alum",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "alym"
        }
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      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of alym"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alym",
          "alym#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alum"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "alun"
          },
          "expansion": "French: alun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "alym",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: alym, alyme, alum, alume, alumme, alom, alome\nEnglish: alum\nScots: aum, awm, alm",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: alym, alyme, alum, alume, alumme, alom, alome\nEnglish: alum\nScots: aum, awm, alm"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "alūne",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old High German: alūne",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old High German: alūne"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "alūn"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: alūn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: alūn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Alaun"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Alaun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Alaun"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "alūmen"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin alūmen",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin alūmen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alum oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aluns",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aluns",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alum",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "alum oblique singular, m (oblique plural aluns, nominative singular aluns, nominative plural alum)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French masculine nouns",
        "Old French nouns",
        "Old French terms derived from Latin",
        "Old French terms inherited from Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alum"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alum",
          "alum#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "allum"
    },
    {
      "word": "alun"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alum"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'alum oblique singular or', originally 'alum oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "alum"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "alum",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'alum oblique singular or', originally 'alum oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "alum"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "alum",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'alum oblique singular or' in 'alum oblique singular, m (oblique plural aluns, nominative singular aluns, nominative plural alum)'",
  "path": [
    "alum"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "alum",
  "trace": ""
}

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