alum

Etymology 1
From, , , , from , , from.

Noun

 * 1) An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O).
 * 2)  Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
 * 1)  Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
 * 1)  Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Avar: рикӏкӏ
 * Azerbaijani: zəy
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 明礬
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: kamenec
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: στυπτηρία
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: alúm, ailím
 * Isan: หินส้ม
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ミョウバン,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: زاخ
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Southern Kurdish:
 * Lao: ຫິນສົ້ມ, ສານສົ້ມ
 * Latin: alūmen
 * Lithuanian: alūnas
 * Malay: ,
 * Maori: arama
 * Middle English: alym
 * Mon: တၟံဂစး
 * Northern Thai: ᩉᩥ᩠ᨶᩈᩫ᩠᩶ᨾ
 * Old English:
 * Ottoman Turkish: شاب
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: alume, alúmen
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Santali: ᱯᱷᱤᱴᱠᱤᱨᱤ
 * Serbo-Croatian:, alaun
 * Shan:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: käsitellä alunalla, alunoida
 * French:
 * Spanish:

Etymology 2
From and  (> alumn- > alum), by the removal of the originally Latin gender-specific nominative singular case endings -us (masculine) and -a (feminine).

Noun

 * 1)  A past attendee or graduate (of any gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.
 * 2) * 1961 Spring, Anchora of Delta Gamma, Volume LXXVII, No. 3, page 59,
 * Evanston-North Shore alums are happy to open their homes to Sigma actives for special social events.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A plant, the comfrey

Etymology
From.