alumina

See also: alúmina

English

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Etymology

From the combining form of Latin alumen + -a.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈl(j)uːmɪnə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

alumina (countable and uncountable, plural aluminas)

  1. Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics, a refractory solid compound.
    • 1875, Journal of the Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, volumes 7-8, page 133:
      The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.

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French

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Verb

alumina

  1. third-person singular past historic of aluminer

Latin

Noun

alūmina

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of alūmen

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.luˈmĩ.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.luˈmi.na/

  • Hyphenation: a‧lu‧mi‧na

Noun

alumina f (plural aluminas)

  1. (geology) alumina (aluminium oxide)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alúmina.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈlumina/ [ʔɐˌluː.mɪˈn̪a]
  • Rhymes: -umina
  • Syllabification: a‧lu‧mi‧na

Noun

alúminá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜋᜒᜈ) (inorganic chemistry)

  1. alumina (aluminium oxide)

Further reading

  • “alumina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 28
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