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See also:Metal,métal,andmetál

English

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metalon Wikipedia
Some well-known metallicelements

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmetal,a borrowing fromOld Frenchmetal,fromLatinmetallum(“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”),itself a borrowing fromAncient Greekμέταλλον(métallon,“mine, quarry, metal”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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metal(countableanduncountable,pluralmetals)

  1. (heading)Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.
    1. Any of a number of chemicalelementsin the periodic table that form ametallic bondwith other metal atoms; generallyshiny,somewhatmalleableandhard,often aconductorof heat andelectricity.
      • 2014April 21, “Subtle effects”,inThe Economist,volume411,number8884:
        Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silverymetal,began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
    2. Any material with similar physical properties, such as analloy.
      • 1879,R[ichard] J[efferies],chapter 1, inThe Amateur Poacher,London:Smith, Elder, & Co.,[…],→OCLC:
        But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass ofmetalsteady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].
    3. (astronomy)An element which was not directly created after theBig Bangbut instead formed throughnuclearreactions; any element other than hydrogen andhelium.
      • 2003,Michael A. Seeds,Astronomy: The Solar System and Beyond,Thomson Brooks/Cole,→ISBN:
        Most of the matter in stars is hydrogen and helium, and themetals(including carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and so on) were cooked up inside stars.
      • 2008,Lunar and Planetary Institute, Geochemical Society,Oxygen in the solar system,Mineralogical Society of Amer→ISBN
        Thus, for the remaining elements, including oxygen, the solid phase appears to be important. In fact, at a metallicity of Z=0.02, and with a gas-to-dust ratio of 100, about half of themetals— including oxygen — are contained in the solid phase.
      • 2015,Alan Longstaff,Astrobiology: An Introduction,CRC Press,→ISBN,page350:
        Metalsinclude oxygen and carbon which means that water and organic molecules would have been abundant in the early universe, perhaps paving the way for the emergence of life within a couple of billion years of the Big Bang.
    5. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make aroad.
      • 1922,Falls Cyril,The History of the 36th (Ulster) Division‎[1],M'Caw, Stevenson and Orr, Ltd:
        One of the most important tasks was the metalling of the roads, and the dumping ofmetalbeside them in parts where it was impossible to lay it, in order that work might commence with the assault. The surface of the roads was good, but only because the Division had been holding a front so wide, which made the traffic upon them relatively light.
    6. (mining)Theorefrom which a metal is derived.[1]
    7. (obsolete)A mine from which ores are taken.
      • 1660,Jeremy Taylor,Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures;[…],volume(please specify |volume=I or II),London:[…]James Flesher, forRichard Royston[…],→OCLC:
        slaves[…]and persons condemned tometals
  2. (heraldry)A lighttinctureused in acoat of arms,specificallyargent(white or silver) andor(gold).
  3. (glassblowing)Moltenglassthat is to be blown or moulded to form objects.[2]
  4. (music)A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
  6. (figurative,archaic)The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper.
    Synonym:mettle
    • 1598–1599(first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene i],page104:
      Leonato.Well, neece, I hope to ſee you one day fitted with a husband. /Beatrice.Not till God make men of ſome othermettallthen earth, would it not grieue a woman to be over-maſtred with a peece of valiant duſt?
  7. The effective power orcalibreofgunscarried by avesselofwar.
  8. (UK,in theplural)Therailsof arailway.
  9. (informal,travel,aviation)The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
    We have American Airlines tickets, but it's on British Airwaysmetal.

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of“any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms”):nonmetal

Derived terms

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Translations

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Adjective

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metal(comparativemoremetal,superlativemostmetal)

  1. (music)Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.[1970s and after]
  2. Having theemotionalorsocialcharacteristicsassociated withmetal music;brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
    • 2008,Lich King, “Attack of the Wrath of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword of the Blood of the Beast”, inToxic Zombie Onslaught:
      The beast will destroy everything in his path
      With this song on the upcoming brawl
      It sure is a long one and tough to pronounce but
      It's the mostmetaltitle of all
    • 2012August, “Tested Bowling Balls”, inFront‎[2],number171,→ISSN,→OCLC,page40:
      Top tip: Bowling gloves are for sissies, although they lookmetalas fuck.
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Verb

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metal(third-person singular simple presentmetals,present participlemetalingormetalling,simple past and past participlemetaledormetalled)

  1. Tomakearoadusing crushed rock, stones etc.

References

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  1. ^Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond(1881) “Metal”, inA Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms.[…],Easton, Pa.:[American]Institute[of Mining Engineers],[…],→OCLC.
  2. ^Edward H[enry] Knight(1877) “Metal”, inKnight’s American Mechanical Dictionary.[…],volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.:Hurd and Houghton[…],→OCLC.

Albanian

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Noun

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metalm(definitemetali)

  1. (chemistry)metal

Further reading

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  • “metal”,inFGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe[Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian),2006
  • “metal”, inFGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe[Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[3](in Albanian),1980

Aragonese

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Etymology

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FromLatinmetallum,fromAncient Greekμέταλλον(métallon).

Noun

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metalm(pluralmetals)

  1. metal

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Asturian

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AsturianWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediaast

Etymology

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FromLatinmetallum,fromAncient Greekμέταλλον(métallon).

Noun

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metalm(pluralmetales)

  1. metal

Breton

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Noun

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metalm(pluralmetaloù)

  1. metal

Inflection

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Mutationofmetal
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular metal vetal unchanged unchanged
plural metaloù vetaloù unchanged unchanged

Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromEnglishmetal.Doubletofmetall.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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metalm(uncountable)

  1. (music)metal

Further reading

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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metal

  1. masculinesingularpastactiveparticipleofmetat

Danish

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DanishWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediada

Etymology

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FromLatinmetallum,fromAncient Greekμέταλλον(métallon,“metal, mine”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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metaln(singular definitemetallet,plural indefinitemetaller)

  1. metal

Inflection

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Declension ofmetal
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative metal metallet metaller metallerne
genitive metals metallets metallers metallernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishmetal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈmɛ.təl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:me‧tal

Noun

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metalm(uncountable)

  1. (music)metal(rock genre)
    Synonym:heavy metal

Derived terms

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French

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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metalm(uncountable)

  1. metal(music style)

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Italian

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromEnglishmetal.

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Noun

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metalm(invariable)

  1. (music)metal
    Synonym:heavy metal
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References

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  1. ^metalinLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromOld Frenchmetal,fromLatinmetallum,fromAncient Greekμέταλλον(métallon).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/mɛˈtaːl/,/ˈmɛtal/,/ˈmɛtəl/

Noun

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metal(pluralmetalles)

  1. metal(class of elements)
  2. metalwork(metalitem)
  3. (mining)metal,ore
  4. (heraldry,rare)metal(class of tinctures)

Descendants

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  • English:metal,mettle
  • Scots:metal
  • →Welsh:metel

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Middle French

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Noun

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metalm(pluralmetaulx)

  1. metal

Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromLatinmetallum,fromAncient Greekμέταλλον(métallon).Attested from the 12th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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metalm(pluralmetals)

  1. metal
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References

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  1. ^Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana,L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 380.

Further reading

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  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006)Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎[4],2 edition,→ISBN,page644.

Old French

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Etymology

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FromLatinmetallum,see above.

Noun

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metaloblique singular,m(oblique pluralmetausormetaxormetals,nominative singularmetausormetaxormetals,nominative pluralmetal)

  1. metal(material)

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed with apocope fromLatinmetallum,fromAncient Greekμέταλλον(métallon).

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Noun

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metalm(pluralmetales)

  1. metal
    • c.1250,Alfonso X,Lapidario,2r:
      Et es grand marauilla que el fierro que uence todos los otrosmetalespor fortaleza que a en ſi uence lo eſta piedra por ſu ṕṕedat.
      And it is a great marvel that iron, which defats all othermetalsdue to the strength it has, is defeated by this stone due to its property.
    • Idem,f. 21v.
      Et otroſſi ſi lo mezclan con eſtanno torna negro. ⁊ ſi con plata lo mezclan recibe la blancura della ⁊ aſſi faz con cadametal.
      And also, if they mix it with tin it becomes black, and if they mix it with silver it receives whiteness from it, and likewise with everymetal.

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Piedmontese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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metalm(pluralmetaj)

  1. metal
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Polish

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PolishWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediapl

Etymology

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Internationalism;compareEnglishmetal,Frenchmétal,GermanMetall,ultimately fromLatinmetallum,fromAncient Greekμέταλλον(métallon).Sense 3is asemantic loanfromEnglishmetal.

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Noun

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metalminan(related adjectivemetalowy)

  1. (chemistry)metal(atomic element or material made of such atoms)
    Antonym:niemetal
  2. (heraldry)metal(light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold))
  4. metal(style of music)

Declension

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Declension ofmetal
singular
nominative metal
genitive metalu
dative metalowi
accusative metal
instrumental metalem
locative metalu
vocative metalu

Noun

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metalmpers

  1. (music,slang)metalhead,metaller,metallist(one who listens to heavy metal music)
    Synonyms:heavymetalowiec,metalowiec

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Declension ofmetal
singular plural
nominative metal metale
genitive metala metali
dative metalowi metalom
accusative metala metali
instrumental metalem metalami
locative metalu metalach
vocative metalu metale

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adjectives
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adverb
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Further reading

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  • metalinWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • metalin Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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InheritedfromOld Galician-Portuguesemetal,fromOld Spanishmetal,fromOld Catalanmetall,matall,fromLatinmetallum(“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”),fromAncient Greekμέταλλον(métallon,“mine, quarry, metal”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes:-al,-aw
  • Hyphenation:me‧tal

Noun

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metalm(pluralmetais)

  1. (chemistry)metal(any of a number of elements that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms)
    Antonyms:não-metal,ametal
  2. metal(any of a number of a number of hard but malleable materials consisting of metallic atoms)
  3. (poetic)money;wealth;riches
    Synonyms:riqueza,dinheiro
  4. (heraldry)white (argent) or yellow (or) tincture on a coat of arms
  5. (music,usually in theplural)brass instrument
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Etymology 2

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Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishmetal.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal)IPA(key):/ˌmɛˈtɐl/[ˌmɛˈtɐɫ],/mɨˈtal/[mɨˈtaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal)IPA(key):/ˌmɛˈtɐ.li/,/mɨˈta.li/

Noun

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metalm(uncountable)

  1. (music)metal;heavy metal
    Synonym:heavy metal
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Romanian

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromFrenchmétalorGermanMetall.

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Noun

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metaln(pluralmetale)

  1. metal

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative metal metalul metale metalele
genitive-dative metal metalului metale metalelor
vocative metalule metalelor
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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/mětaːl/
  • Hyphenation:me‧tal

Noun

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mètālm(Cyrillic spellingмѐта̄л)

  1. (chemistry)metal
    Synonym:kovina

Declension

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Declension ofmetal
singular plural
nominative mètāl metali
genitive metála metala
dative metalu metalima
accusative metal metale
vocative metale metali
locative metalu metalima
instrumental metalom metalima

Slovene

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Participle

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métał

  1. masculinesingularl-participleofmetáti

Spanish

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SpanishWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediaes

Etymology

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InheritedfromOld Spanishmetal,fromOld FrenchmétalorOld Occitanmetall,these fromLatinmetallum,fromAncient Greekμέταλλον(métallon,“mine, quarry, metal”).

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Noun

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metalm(pluralmetales)

  1. metal
  2. (heraldry)metal
  3. (music)metal

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Turkish

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Etymology

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FromFrenchmétal.

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metal(definite accusativemetali,pluralmetaller)

  1. metal

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative metal
Definite accusative metali
Singular Plural
Nominative metal metaller
Definite accusative metali metalleri
Dative metale metallere
Locative metalde metallerde
Ablative metalden metallerden
Genitive metalin metallerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular metalim metallerim
2nd singular metalin metallerin
3rd singular metali metalleri
1st plural metalimiz metallerimiz
2nd plural metaliniz metalleriniz
3rd plural metalleri metalleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular metalimi metallerimi
2nd singular metalini metallerini
3rd singular metalini metallerini
1st plural metalimizi metallerimizi
2nd plural metalinizi metallerinizi
3rd plural metallerini metallerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular metalime metallerime
2nd singular metaline metallerine
3rd singular metaline metallerine
1st plural metalimize metallerimize
2nd plural metalinize metallerinize
3rd plural metallerine metallerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular metalimde metallerimde
2nd singular metalinde metallerinde
3rd singular metalinde metallerinde
1st plural metalimizde metallerimizde
2nd plural metalinizde metallerinizde
3rd plural metallerinde metallerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular metalimden metallerimden
2nd singular metalinden metallerinden
3rd singular metalinden metallerinden
1st plural metalimizden metallerimizden
2nd plural metalinizden metallerinizden
3rd plural metallerinden metallerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular metalimin metallerimin
2nd singular metalinin metallerinin
3rd singular metalinin metallerinin
1st plural metalimizin metallerimizin
2nd plural metalinizin metallerinizin
3rd plural metallerinin metallerinin

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Turkmen

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation:me‧tal

Noun

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metal(definite accusativemetaly,pluralmetallar)

  1. metal

Declension

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Declension ofmetal
singular plural
nominative metal metallar
accusative metaly metallary
genitive metalyň metallaryň
dative metala metallara
locative metalda metallarda
ablative metaldan metallardan

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