alun
French, noun/a.lœ̃/
alun is spelled A-L-U-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alun is a French masculine noun meaning “alum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom générique donné aux sulfates doubles d'aluminium avec un autre ion, mais aussi à d'autre sulfates où…”.
What does alun mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom générique donné aux sulfates doubles d'aluminium avec un autre ion, mais aussi à d'autre sulfates où l'aluminium est remplacé par d'autres métaux. 2. Sulfate acide d’aluminium et de potassium, ou d’ammonium. Sel astringent utilisé dans les arts, en teinturerie et en thérapeutique.
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 alun
- aluns plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alun?
- /a.lœ̃/
- \a.lœ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alun
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alun in French?
alun appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).