aluminous

1. 1.

   pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum

Questions about aluminous

What does aluminous mean?

aluminous means "pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum".

How many syllables are in aluminous?

aluminous has 4 syllables and divides as a-lu-mi-nous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is aluminous a common word?

aluminous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.