Finnish

Noun

alun

1. Genitive singular form of alku.

Derived terms

• alun alkaen
• alun perin
• alun pitäen

French

Noun

alun m ‎(plural aluns)

1. alum

Middle French

Alternative forms

• allume
• alum

Etymology

Old French alum.

Noun

alun m (plural aluns)

1. alum

Descendants

• English: alum
• French: alun

References

• alun on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (alun, supplement)

Old French

Noun

alun m ‎(oblique plural aluns, nominative singular aluns, nominative plural alun)

1. Alternative form of alum

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun. Cognate with Malay mengalun.

Noun

alun

1. long rolling wave
2. swell of the sea

Romanian

alun

Etymology

Back-formation from alună ‎(“hazelnut”).

Noun

alun m ‎(plural aluni)

1. hazel (tree / shrub)

Declension