silver

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Chemical element
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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, seolofor (“silver”), from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silver”), from Proto-Indo-European *silubʰr-, *silebʰr- (“silver”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Selwer (“silver”), West Frisian sulver (“silver”), Dutch zilver (“silver”), Low German Silver, Sülver (“silver”), German Silber (“silver”), Swedish silver (“silver”), Icelandic silfur (“silver”). The Germanic word has parallels in Baltic and Slavic (OCS sirebo, Lithuanian sidabras), Celtic (Celtiberian silaPur-), and outside Indo-European, in Basque (zilar, zilhar and further dialectal variants) and perhaps Berber (Tashelhit aẓrf), but the ultimate origin of the word is unknown. A Wanderwort of ultimately Semitic origin has been suggested (Akkadian sarpu "refined silver", from the verb sarapu "to refine").

Adjective sense of twenty-fifth wedding anniversary generalized from silver wedding, from German Silberhochzeit, silberne Hochzeit.

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Noun [edit]

silver (countable and uncountable; plural silvers)

  1. (uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
  2. (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
  3. (collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
  4. (collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
  5. (countable) A shiny gray color.
    silver colour:    

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metal
coins
cutlery/silverware
items made of silver or other white metal
color/colour
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Adjective [edit]

silver (comparative more silver, superlative most silver)

  1. Made from silver.
  2. Made from another white metal.
  3. Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
  4. Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
    • 1994, “Mate matching” in Accent on Living, v 38, n 4 (Spring), p 52:
      Mostly, these have been relationships of 10 or less years. However, one respondent has celebrated her silver wedding anniversary.

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  • (having a color like silver): silvery

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Translations [edit]

made from silver
made from another white metal
having a color/colour like silver
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Terms derived from the noun or adjective "silver"

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Verb [edit]

silver (third-person singular simple present silvers, present participle silvering, simple past and past participle silvered)

  1. To acquire a silvery colour.
    • L. Wallace
      The eastern sky began to silver and shine.

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Middle Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Dutch silver, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈzɪlvər/

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silver n

  1. silver

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Noun [edit]

silver (plural silvers)

  1. silver (metal)

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Swedish [edit]

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Wikipedia sv

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silver n (uncountable)

  1. silver
  2. silver, coins of silver
  3. silver, cutlery of silver
  4. a silver medal, for 2nd place in a competition

Declension [edit]

Declension of silver
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative silver silvret silver silvren
genitive silvers silvrets silvers silvrens

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