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Aurum Pronunciation
Aurum is pronounced AW-ruhm, IPA /ˈɔrəm/.
AW-ruhm
US /ˈɔrəm/ · UK /ˈɔːrəm/
Syllables: AW · ruhm (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: The Latin word for gold, which is where the chemical symbol Au comes from.
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Aurum in a Sentence
- Aurum gives gold the symbol Au on the periodic table.
- The alchemists wrote aurum where we write gold.
- Aurum potabile, drinkable gold, was sold as a medicine.
Common Mispronunciations of Aurum
Not OW-ruhm
The au here is one long vowel, the aw of jaw, rather than the ow of now. Classical Latin did use a glide, but English never took it over.
Not aw-RUHM
Two beats and the first is the loud one, which is the default for Latin words of this length in English. The ending is a dull ruhm.
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