amalgamation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /@%m{lg@"meIS@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: a‧mal‧ga‧ma‧tion

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgamatio.

Noun

Wikipedia amalgamation (plural amalgamations)

1. The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
2. The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
   1. (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
3. (obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races. [in the US, supplanted after 1863 by miscegenation; elsewhere, in use into the 1900s]

Translations

The process of amalgamating

• Dutch: (formal) amalgamatie (nl), vermenging (nl) f, versmelting (nl) f

• Manx: co-lheie (gv)

The result of amalgamating

• Dutch: mengsel (nl) n, mix (nl) m

The production of an alloy of mercury

• Dutch: legering (nl) f

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• French: amalgamation (fr)

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French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgamatio.

Noun

amalgamation f (plural amalgamations)

1. amalgamation