cuproníquel

Portuguese

Etymology

From cupro- +‎ níquel.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.pɾoˈni.kew/ [ku.pɾoˈni.keʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.pɾɔˈni.kɛl/ [ku.pɾɔˈni.kɛɫ]

Noun

cuproníquel m (plural cuproníqueis)

1. cupronickel (alloy of copper and nickel)

Further reading

• “cuproníquel”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cuproníquel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Noun

cuproníquel m (plural cuproníqueles)

1. cupronickel (alloy of copper and nickel)

Further reading

• “cuproníquel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025