azogue
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
azogue (countable and uncountable, plural azogues)
- (mining) silver ores suitable for treatment by amalgamation with mercury.
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθoɡe/ [aˈθo.ɣ̞e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsoɡe/ [aˈso.ɣ̞e]
- Rhymes: -oɡe
- Syllabification: a‧zo‧gue
Etymology 1[edit]
From Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق (zāʔūq, “quicksilver”).
Noun[edit]
azogue m (uncountable)
- mercury, quicksilver
- Synonym: mercurio
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
azogue
- inflection of azogar:
Further reading[edit]
- “azogue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Mining
- en:Mercury (element)
- en:Silver
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/oɡe
- Rhymes:Spanish/oɡe/3 syllables
- Spanish terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Chemical elements
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms