Alum — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum

a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæɾɚpˌɪlɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹˈadaɪzˌɪzəm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹˈadaɪzˌɪzəm/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæɾɚpˌɪlɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ammonium alum alumna alumnus ammonia alum potash alum graduate grad potassium alum

Word Forms

graduate

verb

confer an academic degree upon

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Alaun

ein weißes kristallines Doppelsulfat von Aluminium: das Ammoniumdoppelsulfat von Aluminium

🇫🇷French

alun

un double sulfate d'aluminium cristallin blanc : le double sulfate d'ammonium d'aluminium

🇪🇸Spanish

alumbre

un doble sulfato de aluminio cristalino de color blanco: el doble sulfato de amonio de aluminio

🇮🇹Italian

allume

un doppio solfato di alluminio cristallino bianco: il doppio solfato di alluminio di ammonio

🇳🇱Dutch

aluin

een wit kristallijn dubbelsulfaat van aluminium: het ammoniumdubbelsulfaat van aluminium

🇵🇹Portuguese

alúmen

um duplo sulfato de alumínio cristalino branco: o duplo sulfato de amônio de alumínio

🇷🇺Russian

квасцы

белый кристаллический двойной сульфат алюминия: двойной сульфат алюминия аммония

India

🇮🇳Hindi

फिटकिरी

एल्यूमीनियम का एक सफेद क्रिस्टलीय डबल सल्फेट: एल्यूमीनियम का अमोनियम डबल सल्फेट

🇮🇳Tamil

படிகாரம்

அலுமினியத்தின் வெள்ளை படிக இரட்டை சல்பேட்: அலுமினியத்தின் அம்மோனியம் இரட்டை சல்பேட்

🇮🇳Telugu

పటిక

అల్యూమినియం యొక్క తెల్లటి స్ఫటికాకార డబుల్ సల్ఫేట్: అల్యూమినియం యొక్క అమ్మోనియం డబుల్ సల్ఫేట్

🇮🇳Marathi

तुरटी

ॲल्युमिनियमचा पांढरा स्फटिक दुहेरी सल्फेट: ॲल्युमिनियमचा अमोनियम डबल सल्फेट

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફટકડી

એલ્યુમિનિયમનું સફેદ સ્ફટિકીય ડબલ સલ્ફેટ: એલ્યુમિનિયમનું એમોનિયમ ડબલ સલ્ફેટ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹರಳೆಣ್ಣೆ

ಅಲ್ಯೂಮಿನಿಯಂನ ಬಿಳಿ ಸ್ಫಟಿಕದ ಡಬಲ್ ಸಲ್ಫೇಟ್: ಅಲ್ಯೂಮಿನಿಯಂನ ಅಮೋನಿಯಂ ಡಬಲ್ ಸಲ್ಫೇಟ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

അലം

അലൂമിനിയത്തിൻ്റെ വെളുത്ത ക്രിസ്റ്റലിൻ ഇരട്ട സൾഫേറ്റ്: അലൂമിനിയത്തിൻ്റെ അമോണിയം ഇരട്ട സൾഫേറ്റ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫਟਕੜੀ

ਅਲਮੀਨੀਅਮ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਚਿੱਟਾ ਕ੍ਰਿਸਟਲਿਨ ਡਬਲ ਸਲਫੇਟ: ਅਲਮੀਨੀਅਮ ਦਾ ਅਮੋਨੀਅਮ ਡਬਲ ਸਲਫੇਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

پھٹکڑی

ایلومینیم کا ایک سفید کرسٹل لائن ڈبل سلفیٹ: ایلومینیم کا امونیم ڈبل سلفیٹ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

明矾

白色结晶硫酸铝：硫酸铝铵

🇯🇵Japanese

ミョウバン

白色の結晶性アルミニウム複硫酸塩：アルミニウムの複硫酸アンモニウム

🇰🇷Korean

명반

백색 결정성 알루미늄 이중 황산염: 알루미늄의 이중 황산 암모늄

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phèn chua

một sunfat kép tinh thể màu trắng của nhôm: amoni sunfat kép của nhôm

🇹🇭Thai

สารส้ม

อะลูมิเนียมซัลเฟตสองเท่าผลึกสีขาว: แอมโมเนียมซัลเฟตสองเท่าของอะลูมิเนียม

🇮🇩Indonesian

tawas

sulfat ganda kristal putih dari aluminium: amonium sulfat ganda dari aluminium

🇵🇭Filipino

tawas

isang puting mala-kristal na double sulfate ng aluminyo: ang ammonium double sulfate ng aluminyo

🇲🇾Malay

tawas

sulfat berganda kristal putih aluminium: ammonium double sulfate aluminium

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الشب

كبريتات مزدوجة بلورية بيضاء من الألومنيوم: كبريتات الأمونيوم المزدوجة من الألومنيوم

🇮🇷Persian

زاج

یک سولفات دوبل کریستالی سفید آلومینیوم: سولفات دوگانه آمونیوم آلومینیوم

🇹🇷Turkish

şap

beyaz kristalli bir çift alüminyum sülfat: alüminyumun amonyum çift sülfatı

🇮🇱Hebrew

אלום

סולפט כפול גבישי לבן של אלומיניום: אמוניום סולפט כפול של אלומיניום

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