aluminium
French, noun/a.ly.mi.njɔm/
aluminium is spelled A-L-U-M-I-N-I-U-M (9 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,166th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aluminium is a French masculine noun meaning “aluminium (element)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément chimique de numéro atomique 13 et de symbole Al qui fait partie des métaux pauvres. Sa forme ionique…”.
What does aluminium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealuminium (element)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élément chimique de numéro atomique 13 et de symbole Al qui fait partie des métaux pauvres. Sa forme ionique en solution est le Al³⁺ (ou Al⁺⁺⁺) majoritairement. 2. Corps simple élémentaire ; métal argenté malléable, résistant et léger. 3. Atome (ou, par ellipse, noyau) d’aluminium. 4. Alliage d’aluminium.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aluminium
- aluminiums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aluminium?
- /a.ly.mi.njɔm/
- \a.ly.mi.njɔm\
- [də l‿a.ly.mi.njɔm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aluminium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aluminium in French?
aluminium appears 9.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).