amalgam

See also: Amalgam and amalgám

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (malagma, “gold”), from μαλάσσω (malassō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakos, “soft”). For the verb, compare French amalgamer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmæːl.ɡəm/
• Hyphenation: a‧mal‧gam

Noun

amalgam (plural amalgams)

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

Synonyms

• alloy, blend, combo, compound, mixture

Translations

alloy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汞齐 (zh) (gǒngjì)

• Czech: amalgám (cs) m
• Finnish: amalgaami (fi), elohopeaseos
• German: Amalgam n
• Greek: αμάλγαμα (el) n (amálgama)
• Manx: co-lheian m

• Polish: amalgamat m
• Portuguese: amálgama (pt) c
• Russian: амальгама (ru) f (amal'gáma)
• Spanish: amalgama (es) f
• Swedish: amalgam (sv) n
• Turkish: malgama (tr)

combination

• Finnish: yhdistelmä (fi)
• French: amalgame (fr) m
• Greek: αμάλγαμα (el) n (amálgama), κράμα (el) n (kráma), σύμφυρμα (el) n (sýmfyrma)
• Manx: co-lheian m

• Portuguese: amálgama (pt) c
• Russian: амальгама (ru) f (amal'gáma)
• 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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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amǎlɡaːm/
• 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

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

amalgam n

1. amalgam

Declension

Declension of amalgam

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	amalgam || amalgamet || ||
genitive	amalgams || amalgamets || ||