silber

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from English silver, from Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, seolofor (silver), from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (silver).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: sil‧ber

Noun[edit]

silber

  1. silver; a lustrous, white, metallic element
  2. the color silver; a shiny gray color
  3. (colloquial) aluminum foil

Adjective[edit]

silber

  1. having a color like silver

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:silber.

Mòcheno[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German silber, from Old High German silbar, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą. Cognate with Bavarian Süwa, Suiba, German Silber, English silver.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

silber n

  1. silver (metal)

References[edit]

  • Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.
  • “silber” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.