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aluminium

/ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.i.əm/ Australia, UK
/ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.jəm/ Australia, UK
/ˌæl.(j)uˈmɪn.i.əm/ US
/ˌæl.(j)uˈmɪn.jəm/ US
/əˈluːmɪnəm/ Canada
/ˌɛl.(j)ɘˈmɘn.jɘm/ New Zealand

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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.

noun aluminiums · aluminum · § Usage notes

countable, uncountable A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13. 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.
countable An atom of this element.
countable, slang, uncountable Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminium.

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Closest in meaning: aluminum, al, alumina, metal, anodized, extrusion, semi, foil, following, committed, alumium, silumin, magnalium, duralumin, alclad, aluminate

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noun silvery metal

Español	aluminio
한국어	알루미늄 alluminyum, 경은 gyeong'eun, 반소 banso
日本語	アルミニウム aruminiumu, 軽銀 keigin, 礬素 banso
中文	鋁 /铝 lǚ, 鋼種 /钢种 gāngzhǒng, 鋼精 /钢精 gāngjīng
हिन्दी	एल्युमिनियम elyuminiyam, स्फटयातु sphaṭyātu
Kiswahili	alumini, aluminiamu
Português	alumínio
Français	aluminium
Deutsch	Aluminium
Italiano	alluminio
Ελληνικά	αλουμίνιο aloumínio
Română	aluminiu
Русский	алюми́ний aljumínij
Tiếng Việt	nhôm
العربية	أَلُومِنْيُوم ʔalūminyūm
עברית	אלומיניום alumínyum, חמרן ḥamran, ḥomran

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@misc{aluminium_2026,
  title = {aluminium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aluminium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}