"aluminum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/ [Canada, General-American], /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.jəm/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, UK], /əˈluː.mɪ.nəm/ [UK], /ʔɐ.lʊˈmi.nʊm/ [Philippine] Audio: en-us-aluminum.ogg [US], En-gb-aluminium.ogg [UK] Forms: aluminums [plural]
enPR: ə-lo͞o'-mĭ-nəm [Philippine], ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.i.əm [Philippine] Etymology: Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Q131761|in=1812}} Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, {{der|en|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{m|la|alumium}} alumium, {{surf|en|alumen|-um|lang1=la}} By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aluminum (countable and uncountable, plural aluminums)
  1. US, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium. Wikipedia link: aluminum Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Aluminium, Chemical elements Synonyms: aluminium (english: internationally in science, non-US English) Related terms: bauxite

Inflected forms

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