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See also: Amalgam and amalgám

English

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgama (mercury alloy), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, emollient poultice or unguent for sores), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, emollient; malleable material), from μαλάσσω (malássō, to soften), from μαλακός (malakós, soft). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈmæl.ɡəm/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mal‧gam
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)

  1. (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
  2. A combination of different things.
    • 1960 March, J. P. Wilson & E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149:
      This was the Ambergate, Nottingham & Boston & Eastern Junction Railway, an amalgam of a number of separate schemes put forward in 1845, which secured its Act on July 16, 1846.
  3. One of the ingredients in an alloy.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

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

Further reading

Anagrams

Icelandic

Noun

amalgam n (genitive singular amalgams, no plural)

  1. amalgam

Declension

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch amalgaam, from French amalgame, from Latin amalgama, from Medieval Latin amalgama (mercury alloy), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, emollient poultice or unguent for sores), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, emollient; malleable material), from μαλάσσω (malássō, to soften), from μαλακός (malakós, soft).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈamalɡam]
  • Hyphenation: amal‧gam

Noun

amalgam (first-person possessive amalgamku, second-person possessive amalgammu, third-person possessive amalgamnya)

  1. amalgam: an alloy containing mercury.

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Noun

amalgam (Jawi spelling املݢم, plural amalgam-amalgam, informal 1st possessive amalgamku, 2nd possessive amalgammu, 3rd possessive amalgamnya)

  1. (metallurgy) amalgam

Further reading

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English amalgam. Possibly borrowed from German Amalgam, French amalgame, or Spanish amalgama,[1][2] ultimately from Medieval Latin amalgama, from Arabic الْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma).[3] First attested in 1771.[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmal.ɡam/
  • Rhymes: -alɡam
  • Syllabification: a‧mal‧gam

Noun

amalgam m inan

  1. (metallurgy) amalgam (alloy containing mercury)
    Synonyms: amalgamat, ortęć
  2. (literary) amalgam (combination of different things)
    Synonyms: aliaż, amalgamat, melanż, mieszanina, mieszanka

Declension

adjective
nouns
verb

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amalgam”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “amalgam”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amalgam”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Józef Feliks Rogaliński (1771) Doswiadczenia skutkow rzeczy pod zmysły podpadaiących na publicznych posiedzeniach w szkołach poznańskich Societatis Jesu na widok wystawione y wykladane, Jego Krolewskiey Mosci Panu naszemu Miłościwemu ofiarowane[1] (in Polish), volume 1, page 125

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

From French amalgame, from Latin amalgama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.mal.ˈɡam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Hyphenation: a‧mal‧gam

Noun

amalgam n (plural amalgame)

  1. amalgam

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amǎlɡaːm/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mal‧gam

Noun

amàlgām m (Cyrillic spelling ама̀лга̄м)

  1. amalgam

Declension

Swedish

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Noun

amalgam n

  1. amalgam

Declension

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