amalgam

See also Amalgam, and amalgám

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈmæːl.ɡəm/

Etymology

Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (malagma, “gold”), from μαλάσσω (malassō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakos, “soft”).

Noun

amalgam (plural amalgams)

1. A combination of different things
2. (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury

Synonyms

• alloy, blend, combo, compound, mixture

Translations

a combination of things

Finnish: sekoitus (fi), yhdistelmä (fi) French: amalgame (fr) m. Greek: αμάλγαμα (el) (amálgama) n., κράμα (el) (kráma) n., σύμφυρμα (el) (sýmfyrma) n.

Manx: co-lheian (gv) m. Portuguese: amálgama (pt) c. Spanish: amalgama (es) f.

alloy containing mercury

Czech: amalgám (cs) m. Chinese: 汞齐 (zh) (gǒngjì) Finnish: amalgaami (fi) German: Amalgam (de) n. Greek: αμάλγαμα (el) (amálgama) n. Polish: amalgamat (pl) m.

Portuguese: amálgama c. Spanish: amalgama (es) f. Swedish: amalgam (sv) n. Turkish: malgama (tr)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /amǎlɡaːm/
• Hyphenation: a‧mal‧gam

Noun

amàlgām m. (Cyrillic spelling ама̀лга̄м)

1. amalgam

Declension

    declension of amalgam

	singular	plural
nominative	amàlgām	amalgami
genitive	amalgáma	amalgama
dative	amalgamu	amalgamima
accusative	amalgam	amalgame
vocative	amalgame	amalgami
locative	amalgamu	amalgamima
instrumental	amalgamom	amalgamima

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Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

amalgam n.

1. amalgam

Declension

Declension of amalgam

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	amalgam	amalgamet
genitive	amalgams	amalgamets