How to say "aluminium" in Japanese

• アルミJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe everyday abbreviation of アルミニウム; this is the form people use in ordinary conversation about the metal, while the full name appears in formal or technical settings.
  ずらりと並ならんだアルミのポットやなべ。↗

  A battery of aluminum pots and pans.
• アルミニウムCommon
  nounThe full name of the element (Al), the word to use in scientific and technical contexts or whenever the precise element name is called for.
  アルミニウム、マグネシウム、シリコンなどの粉末ふんまつが爆発ばくはつする。↗

  Powders of aluminium, magnesium, silicon, etc. explode.

Use 「アルミニウム」 for the full name of the element, especially in scientific or technical contexts, and 「アルミ」 for the everyday abbreviated form of the same metal.

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• アルミaluminum
• アルミニウムaluminium (Al)
• ニュームaluminum