different between pewter vs aluminum

English

Alternative forms

• pewtre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English peutre, from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *peltrum (“pewter”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly related to spelter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pju?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pjut?/, [?pju??]
• Rhymes: -u?t?(?)

Noun

pewter (countable and uncountable, plural pewters)

1. An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
2. (historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
3. Items made of pewter; pewterware.
4. A beer tankard made from pewter.
   • 1876, Edward Jenkins, The Devil's Chain (page 86)

     The room was arranged by low wooden partitions into bays, where eight or ten men could sit together and rest their pewters and glasses on the narrow tables between.

5. A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

6. (slang, dated) Prize money.

Descendants

• ? Welsh: piwter

Translations

Adjective

pewter (not comparable)

1. Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

Translations

Verb

pewter (third-person singular simple present pewters, present participle pewtering, simple past and past participle pewtered)

1. (transitive) To coat with pewter.

Derived terms

• pewterer
• pewterware

See also

• touchmark
• trifle
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• pewtre, prewet

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