duralumin
French, noun/dy.ʁa.ly.mɛ̃/
duralumin is spelled D-U-R-A-L-U-M-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duralumin is a French masculine noun meaning “duralumin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble d'alliages légers à base d’aluminium (> 90 %), de cuivre (3-5 %), de magnésium (0,4-2,4 %) et de…”.
What does duralumin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineduralumin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble d'alliages légers à base d’aluminium (> 90 %), de cuivre (3-5 %), de magnésium (0,4-2,4 %) et de manganèse (0,3-1 %), employé en raison de sa faible densité, de sa résistance mécanique et de sa résistance à la corrosion.
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 duralumin
- duralumins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duralumin?
- /dy.ʁa.ly.mɛ̃/
- \dy.ʁa.ly.mɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duralumin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duralumin in French?
duralumin appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).