aluminyo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aluminio (“aluminum”), from English aluminium, coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, from Latin alumen (“alum”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaluˈminjo/ [ʔɐ.lʊˈmiː.ɲo]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔaluˈminjo/ [ʔɐ.lʊˈmin̪.jo]
• Rhymes: -injo
• Syllabification: a‧lu‧min‧yo

Noun

aluminyo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ) (chemistry)

1. aluminum

Related terms

• alumina

 

Further reading

• “aluminyo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “aluminyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018