nickel
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See also: Nickel
English[edit]
| Chemical element | |
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| Ni | Previous: cobalt (Co) |
| Next: copper (Cu) | |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Swedish nickel, an abbreviation of German Kupfernickel (“a mineral containing copper and nickel”), from Kupfer (“copper”) + Nikolaus (“the devil”) due to the deceptive silver colour of the relatively valueless ore. Compare cobalt as related to kobolds.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nickel (countable and uncountable, plural nickels)
- (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
- (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
- (US slang, by extension) Five dollars.
- (US slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
- (US slang, sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of five
- (US slang) A five-year prison sentence.
- (American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more common four.
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Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from nickel
- antimonial nickel
- arsenical nickel
- bismuth-nickel
- copper-nickel
- cupro-nickel
- cupronickel
- double-nickel
- hot nickel
- Nichrome
- nickel-and-dime
- nickel-antigorite
- nickel bag
- nickel-bloom
- nickel bronze
- nickel carbonyl
- nickel chloride
- nickel-chlorite
- nickel glance
- nickel green
- nickel gymnite
- nickel hydride
- nickel hydroxide
- nickelian
- nickelic
- nickeliferous
- nickeline
- nickel-in-the-slot
- nickel-iron
- nickelisation
- nickelization
- nickelise
Translations[edit]
element
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coin
Verb[edit]
nickel (third-person singular simple present nickels, present participle nickeling, simple past and past participle nickeled)
- (transitive) To plate with nickel.
Translations[edit]
to plate with nickel
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References[edit]
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nickel m (countable and uncountable, plural nickels)
- (usually uncountable) nickel (metal)
- (countable) atom of nickel
Related terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nickel m, f (invariable)
Further reading[edit]
- “nickel” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
nickel n
- nickel; a chemical element
- a coin of small, but undetermined value
- Jag har inte en/ett nickel.
- I don't have a nickel
- Jag har inte en/ett nickel.
Declension[edit]
Declension of nickel
Declension of nickel
Related terms[edit]
- (coin): inte ett nickel
References[edit]
- nickel in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
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