amalgama

See also: amálgama and amalgamá

English

Noun

amalgama

1. Archaic form of amalgam.
   • Burke

     They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Verb

amalgama

1. third-person singular past historic of amalgamer

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “I soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).

Noun

amalgama f (plural amalgame)

1. amalgam (all senses)

Verb

amalgama

1. third-person singular present indicative of amalgamare
2. second-person singular imperative of amalgamare

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Portuguese

Verb

amalgama

1. third-person singular present indicative of amalgamar
2. second-person singular imperative of amalgamar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a̠ma̠lˈɡa̠ma̠/

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “I soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).

Noun

amalgama f (plural amalgamas)

1. amalgam (all senses)

Derived terms

• amalgamar verb

Etymology 2

Conjugated form of the verb amalgamar

Verb

amalgama

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of amalgamar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of amalgamar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of amalgamar.