amalgam

See also: Amalgam and amalgám

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “gold”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). For the verb, compare French amalgamer.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /əˈmæl.ɡəm/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: a‧mal‧gam
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Noun

amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)

1. (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
2. A combination of different things.

Synonyms

• alloy, blend, combo, compound, conglomerate, mixture

Translations

alloy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 汞齐 (zh) (gǒngjì)

• Czech: amalgám (cs) m
• Danish: amalgam (da) n
• Finnish: amalgaami (fi), elohopeaseos
• German: Amalgam (de) n
• Greek: αμάλγαμα (el) n (amálgama)
• Italian: amalgama (it) f
• Malay: amalgam
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Manx: co-lheian m
• Persian: ملغمه (fa) (malğame)
• Polish: amalgamat (pl) m
• Portuguese: amálgama (pt) m or f
• Russian: амальга́ма (ru) f (amalʹgáma)
• Spanish: amalgama (es) f
• Swedish: amalgam (sv) n
• Turkish: malgama (tr)
• Vietnamese: hỗn hống (vi)

combination

• Finnish: yhdistelmä (fi), seos (fi)
• French: amalgame (fr) m
• Greek: αμάλγαμα (el) n (amálgama), κράμα (el) n (kráma), σύμφυρμα (el) n (sýmfyrma)
• Manx: co-lheian m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: ملغمه (fa) (malğame)
• Portuguese: amálgama (pt) m or f
• Russian: амальга́ма (ru) f (amalʹgáma)
• Spanish: amalgama (es) f

Verb

amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)

1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To amalgamate.

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Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Amalgam”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “amalgam”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• malagma

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /amǎlɡaːm/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: a‧mal‧gam

Noun

amàlgām m (Cyrillic spelling ама̀лга̄м)

1. amalgam

Declension

Declension of amalgam

	singular	plural
nominative	amàlgām	amalgami
genitive	amalgáma	amalgama
dative	amalgamu	amalgamima
accusative	amalgam	amalgame
vocative	amalgame	amalgami
locative	amalgamu	amalgamima
instrumental	amalgamom	amalgamima

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Swedish

Noun

amalgam n

1. amalgam

Declension

Declension of amalgam
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	amalgam	amalgamet	—	—
Genitive	amalgams	amalgamets	—	—