aluminum

/əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/
noun

American, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 1 meaning

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

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Where it comes from

Etymology

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

ALUMINUM at a glance

ALUMINUM has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (A 1 + L 1 + U 1 + M 3 + I 1 + N 1 + U 1 + M 3) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,875 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with aluminum

All rhymes
  • PLATINUM12
  • MAGNUM11
  • PLENUM10
  • STERNUM9
  • MOLYBDENUM20
  • BOTULINUM13
  • DUODENUM12
  • SPHAGNUM16
  • LAUDANUM11
  • INTERREGNUM14
  • SOLANUM9
  • TYMPANUM17

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