nickel

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Nickel (element)
A US nickel coin.
See also Nickel

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Chemical element
Ni Previous: cobalt (Co)
Next: copper (Cu)

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Singular
nickel

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural nickels

nickel (countable and uncountable; plural nickels)

  1. (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
  2. (US, Canadian, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
  3. (US slang, sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
  4. (slang) A playing card with the rank of five

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Infinitive
to nickel

Third person singular
nickels

Simple past
nickeled

Past participle
nickeled

Present participle
nickeling

to nickel (third-person singular simple present nickels, present participle nickeling, simple past and past participle nickeled)

  1. (transitive) To plate with nickel.

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For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/ni.html (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

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French Wikipedia has an article on:

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nickel m.

  1. nickel (metal)

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nickel n.

Declination for nickel 1 Singular Uncountable
Neuter Indefinite Definite
Nominative nickel nicklet
Genitive nickels nicklets
Inflection for nickel 2 Singular Plural
neuter Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative nickel nicklet nickel nicklen
Genitive nickels nicklets nickels nicklens
  1. nickel; a chemical element
  2. a coin of small, but undetermined value

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