aluminum B2 Topic:Materials & Substances Also spelled aluminium and luminium US /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/ UK /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.jəm/ See IPA manual Freq #12703 Meanings 1 noun A light, silvery metal used to make cans, foil, and many other products. The drink cans are made of recycled aluminum. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a light, silvery metal used... aluminium Word family Forms aluminums Common collocations aluminum chloride Noun + noun Etymology AI details Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um Topics Materials & Substances External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # aluminum **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.jəm/ **Frequency rank:** 12703 ## Meanings 1. A light, silvery metal used to make cans, foil, and many other products. ## Examples - The drink cans are made of recycled aluminum. ## Etymology Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um ## AI Etymology Aluminum was coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen plus -um. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun, aluminum denotes a light, silvery metal used to make cans, foil, and many other products. Typical contexts include “The drink cans are made of recycled aluminum”. ## Topics - Materials & Substances markdown