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ałun.

alum (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))

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈa.wun//ˈa.ɫun/Middle, Polish
  1. alum (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))

    inanimate · masculine
    używać ałunu
  2. alum (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)

    inanimate · masculine
    ałun potasowy
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin alūmen Old French alumbor. Old High German alūne Middle High German alūnbor. Old Polish hałun Polish ałun Inherited from Old Polish hałun. Compare Kashubian ałun and Slovincian alún.

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