metal
Portuguese
/mɨ.ˈtaɫ/, /me.ˈtaw/
noun
Definitions
- (chemistry) metal any of a number of elements that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms
- metal any of a number of a number of hard but malleable materials consisting of metallic atoms
- (music genre) metal; heavy metal
- (poetic) money; wealth; riches
- (heraldry) white ((argent) or yellow (or) tincture on a coat of arms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese metal derived from Old Spanish metal derived from Old Catalan metall derived from Latin metallum (metal, mineral, mine, quarry) derived from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (metal, mine, quarry).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μέταλλον
Gloss
metal, mine, quarry
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
金
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- metallurgy English
- metallaria Latin
- metallarius Latin
- metallicus Latin
- metallifer Latin
- metallum Latin
- medaglia Italian
- métal French
- металл Russian
- metal Spanish, Castilian
- μέταλλον Ancient Greek
- μεταλλάω Ancient Greek
- medalje Norwegian Bokmål
- metaleiro Portuguese
- metalografia Portuguese
- metalográfico Portuguese
- metall Swedish
- metal Polish
- medalje Norwegian Nynorsk
- metal Danish
- metal Old French
- métal Old French
- metal Old Portuguese
- მეტალი Georgian
- metal Occitan
- metal Asturian
- metall Old Occitan
- metal Old Spanish
- metal Aragonese
- metall Old Catalan