aluminium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Italic *-mn̥
Latin -men
Latin alūmen
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Italic *-om
Latin -umder.
English -ium
English aluminium
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.
Base: alūmen
Affixes: -ium
Inflected forms:
form: aluminiums
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: aluminum
pos: noun
tags: alternative
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Philippines
US
form: § Usage notes
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There are plenty of reasons, Australians may reason, why our nation might be exempted from the threatened next round of Trumpian tariffs, on stuff like aluminium and pharmaceuticals.
gloss: A single atom of this element.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminium.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
Synonyms: alumium
E173 when used as a food colouring
Related words: algraphy
alum
alumane
alumina
aluminate
aluminian
aluminide
aluminothermy
andalusite
bauxite
Birmabright
chiolite
cobalt blue
corundum
cryolite
emery
mullite
romanium
ruby
sapphire
Derived words: 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
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