alumina

See also: alúmina

English

Alternative forms

aluminia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈl(j)uːmɪnə/

Noun

alumina (countable and uncountable, plural aluminas)

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

Derived terms

Translations

aluminum oxide

French: alumine (fr) f
Greek: αλουμίνα (el) f (aloumína)
Irish: alúmana m
Maori: konumohe ōkai
Portuguese: alumina (pt) f
Ukrainian: глинозе́м m (hlynozém)

Anagrams

alumian

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: aluminas, aluminât

Verb

alumina

third-person singular past historic of aluminer

Latin

Noun

alūmina

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of alūmen

Portuguese

Alternative forms

alúmina

Noun

alumina f (plural aluminas)

(geology) alumina (aluminium oxide)

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