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aluminum

/ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.jəm//əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/

aluminum noun: american, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium.

Noun

aluminum (countable and uncountable, plural aluminums)

  1. American, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium.

aluminum meaning in Hindi and Bengali

aluminum in Hindi

aluminum
एलुमिनियम eluminiyam

aluminum in Bengali

অ্যালুমিনিয়াম ধাতু

Examples of aluminum in a sentence

  • The subwoofer in the trunk was so loud, it vibrated the tag like an aluminum can.
  • Wrap the loaf in two layers of aluminum foil before putting it in the oven.
  • This deluxe machine features anodized aluminum handles on all adjusting levers.

All 40 example sentences with aluminum

Forms of aluminum

pluralaluminums
alternative formaluminium

Origin of aluminum

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um

Words formed from aluminum

Phrases with aluminum

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Questions about aluminum

What does aluminum mean?
Aluminum means american, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium.
What is aluminum in Hindi?
Aluminum in Hindi is एलुमिनियम (eluminiyam). See Aluminum meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is aluminum?
Aluminum is a noun.
How do you pronounce aluminum?
Aluminum is pronounced /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/ (US).
What is the plural of aluminum?
The plural of aluminum is aluminums.

Words near aluminum in the dictionary

  1. aluminotype
  2. aluminotypes
  3. aluminous
  4. aluminoxane
  5. aluminoxanes
  6. aluminum
  7. aluminum chloride
  8. aluminum foil
  9. aluminum foils
  10. aluminum hydride
  11. aluminum hydroxide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aluminum (page history and authors); एलुमिनियम (Hindi) (page history and authors); aluminum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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