alumina

See also: alúmina

English

Alternative forms

• aluminia

Etymology

From (combining form of) Latin alumen + -a.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈl(j)uːmɪnə/

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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.

Derived terms

• alumian
• aluminate
• aluminiform
• aluminium
• aluminous
• alundum

 

Translations

aluminum oxide

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• French: alumine (fr) f
• German: Tonerde f
• Greek: αλουμίνα (el) f (aloumína)
• Irish: alúmana m
• Italian: allumina (it) f
• Maori: konumohe ōkai
• Portuguese: alumina (pt) f
• Russian: глинозём (ru) m (glinozjóm)
• Spanish: alúmina (es) f
• Thai: อลูมินา (à-luu-mí-nâa)
• Ukrainian: глинозе́м m (hlynozém)

Anagrams

• alumian

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: aluminas, aluminât

Verb

alumina

1. third-person singular past historic of aluminer

Latin

Noun

alūmina

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of alūmen

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alúmina

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.luˈmĩ.nɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈmi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧lu‧mi‧na

Noun

alumina f (plural aluminas)

1. (geology) alumina (aluminium oxide)