noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2elut- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin alūmen Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English 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.
Across languages
Translations
148 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Albanian:
alumin
— silvery metal
Arabic:
أَلُومِنْيُوم
(ʔalūminyūm)
— silvery metal
Armenian:
ալյումին
(alyumin)
— silvery metal
Assamese:
এলুমিনিয়াম
(eluminiam)
— silvery metal
Asturian:
aluminiu
— silvery metal
Azerbaijani:
alüminium
— silvery metal
Basque:
aluminioa
— silvery metal
Belarusian:
алюмі́ній
(aljumínij)
— silvery metal
Belarusian:
алюмін
(alumin)
— silvery metal
Belarusian:
гліняк
(hliniak)
— silvery metal
Bengali:
অ্যালুমিনিয়াম
(êluminiẏam)
— silvery metal
Breton:
aluminiom
— silvery metal
Bulgarian:
алуми́ний
(alumínij)
— silvery metal
Burmese:
အလူမီနီယမ်
(a.luminiyam)
— silvery metal
Catalan:
alumini
— silvery metal
Chinese Cantonese:
鋁 /铝
(leoi5)
— silvery metal
Hakka Chinese:
鋁 /铝
(lî)
— silvery metal
Hakka Chinese:
阿路米
(à-lu-mí, â-lu-mí)
— silvery metal
Chinese:
鋁 /铝
(lū, lī)
— silvery metal
Chinese:
a-lú-mih
— silvery metal
Chinese:
輕銀 /轻银
(zh-min-nan)
— silvery metal
Chinese:
輕銀仔 /轻银仔
(khin-gîn-á, kheng-gîn-á)
— silvery metal
Chinese:
礬素 /矾素
(hoân-sò͘)
— silvery metal
Chinese Mandarin:
鋁 /铝
(lǚ)
— silvery metal
Chinese Mandarin:
鋼種 /钢种
(gāngzhǒng)
— silvery metal
Chinese Mandarin:
鋼精 /钢精
(gāngjīng)
— silvery metal
Wu Chinese:
鋁 /铝
(6liu)
— silvery metal
Chuvash:
алюмини
(aljumini)
— silvery metal
Cornish:
aluminiom
— silvery metal
Corsican:
alluminiu
— silvery metal
Czech:
hliník
— silvery metal
Danish:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Dutch:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Dzongkha:
ཀ་ལ
(ka la)
— silvery metal
Erzya:
люм
(ľum)
— silvery metal
Esperanto:
aluminio
— silvery metal
Estonian:
alumiinium
— silvery metal
Farefare:
waasrɛ
— silvery metal
Faroese:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Finnish:
alumiini
— silvery metal
French:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Saterland Frisian:
aluminium
— silvery metal
West-Frisian:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Friulian:
alumini
— silvery metal
Galician:
aluminio
— silvery metal
Georgian:
ალუმინი
(alumini)
— silvery metal
German:
Aluminium
— silvery metal
Central Franconian:
Allu
— silvery metal
Greek:
αλουμίνιο
(aloumínio)
— silvery metal
Haitian Creole:
aliminyòm
— silvery metal
Hawaiian:
ʻAluminuma
— silvery metal
Hebrew:
אלומיניום
(alumínyum)
— silvery metal
Hebrew:
חמרן
(ḥamran, ḥomran)
— silvery metal
Hindi:
एल्युमिनियम
(elyuminiyam)
— silvery metal
Hindi:
स्फटयातु
(sphaṭyātu)
— silvery metal
Hungarian:
alumínium
— silvery metal
Icelandic:
ál
— silvery metal
Ido:
aluminio
— silvery metal
Indonesian:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Interlingua:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Irish:
alúmanam
— silvery metal
Italian:
alluminio
— silvery metal
Japanese:
アルミニウム
(aruminiumu)
— silvery metal
Japanese:
軽銀
(keigin)
— silvery metal
Japanese:
礬素
(banso)
— silvery metal
Javanese:
alumunium
— silvery metal
Kannada:
ಅಲ್ಯೂಮಿನಿಯಮ್
(alyūminiyam)
— silvery metal
Kapampangan:
aluminiu
— silvery metal
Kashubian:
aluminijô
— silvery metal
Kazakh:
алюминий
(alüminii)
— silvery metal
Khmer:
អាលុយមីញ៉ូម
(ʼaaluymiiñoum)
— silvery metal
Khmer:
ដេរ៉ា
(deeraa)
— silvery metal
Khmer:
ញ៉ូម
(ñoum)
— silvery metal
Korean:
알루미늄
(alluminyum)
— silvery metal
Korean:
경은
(gyeong'eun)
— silvery metal
Korean:
반소
(banso)
— silvery metal
Northern Kurdish:
bafûn
— silvery metal
Kyrgyz:
алюминий
(alyuminiy)
— silvery metal
Lao:
ອາລູມິນຽມ
(ʼā lū mi nīam)
— silvery metal
Latin:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Latvian:
alumīnijs
— silvery metal
Limburgish:
alleminium
— silvery metal
Lingala:
aluminyu class 9a/10a
— silvery metal
Lithuanian:
aliuminis
— silvery metal
Low German:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Luxembourgish:
Aluminium
— silvery metal
Macedonian:
алуминиум
(aluminium)
— silvery metal
Malay:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Malayalam:
അലുമിനിയം
(aluminiyaṁ)
— silvery metal
Maltese:
aluminju
— silvery metal
Manx:
ollymin
— silvery metal
Māori:
konumohe
— silvery metal
Marathi:
ऍल्युमिनियम
(ĕlyuminiyam)
— silvery metal
Central Melanau:
maniyem
— silvery metal
Mongolian:
хөнгөн цагаан
(xöngön cagaan)
— silvery metal
Moore:
waasdo
— silvery metal
Navajo:
béésh ászólí
— silvery metal
Nepali:
आल्मुनियम
(ālmuniyam)
— silvery metal
Norwegian Bokmål:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Norwegian Nynorsk:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Occitan:
alumini
— silvery metal
Pashto:
المونيم
(almónyám)
— silvery metal
Persian:
آلومینیم
(âluminiyom)
— silvery metal
Plautdietsch:
Alumienium
— silvery metal
Polish:
glin
— silvery metal
Polish:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Portuguese:
alumínio
— silvery metal
Quechua:
ch'aqu q'illay
— silvery metal
Romanian:
aluminiu
— silvery metal
Russian:
алюми́ний
(aljumínij)
— silvery metal
Sanskrit:
स्फटयातु
(sphaṭayātu)
— silvery metal
Scottish Gaelic:
alùmanam
— silvery metal
Scottish Gaelic:
almain
— silvery metal
Scottish Gaelic:
alman
— silvery metal
Serbo-Croatian:
алу̀мӣнијум
— silvery metal
Serbo-Croatian:
алу̀мӣниј
— silvery metal
Serbo-Croatian:
alùmīnijum
— silvery metal
Serbo-Croatian:
alùmīnij
— silvery metal
Sicilian:
alluminiu
— silvery metal
Slovak:
hliník
— silvery metal
Slovene:
aluminij
— silvery metal
Spanish:
aluminio
— silvery metal
Swahili:
alumini
— silvery metal
Swahili:
aluminiamu
— silvery metal
Swedish:
aluminium
— silvery metal
Tagalog:
aluminyo
— silvery metal
Tajik:
алюминий
(alyuminiy)
— silvery metal
Tamil:
அலூமீனியம்
(alūmīṉiyam)
— silvery metal
Telugu:
అల్యూమినియం
(alyūminiyaṁ)
— silvery metal
Thai:
อะลูมิเนียม
(à-luu-mí-niiam)
— silvery metal