Metal Definition
Contents
- 1 English
- 2 Breton
- 3 Danish
- 4 Italian
- 5 Middle French
- 6 Old French
- 7 Polish
- 8 Portuguese
- 9 Romanian
- 10 Serbo-Croatian
- 11 Spanish
English
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From Middle English, from Old French metal (“metal”), from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”), from μέταλλευειν (métalleuein, “to mine, quarry”), of unknown origin, but apparently related to μέταλλαν (métallan, “to seek after”), also of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmɛtəl/, SAMPA: /"mEt@l/
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- Homophones: medal, meddle, mettle (in accents with flapping)
Noun
metal (countable and uncountable; plural metals)
- Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
- Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
- (astronomy) Any element other than hydrogen and helium,[1] or sometimes other than hydrogen.[2]
- Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
- (heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
- Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects
- (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) categorised by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
Antonyms
- (any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms): nonmetal
Derived terms
terms derived from metal (noun)
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References
- ^ Majewski, S. R. (2003, 2006). CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE EFFECTS ON SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS. ASTR 551 (Majewski) Lecture Notes.
- ^ Martin, J. C. (n.d.). What we learn from a star's metal content
Verb
metal (third-person singular simple present metals, present participle metalling, simple past and past participle metalled)
Breton
Noun
metal m.
Danish
Danish Wikipedia has an article on: MetalEtymology
From Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “metal, mine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /metal/, [meˈtˢal]
Noun
metal n. (singular definite metallet, plural indefinite metaller)
Inflection
Inflection of metal| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | metal | metallet | metaller | metallerne |
| genitive | metals | metallets | metallers | metallernes |
Italian
Etymology
English
Noun
metal m. inv.
Synonyms
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Anagrams
Middle French
Noun
metal m. (plural metaulx)
Old French
Etymology
Latin metallum, see above
Noun
metal m. (oblique plural metaus, nominative singular metaus, nominative plural metal)
- metal (material)
Polish
Etymology
From Latin metallum
Pronunciation
Noun
metal m.
Declension
declension of metal| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | metal | metale |
| genitive | metalu | metali |
| dative | metalowi | metalom |
| accusative | metal | metale |
| instrumental | metalem | metalami |
| locative | metalu | metalach |
| vocative | metalu | metale |
Antonyms
Derived terms
Portuguese
Noun
metal m. (plural metals)
Romanian
Noun
metal n.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mětaːl/
- Hyphenation: me‧tal
Noun
mètāl m. (Cyrillic spelling мѐта̄л)
Declension
declension of metal| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mètāl | metali |
| genitive | metála | metala |
| dative | metalu | metalima |
| accusative | metal | metale |
| vocative | metale | metali |
| locative | metalu | metalima |
| instrumental | metalom | metalima |
Spanish
Etymology
French métal or Catalan metall.
Noun
metal m. (plural metales)
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