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    <title>steel</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">==English==

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|ang|en}} *{{term||stēle||lang=ang}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|stēl}}, {{IPA|/stiːl/}}, {{SAMPA|/sti:l/}}
* {{audio|en-us-steel.ogg|Audio (US)}}
*: {{rhymes|iːl}}
* {{homophones|steal}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|s|-}}

# {{uncountable|countable}} A [[metal]] [[alloy]] of mostly [[iron]] plus [[carbon]], harder than pure iron but [[malleable]] when hot.
# {{countable}} A tool used to [[sharpen]] or [[hone]] [[knives]].
# {{countable}} A [[sword]].

====Translations====
{{trans-top|metal alloy}}
* [[Afrikaans]]: {{t-|af|staal|xs=Afrikaans}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|çelik|m|xs=Albanian}}
* Arabic: {{Arab|[[صلب]]}} {{unicode|(ʂalb)}} {{m}}
* Armenian: [[պողպատ]] (poġpat)
* [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|polad|xs=Azeri}}
* [[Basque]]: [[altzairu]]
* Belarusian: {{t-|be|сталь|f|tr=stál’|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}}
* Bosnian: {{t-|bs|čelik|m}}
* [[Breton]]: {{t-|br|dir|m|xs=Breton}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стомана|sc=Cyrl}}
* [[Catalan]]: {{t-|ca|acer|m}}
* Chinese: [[鋼]], [[钢]] (gāng)
* [[Crimean Tatar]]: {{tø|crh|çelik}},  {{tø|crh|bolat}}
* Croatian: {{t-|hr|čelik|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|ocel|f}}
* Danish: {{t-|da|stål|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|staal|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t-|eo|ŝtalo|xs=Esperanto}}
* Estonian: {{t-|et|teras}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|teräs}}
* French: {{t+|fr|acier|m}}
* [[Friulian]]: [[açâr]]
* [[Galician]]: {{t+|gl|aceiro|xs=Galician}}
* Georgian: {{t-|ka|ფოლადი|tr=p'oladi|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stahl|m}}
* Greek: [[χάλυβας]] (xálivas) {{m}}, [[ατσάλι]] (atsáli) {{n}} (from Medieval Venetian &quot;azzal&quot;)
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|פלדה|f|tr=pladah|sc=Hebr}}
* Hindi: [[इस्पात]] (ispāt) {{m}}, [[फ़ूलाद]] (fūlād) {{f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|acél}}
* Icelandic: {{t-|is|stál|n}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|baja|xs=Indonesian}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|cruach|xs=Irish}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|acciaio|m}}
* Japanese: {{t-|ja|鋼鉄|tr=こうてつ, kōtetsu|sc=Jpan}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Korean: [[강철]] (gangcheol)
* [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|болот|tr=bolot|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kyrgyz}}
* Latin: [[chalybs]]
* Latvian: [[tērauds]] {{m}}
* Lithuanian: [[plienas]] {{g|Lithuanian}}
* [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t-|lb|Stol|xs=Luxembourgish}}
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|челик|m|tr=čélik|sc=Cyrl}}
* Maori: {{t-|mi|tīra|xs=Maori}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|stål|n}}
* [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|acièr|xs=Occitan}}
* [[Ossetian]]: {{tø|os|æндон|tr=ændon}},  {{tø|os|болат|tr=bolat}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|فولاد|tr=fulād|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|stal|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aço|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|oţel|n}}
* Russian: [[сталь]] (stal’) {{f}}
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[stàilinn]]
* Serbian:
*: Cyrillic: [[челик]] {{m}}
*: Roman: [[čelik#Serbian|čelik]] {{m}}
* Slovak: [[oceľ]] {{f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|jeklo}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|acero|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stål|n}}
* [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|пӯлод|tr=pūlod|sc=Cyrl|xs=Tajik}}
* [[Tatar]]: {{t|tt|корыч|tr=koryč|sc=Cyrl|xs=Tatar}}
* [[Telugu]]: [[ఉక్కు]] (ukku)
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çelik}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|сталь|f|tr=stal’|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}},  {{t|uk|криця|f|tr=krýcja|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}
* [[Upper Sorbian]]: [[wocl]]
* Urdu: {{t-|ur|اسپات|m|tr=ispāt|sc=ur-Arab|xs=Urdu}}, {{t-|ur|فولاد|f|tr=fūlād|sc=ur-Arab|xs=Urdu}}
* Welsh: {{t-|cy|dur|m|xs=Welsh}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|tool used to sharpen or hone knives}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|ocílka|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|острило|n|tr=óstrilo|sc=Cyrl}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Derived terms====
* [[steelware]]
* [[steely]]
* [[stainless steel]]

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# To [[harden]].
#: ''The harsh fall weather '''steeled''' them against the colder winter.''
#* {{quote-news|year=2009|date=January 22|author=|title=The Celebration, and the Work Ahead|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/opinion/l22obama.html
|passage=Often muscular and severe, the speech diagnosed the nation’s problems with a cold eye, swept away objections to decisive action, and '''steeled''' the American people for the measures that will be necessary, all the while providing a positive vision of a remade America that stands firmly on American values and traditions.}}

[[Category:1000 English basic words]]

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==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/stel/|lang=nl}}

===Noun===
'''steel''' (Plural: [[stelen]], diminutive: [[steeltje]])

# [[handle]] (of a broom, a pan)

====Derived terms====
* [[bezemsteel]]

===Verb===
'''steel'''

# {{nl-verb-form|p=first|n=singular|t=present tense|stelen}}
# {{nl-verb-form|m=imperative|stelen}}

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