different between aluminium vs majorite

English

Alternative forms

• aluminum (US, Canada, Philippines) (see #Usage notes below)

Etymology

First used in 1812 as an alternative form of aluminum which was coined in the same year. From Latin al?men +? -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?l"yo?om?n'??m, ?l"yo?om?n'y?m, IPA^(key): /?æl.(j)??m?n.i.?m/, /?æl.(j)??m?n.j?m/
• (US) enPR: ?l"(y)o?om?n'??m, ?l"(y)o?om?n'y?m, IPA^(key): /?æl.(j)u?m?n.i.?m/, /?æl.(j)u?m?n.j?m/ (or like aluminum)
• (Canada) enPR: ?lo?om'?n?m, IPA^(key): /??lu?m?n?m/
• (General New Zealand) enPR: ?l"(y)?m?n'y?m, IPA^(key): /??l.(j)??m?n.j?m/

Noun

aluminium (countable and uncountable, plural aluminiums)

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

Usage notes

• For information on the origins of the two spellings, see the Wikipedia article.

Synonyms

• alumium (obsolete)
• E173 when used as a food colouring

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

References

Afrikaans

Noun

aluminium (uncountable)

1. aluminium

Danish

Etymology

Created in 1812, from Latin al?men (“alum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aluminj?m/, [a.lu?mi?.nj?m]
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

aluminium n (singular definite aluminiummet, not used in plural form)

1. aluminum

Synonyms

• E173 (when used as a food colouring)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English aluminium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.ly?mi.ni.?m/
• Hyphenation: alu?mi?ni?um

Noun

aluminium n (uncountable)

1. aluminium

Derived terms

• aluminiumfolie

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English aluminium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ly.mi.nj?m/

Noun

aluminium m (plural aluminiums)

1. aluminum (element)

Descendants

• Lingala: aluminyu
• ? Portuguese: alumínio

Further reading

• “aluminium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

Derived from al?men, al?minis (“alum”) +? -ium (chemical element suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.lu??mi.ni.um/, [ä??u??m?ni???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.lu?mi.ni.um/, [?lu?mi?nium]

Noun

al?minium n (genitive al?mini?); second declension

1. (New Latin) aluminium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Malay

Alternative forms

• ??????????

Etymology

From English aluminium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aluminiom/
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

aluminium (Jawi spelling ?????????)

1. aluminium (A silvery metal)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin alumen

Noun

aluminium m or n (definite singular aluminiumen or aluminiumet) (uncountable)

1. aluminium (UK), or aluminum (US) (chemical element and metal, symbol Al)

Derived terms

• aluminiumsfolie

References

• “aluminium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin alumen

Noun

aluminium m or n (definite singular aluminiumen or aluminiumet) (uncountable)

1. aluminium (UK), or aluminum (US) (chemical element and metal, symbol Al)

Derived terms

• aluminiumsfolie

References

• “aluminium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lu?m?i.?um/

Noun

aluminium n

1. aluminum

Declension

Indeclinable.

Synonyms

• glin

Further reading

• aluminium in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Noun

aluminium n (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of aluminiu

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al??mi?n??m/

Noun

aluminium n (uncountable)

1. aluminium

Declension

References

• aluminium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Noun

majorite (plural majorites)

1. (mineralogy) A silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium, found in the upper mantle of the Earth, that stores oxygen when under intense pressure

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Majorite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “majorite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Estonian

Noun

majorite

1. genitive plural of major