gangue

English

Noun

gangue (countable and uncountable; plural gangues)

1. (mining) The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.
   • 1995, Paul T. Craddock, Early Metal Mining and Production, page 147:

     Thus the percentage recovery of metal from the ore was much higher than in the primitive process where the semi-vitrified gangue and half-smelted ore are typically rich in prills of copper and copper minerals.

Translations

earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore

Arabic: غَثّ (ğaθθ) m., شَوبٌ (šaub) m.; شَوَائِبُ الرِكَاز (šawā’ibu r-rikāz) m. Finnish: sivukivi (fi) French: gangue (fr) f.

German: Gang (de) m., Gangart (de) f., Gangerz (de) n. Portuguese: ganga (pt) f. Russian: материк (ru) (materík) m. Spanish: ganga f., blancarte m.

Synonyms

• veinstone

External links

• Gangue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• extractive metallurgy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:extractive metallurgy

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English gang, the final -e being an adaptation since Portuguese words cannot end with most of the consonant sounds, and the -u- inserted as an orthographic device to make the g hard.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡã.ɡi/

Noun

gangue f (plural gangues)

1. A gang of criminals.

References

• The 2002 film Gangs of New York was released in Brazil as Gangues de Nova York.