alloy

English

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• IPA: /ˈalɔɪ/

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.
2. An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.20:

     Metrodorus said that in sadnesse there is some aloy of pleasure.

Derived terms

• superalloy

Translations

metal combined of more elements

• Afrikaans: alliasie (af), allooi (af)
• Asturian: aleación (ast) f
• Bulgarian: сплав (bg) (splav)
• Catalan: aliatge (ca) m, lliga (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合金 (cmn) (héjīn)

• 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
• Galician: aliaxe (gl) m, liga (gl) f
• 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
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: legering (no) m and f

  Nynorsk: legering (nn) f

• Oriya: ମିଶ୍ରଧାତୁ (or)
• Polish: stop (pl) m
• Portuguese: liga (pt) f
• Russian: сплав (ru) (spláv) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: слитина (sh) f, легура (sh) f

  Roman: slitina (sh) f, legura (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. To mix or combine; often used of metals.

Translations

mix or combine

• Bulgarian: сплавям (bg) (splavjam), смесвам (bg) (smesvam), легирам (bg) (legiram)
• Czech: legovat (cs), slévat (cs) (imperf. aspect), slít (cs) (perf. aspect)
• Dutch: legeren (nl)
• Esperanto: aloji (eo)
• Finnish: seostaa (fi)
• German: legieren (de)

• Greek: κραματοποιώ (el) (kramatopoió), 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.

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