amalgam
English
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”). For the verb, compare French amalgamer.
Pronunciation
Noun
amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)
- (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
- A combination of different things.
- One of the ingredients in an alloy.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
alloy
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combination
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Verb
amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To amalgamate.
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Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “amalgam”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Amalgam”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “amalgam”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
amàlgām m (Cyrillic spelling ама̀лга̄м)
Declension
Declension of amalgam
singular | plural | |
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nominative | amàlgām | amalgami |
genitive | amalgáma | amalgama |
dative | amalgamu | amalgamima |
accusative | amalgam | amalgame |
vocative | amalgame | amalgami |
locative | amalgamu | amalgamima |
instrumental | amalgamom | amalgamima |
Swedish
Noun
amalgam n
- amalgam
Declension
Declension of amalgam | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | amalgam | amalgamet | — | — |
Genitive | amalgams | amalgamets | — | — |
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