alliage
French
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French alleage. By surface analysis, allier + -age.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /a.ljaʒ/
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Noun
[edit]alliage m (plural alliages)
- alloying (mixing elements to make an alloy)
- alloy (metal that is a combination of two or more elements)
- (by extension) alloy (metal of lesser value combined with a metal of greater value)
- (figuratively) marriage, fusion, alloy, alloying (close union, mixture)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alliage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.