alloy

English

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• IPA: /ˈælɔɪ/

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman alai, from Old French aloi, from aloiier.

Noun

alloy (plural alloys)

1. a metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.

Derived terms

• superalloy

Translations

metal combined of more elements

Afrikaans: alliasie, allooi Bulgarian: сплав (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 合金 (héjīn) Croatian: legúra (hr) f. Czech: slitina (cs) f. Danish: legering (da) c. Dutch: legering (nl) f. Esperanto: alojo (eo) Faroese: málmbland (fo) Finnish: seos (fi), metalliseos (fi), lejeerinki (fi) French: alliage (fr) m. German: Legierung (de) f. Greek: κράμα (el) (kráma) n. Hebrew: סגסוגת (he) f. Hungarian: ötvözet (hu) Indonesian: paduan logam Italian: lega (it) f.

Japanese: 合金 (ja) (ごうきん, gōkin) Latvian: sakausējums (lv) m. Manx: co-veain (gv) f. Oriya: ମିଶ୍ରଧାତୁ (or) Polish: stop (pl) m. Portuguese: liga (pt) f. Russian: сплав (ru) (spláv) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: слитина (sh) f. Roman: slitina (sh) f. Slovak: zliatina (sk) f. Slovene: zlitina (sl) f. Spanish: aleación (es) f. Swedish: legering (sv) c. Telugu: మిశ్రమలోహం (te) (miSramalOhaM) Turkish: alaşım (tr), halita (tr) Vietnamese: hợp kim (vi) Volapük: laliad (vo), (obsolete) metalamig (vo)

Etymology 2

From Old French aloiier (“assemble, join”), from Latin alligare (“bind to, tie to”), compound of ad (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”).

Verb

alloy (third-person singular simple present alloys, present participle alloying, simple past and past participle alloyed)

1. mix or combine; often used of metals

Translations

mix or combine

Bulgarian: сплавям (bg), смесвам (bg), легирам (bg) Czech: legovat (cs), slévat (cs) (imperf. aspect), slít (cs) (perf. aspect) Dutch: legeren (nl) [lε'gerən] Esperanto: aloji (eo) Finnish: seostaa (fi) German: legieren (de)

Greek: κραματοποιώ (el) (kramatopió), νοθεύω (el) (nothévo) Hebrew: נתך (he) (nétekh) m. Hungarian: ötvöz (hu) Polish: stapiać (pl), stopić (pl) Slovak: zliať (sk) Swedish: legera (sv)

See also

• Alloy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alloys in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• loyal