aluminium

Questions about aluminium

What does aluminium mean?

aluminium means "a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite".

How many syllables are in aluminium?

aluminium has 4 syllables: a-lu-mi-nium. The stress falls on "lu". In IPA it is /əˈlumɪnəm/.

What is another word for aluminium?

Close synonyms include aluminum, Al, atomic number 13. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aluminium a common word?

aluminium is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.