aluminium
/ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.i.əm//ˌæl.(j)uˈmɪn.i.əm/
aluminium noun: a light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
Noun
aluminium (countable and uncountable, plural aluminiums)
- 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.2025 February 5, Annabel Crabb, “Donald Trump didn't invent brawling about tariffs. Australia gave it a red hot go”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2025
- An atom of this element.
- Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminium.
aluminium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
aluminium in Hindi
- silvery metal
- एल्युमिनियम elyuminiyam, स्फटयातु sphaṭyātu
aluminium in Tamil
- silvery metal
- அலூமீனியம் alūmīṉiyam
aluminium in Marathi
- silvery metal
- ऍल्युमिनियम ĕlyuminiyam
aluminium in Urdu
- silvery metal
- ایلومینیم elyuminiyam
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- aluminium in Bengali
- অ্যালুমিনিয়াম êluminiẏam
- aluminium in Telugu
- అల్యూమినియం alyūminiyaṁ
- aluminium in Malayalam
- അലുമിനിയം aluminiyaṁ
- aluminium in Kannada
- ಅಲ್ಯೂಮಿನಿಯಮ್ alyūminiyam
- aluminium in Punjabi
- ਅਲਮੀਨੀਅਮ, ਐਲੂਮੀਨੀਅਮ, ਐਲਮੀਨੀਅਮ
- aluminium in Gujarati
- સ્ફટ્યાતુ sphaṭyātu
- aluminium in Odia
- ଆଲୁମିନିଯ଼ମ, ଆଲୁମିନିଯ଼ମ୍, ଆଲୁମିନିଅମ
- aluminium in Sanskrit
- स्फटयातु sphaṭayātu
- aluminium in Assamese
- এলুমিনিয়াম eluminiam
- aluminium in Nepali
- आल्मुनियम ālmuniyam
- aluminium in Pashto
- المونيم almónyám
- aluminium in Tagalog
- aluminyo
- aluminium in Arabic
- أَلُومِنْيُوم ʔalūminyūm
- aluminium in Malay
- aluminium
- aluminium in Indonesian
- aluminium
- aluminium in Persian
- آلومینیم âluminiyom
- aluminium in Thai
- อะลูมิเนียม à-luu-mí-niiam, อะลูมินัม à-luu-mí-nam
- aluminium in Vietnamese
- nhôm
- aluminium in Myanmar
- အလူမီနီယမ် a.luminiyam
- Dzongkha
- ཀ་ལ ka la
Examples of aluminium in a sentence
- The CAM walker is made of an aerographite porous sole and aluminium, so weighs less.
- Aluminium salts may be used for pretanning.
- They started screwing aluminium rods together, like they were going to assemble a gazebo.
Synonyms of aluminium
- E173 when used as a food colouring
- alumium
Forms of aluminium
| plural | aluminiums |
|---|---|
| alternative Canada Philippines US | aluminum |
| alternative form | § Usage notes |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from aluminium
- alane
- Alumel
- aluminic
- aluminiferous
- aluminilite
- 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
Phrases with aluminium
- aluminium foils
- aluminium oxide
- aluminium paper
- aluminium shower
- aluminium bronzes
- aluminium nitrate
- aluminium nitride
- aluminium showers
- aluminium silicate
- aluminium silicates
- lithium aluminium hydride
- sodium aluminium phosphate
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Questions about aluminium
- What does aluminium mean?
- Aluminium means a light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
- What is aluminium in Hindi?
- Aluminium in Hindi is एल्युमिनियम (elyuminiyam), स्फटयातु (sphaṭyātu). See Aluminium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aluminium?
- Aluminium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aluminium?
- Aluminium is pronounced /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.i.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of aluminium?
- The plural of aluminium is aluminiums.
Words near aluminium in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aluminium (page history and authors); aluminium (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); સ્ફટ્યાતુ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); aluminium (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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