amalgam
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)
- (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
- A combination of different things.
- 1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149:
- This was the Ambergate, Nottingham & Boston & Eastern Junction Railway, an amalgam of a number of separate schemes put forward in 1845, which secured its Act on July 16, 1846.
- 1987 December 20, Barbara Smith, “We Must Always Bury Our Dead Twice”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 23, page 10:
- A church where spirit, pain, and joy formed a holy amalgam and were righteously acknowledged out loud.
- One of the ingredients in an alloy.
- (dentistry) An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.
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Verb
[edit]amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)
- (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To amalgamate (something) with a thing.
- 1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC; reprinted Menston, Yorkshire: The Scolar Press, 1970, →OCLC, (please specify the GB page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- gold t’amalgam with some six of mercury
- 1684, Robert Boyle, “An Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies. Chapter VIII.”, in Experiments and Considerations about the Porosity of Bodies, in Two Essays, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith […], →OCLC, page 143:
- […] I had once occaſion to diſtil in a ſmall Retort ſome Gold amalgamed vvith ſuch a fine and ſubtile Mercury, that being (vvithout the addition of any Salt) put to the Gold in the cold, they preſently grevv hot together.
Further reading
[edit]- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “amalgam”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Amalgam”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “amalgam”, in Mindat.org[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- “amalgam”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Amalgam (dentistry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Amalgam (chemistry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
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[edit]Noun
[edit]amalgam n (genitive singular amalgams, no plural)
Declension
[edit]n-s | singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | amalgam | amalgamið |
accusative | amalgam | amalgamið |
dative | amalgami | amalgaminu |
genitive | amalgams | amalgamsins |
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch amalgaam, from French amalgame, from Latin amalgama, from Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]amalgam (first-person possessive amalgamku, second-person possessive amalgammu, third-person possessive amalgamnya)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “amalgam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
[edit]Noun
[edit]amalgam (Jawi spelling املݢم, plural amalgam-amalgam, informal 1st possessive amalgamku, 2nd possessive amalgammu, 3rd possessive amalgamnya)
Further reading
[edit]- “amalgam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Polish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism; compare English amalgam. Possibly borrowed from German Amalgam, French amalgame, or Spanish amalgama,[1][2] ultimately from Medieval Latin amalgama, from Arabic الْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma).[3] First attested in 1771.[4]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]amalgam m inan
- (metallurgy) amalgam (alloy containing mercury)
- (literary) amalgam (combination of different things)
- Synonyms: aliaż, amalgamat, melanż, mieszanina, mieszanka
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | amalgam | amalgamy |
genitive | amalgamu | amalgamów |
dative | amalgamowi | amalgamom |
accusative | amalgam | amalgamy |
instrumental | amalgamem | amalgamami |
locative | amalgamie | amalgamach |
vocative | amalgamie | amalgamy |
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amalgam”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “amalgam”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amalgam”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Józef Feliks Rogaliński (1771) Doswiadczenia skutkow rzeczy pod zmysły podpadaiących na publicznych posiedzeniach w szkołach poznańskich Societatis Jesu na widok wystawione y wykladane, Jego Krolewskiey Mosci Panu naszemu Miłościwemu ofiarowane[1] (in Polish), volume 1, page 125
Further reading
[edit]- amalgam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “amalgam”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amalgam”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amalgam”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 29
- amalgam in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French amalgame, from Latin amalgama.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]amalgam n (plural amalgame)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) amalgam | amalgamul | (niște) amalgame | amalgamele |
genitive/dative | (unui) amalgam | amalgamului | (unor) amalgame | amalgamelor |
vocative | amalgamule | amalgamelor |
Serbo-Croatian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]amàlgām m (Cyrillic spelling ама̀лга̄м)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | amàlgām | amalgami |
genitive | amalgáma | amalgama |
dative | amalgamu | amalgamima |
accusative | amalgam | amalgame |
vocative | amalgame | amalgami |
locative | amalgamu | amalgamima |
instrumental | amalgamom | amalgamima |
Swedish
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[edit]amalgam n
- amalgam
Declension
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | amalgam | amalgamet | — | — |
Genitive | amalgams | amalgamets | — | — |
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