different between aluminum vs electro

English

Alternative forms

• aluminium (the spelling used in the sciences, and non-US English)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) enPR: ?-lo?o'-m?-n?m, IPA^(key): /?.?lu?.m?.n?m/
• (UK, General Australian, General New Zealand) enPR: ?æl.(j)??m?n.i.?m, IPA^(key): /?æl.(j)??m?n.j?m/

Noun

aluminum (countable and uncountable, plural aluminums)

1. US and Canadian standard spelling of aluminium.

Translations

See also

• bauxite

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Aluminum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “aluminum”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
• Michael Quinion (2004) , “Aluminum”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN

Latin

Noun

al?minum

1. genitive plural of al?men

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Noun

electro (countable and uncountable, plural electros)

1. (countable, obsolete) An electrotype.
2. (uncountable, music) An electronic style of hip hop; electrofunk.

Translations

Verb

electro (third-person singular simple present electros, present participle electroing, simple past and past participle electroed)

1. (archaic) To electrotype.

Anagrams

• Elector, corelet, elector

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.l?k.t?o/
• Homophones: électro-, électro, électros

Etymology 1

Noun

electro f (plural electros)

1. Alternative spelling of électro (music genre)

Etymology 2

Noun

electro m (plural electros)

1. Alternative spelling of électro (électroménager)

Anagrams

• récolte, récolté

Latin

Noun

?lectr?

1. dative singular of ?lectrum
2. ablative singular of ?lectrum

Spanish

Noun

electro m (plural electros)

1. electrum