aluminum
American, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminiumAmerican, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium.
» Lead is much heavier than aluminum.
Blei ist viel schwerer als Aluminium.
Свинец гораздо тяжелее алюминия.
Свинець набагато важчий за алюміній.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)American, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium.
- a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
Examples
32 sentencesLead is much heavier than aluminum.
Свинець набагато важчий за алюміній.
ruСвинец гораздо тяжелее алюминия.
deBlei ist viel schwerer als Aluminium.
Aluminum is a metal.
Алюміній — метал.
ruАлюминий – металл.
deAluminium ist ein Metall.
My bicycle has an aluminum frame.
Tom gave me a nice set of aluminum wheels, but he kept the tires.
Tom hit Mary with an aluminum bat.
Origin
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumCoined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um
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Forms
plural: aluminumsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite:aluminiumAlatomic number 13
Word family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable