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Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: metal

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See also Metal, and métal

Contents

[edit] English

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

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.

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[edit] Noun

metal (countable and uncountable; plural metals)

  1. 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.
  2. Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
  3. (astronomy) Any element other than hydrogen and helium,[1] or sometimes other than hydrogen.[2]
  4. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
  5. (heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
  6. Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects
  7. (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
  8. (archaic) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1:
      LEONATO. Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.
      BEATRICE. Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be over-mastered with a piece of valiant dust?

[edit] Antonyms

  • (any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms): nonmetal

[edit] Derived terms

terms derived from metal (noun)

[edit] Translations

atomic element or material made of such atoms

[edit] References

  1. ^ Majewski, S. R. (2003, 2006). CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE EFFECTS ON SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS. ASTR 551 (Majewski) Lecture Notes.
  2. ^ Martin, J. C. (n.d.). What we learn from a star's metal content

[edit] Adjective

metal (comparative more metal, superlative most metal)

  1. (music) Characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars. [1970s and after]

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[edit] Verb

metal (third-person singular simple present metals, present participle metalling, simple past and past participle metalled)

  1. To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

[edit] Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

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[edit] Noun

metal m (plural metales)

  1. metal

[edit] Breton

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metal m (plural metaloù)

  1. metal

[edit] Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia da

[edit] Etymology

From Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, "metal, mine").

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /metal/, [meˈtˢal]

[edit] Noun

metal n (singular definite metallet, plural indefinite metaller)

  1. metal

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    Inflection of metal

[edit] Italian

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English

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metal m inv

  1. (music) metal

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[edit] Middle French

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metal m (plural metaulx)

  1. metal

[edit] Old French

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Latin metallum, see above

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metal m (oblique plural metaus, nominative singular metaus, nominative plural metal)

  1. metal (material)

[edit] Polish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin metallum

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metal m

  1. metal

[edit] 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

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Noun

metal m (plural metals)

  1. metal

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Noun

metal n

  1. metal

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mětaːl/
  • Hyphenation: me‧tal

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mètāl m (Cyrillic spelling мѐта̄л)

  1. (chemistry) metal

[edit] 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

[edit] Spanish

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French métal or Catalan metall.

[edit] Noun

metal m (plural metales)

  1. metal

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