corundum

corundum

English

Corundum

Etymology

From Tamil குருந்தம் (kuruntam, “ruby, sapphire”) First attested in the early 18th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹʌn.dəm/

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Noun

corundum (countable and uncountable, plural corundums)

1. (mineralogy) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al₂O₃, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.

Derived terms

• carborundum

Translations

mineral

Armenian: կորունդ (hy) (korund) Azerbaijani: korund Belarusian: карунд (karund) Bulgarian: корунд (korund) Catalan: corindó m Chinese: 剛玉 Czech: korund (cs) m Danish: korund (da) n Dutch: korund (nl) m Estonian: korund Faroese: korund n Finnish: korundi (fi) French: corindon (fr) m Galician: corindón m Georgian: კორუნდი (ḳorundi) German: Korund m Greek: κορούνδιο (el) n (koroúndio) Hebrew: קורונדום‎ (he) (qorundum) Hindi: कुरुविंद (hi) m (kuruvind), कुरंड (hi) m (kuraṇḍ), कुरुल (hi) m (kurul) Hungarian: korund (hu) Indonesian: korundum (id) Italian: corindone m Japanese: コランダム (korandamu), 鋼玉 (kōgyoku) Latvian: korunds Lithuanian: korundas Malay: korundum Persian: کرندوم‎ (korondum) Polish: korund (pl) m Portuguese: corundo m, corindo m Romanian: corindon (ro) n Russian: кору́нд (ru) m (korúnd) Sanskrit: कुरुविन्द (sa) (kuruvinda) Spanish: corindón (es) m Swedish: korund (sv) c Tamil: குருந்தம் (ta) (kuruntam) Turkish: korindon (tr), korendon Ukrainian: кору́нд m (korúnd) Uzbek: korund (uz) Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Corundum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “corundum”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.