gangue

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gangue. Doublet of gang.

Pronunciation

• enPR: găng, IPA^(key): /ɡæŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ
• Homophone: gang

Noun

gangue (countable and uncountable, plural gangues)

1. (mining) The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.
   • 1995, Paul T. Craddock, Early Metal Mining and Production, page 147:

     Thus the percentage recovery of metal from the ore was much higher than in the primitive process where the semi-vitrified gangue and half-smelted ore are typically rich in prills of copper and copper minerals.

Synonyms

• veinstone

Derived terms

• endogangue
• exogangue

Translations

earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore

• Arabic: غَثّ m (ḡaṯṯ), شَوْب m (šawb), شَوَائِبُ الرِّكَاز m (šawāʔibu r-rikāz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 矸石 (zh) (gānshí)

• Finnish: sivukivi (fi)
• French: gangue (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Gang (de) m, Gangart (de) f, Gangerz n
• Italian: ganga (it) f
• Portuguese: ganga (pt) f
• Russian: пуста́я поро́да f (pustája poróda)
• Spanish: ganga (es) f, blancarte m

Further reading

• gangue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• extractive metallurgy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

A borrowing from German Gang (“way, path, trail, track, course, line, duct”).

Noun

gangue f (plural gangues)

1. (geology, mining) gangue

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gang (dated)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English gang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ɡi/

Noun

1. A gang of criminals.