amalgam

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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). For the verb, compare French amalgamer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈmæl.ɡəm/
  • 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.
  3. One of the ingredients in an alloy.

Synonyms

Translations

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


Swedish

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Noun

amalgam n

  1. amalgam

Declension

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