metal

From Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon).


metal

metaloù (plural)
metal (singular unmutated)
vetal (mutation-soft singular)
metaloù (plural unmutated)
vetaloù (mutation-soft plural)


metal

Borrowed from English metal. Doublet of metall.


metal

masculine singular past active participle of metat


metal

head

metal n (singular definite metallet, plural indefinite metaller)

metallet (definite singular)
metaller (indefinite plural)
metal (indefinite nominative singular)
metallet (definite nominative singular)
metaller (indefinite nominative plural)
metallerne (definite nominative plural)
metals (genitive indefinite singular)
metallets (definite genitive singular)
metallers (genitive indefinite plural)
metallernes (definite genitive plural)

From Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “metal, mine”).


metal

Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.

2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:

(heading) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.

Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.

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 of metal steady 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[…].

1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.

Most of the matter in stars is hydrogen and helium, and the metals (including carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and so on) were cooked up inside stars.

2003, Michael A. Seeds, Astronomy: The Solar System and Beyond, Thomson Brooks/Cole, →ISBN:

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 the metals — including oxygen — are contained in the solid phase.

Metals include 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.

2015, Alan Longstaff, Astrobiology: An Introduction, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 350:

(astronomy) An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.

One of the most important tasks was the metalling of the roads, and the dumping of metal beside 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.

1922, Falls Cyril, The History of the 36th (Ulster) Division, M'Caw, Stevenson and Orr, Ltd:

Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.

(mining) The ore from which a metal is derived.

Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond
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slaves[…]and persons condemned to metals

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, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC:

(obsolete) A mine from which ores are taken.

(heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).

Edward H[enry] Knight
w:Edward H. Knight

(glassblowing) Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.

(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.

Leonato. Well, neece, I hope to ſee you one day fitted with a husband. / Beatrice. Not till God make men of ſome other mettall then earth, would it not grieue a woman to be over-maſtred with a peece of valiant duſt?

1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 104:

(figurative, archaic) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper.

The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.

(UK, in the plural) The rails of a railway.

We have American Airlines tickets, but it's on British Airways metal.

(informal, travel, aviation) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.

en-noun

metal (countable and uncountable, plural metals)

nonmetal

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

аметалл

atomic element or material made of such atoms

From Middle English metal, a borrowing from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).


metal

(music) Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.

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 most metal title of all

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”, in Toxic Zombie Onslaught:

Top tip: Bowling gloves are for sissies, although they look metal as fuck.

2012 August, “Tested Bowling Balls”, in Front, number 171, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40:

Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.

en-adj

metal (comparative more metal, superlative most metal)

more metal (comparative)
most metal (superlative)


metal

To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

en-verb

metal (third-person singular simple present metals, present participle metaling or metalling, simple past and past participle metaled or metalled)

metals (present singular third-person)
metaling (participle present)
metalling (participle present)
metaled (participle past)
metaled (past)
metalled (participle past)
metalled (past)


metal

(heraldry, rare) metal (class of tinctures)

English: metal, mettle

Scots: metal

→ Welsh: metel

Borrowed from Old French metal, from Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon).


metal

From Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon). Attested from the 12th century.


metal

fro-noun

metal oblique singular, m (oblique plural metaus or metax or metals, nominative singular metaus or metax or metals, nominative plural metal)

metal oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
metaus (oblique plural)
metax (oblique plural)
metals (oblique plural)
metaus (nominative singular)
metax (nominative singular)
metals (nominative singular)
metal (nominative plural)


metal

Et es grand marauilla que el fierro que uence todos los otros metales por fortaleza que a en ſi uence lo eſta piedra por ſu ṕṕedat.

And it is a great marvel that iron, which defats all other metals due 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 cada metal.

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 every metal.

Spanish: metal

Borrowed with apocope from Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon).


metal

(chemistry) metal (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

(heraldry) metal (light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold))

pl-noun

metal m inan (related adjective metalowy)

metalowy (adjective)
metal (nominative singular)
metalu (genitive singular)
metalowi (dative singular)
metal (accusative singular)
metalem (instrumental singular)
metalu (locative singular)
metalu (singular vocative)

Internationalism; compare English metal, French métal, German Metall, ultimately from Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from English metal.


metal

(music, slang) metalhead, metaller, metallist (one who listens to heavy metal music)

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


metal

(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)

(heraldry) white (argent) or yellow (or) tincture on a coat of arms

(music, usually in the plural) brass instrument

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese metal, from Old Spanish metal, from Old Catalan metall, matall, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).


metal

metale (plural)
metal (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
metalul (accusative definite nominative singular)
metale (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
metalele (accusative definite nominative plural)
metal (indefinite singular)
metalului (definite singular)
metale (indefinite singular)
metalelor (definite plural)
metalule (singular vocative)
metalelor (vocative)

Borrowed from French métal or German Metall.


metal

mètāl (canonical masculine)
мѐта̄л (Cyrillic)
mètāl (nominative singular)
metali (nominative plural)
metála (genitive singular)
metala (genitive plural)
metalu (dative singular)
metalima (dative plural)
metal (accusative singular)
metale (accusative plural)
metale (singular vocative)
metali (plural vocative)
metalu (locative singular)
metalima (locative plural)
metalom (instrumental singular)
metalima (instrumental plural)


metal

masculine singular l-participle of metáti


metal

Inherited from Old Spanish metal, from Old French métal or Old Occitan metall, these from Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).


metal

Borrowed from Spanish metal, from Old Spanish metal, from Old French métal or Old Occitan metall, these from Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).


metal

head

metal (definite accusative metali, plural metaller)

metali (accusative definite)
metaller (plural)
metal (nominative singular)
metaller (nominative plural)
metali (accusative definite singular)
metalleri (accusative definite plural)
metale (dative singular)
metallere (dative plural)
metalde (locative singular)
metallerde (locative plural)
metalden (ablative singular)
metallerden (ablative plural)
metalin (genitive singular)
metallerin (genitive plural)
metalim (first-person nominative singular)
metallerim (first-person nominative singular)
metalin (nominative second-person singular)
metallerin (nominative second-person singular)
metali (nominative singular third-person)
metalleri (nominative singular third-person)
metalimiz (first-person nominative plural)
metallerimiz (first-person nominative plural)
metaliniz (nominative plural second-person)
metalleriniz (nominative plural second-person)
metalleri (nominative plural third-person)
metalimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
metallerimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
metalini (accusative definite second-person singular)
metallerini (accusative definite second-person singular)
metalini (accusative definite singular third-person)
metallerini (accusative definite singular third-person)
metalimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
metallerimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
metalinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
metallerinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
metallerini (accusative definite plural third-person)
metalime (dative first-person singular)
metallerime (dative first-person singular)
metaline (dative second-person singular)
metallerine (dative second-person singular)
metaline (dative singular third-person)
metallerine (dative singular third-person)
metalimize (dative first-person plural)
metallerimize (dative first-person plural)
metalinize (dative plural second-person)
metallerinize (dative plural second-person)
metallerine (dative plural third-person)
metalimde (first-person locative singular)
metallerimde (first-person locative singular)
metalinde (locative second-person singular)
metallerinde (locative second-person singular)
metalinde (locative singular third-person)
metallerinde (locative singular third-person)
metalimizde (first-person locative plural)
metallerimizde (first-person locative plural)
metalinizde (locative plural second-person)
metallerinizde (locative plural second-person)
metallerinde (locative plural third-person)
metalimden (ablative first-person singular)
metallerimden (ablative first-person singular)
metalinden (ablative second-person singular)
metallerinden (ablative second-person singular)
metalinden (ablative singular third-person)
metallerinden (ablative singular third-person)
metalimizden (ablative first-person plural)
metallerimizden (ablative first-person plural)
metalinizden (ablative plural second-person)
metallerinizden (ablative plural second-person)
metallerinden (ablative plural third-person)
metalimin (first-person genitive singular)
metallerimin (first-person genitive singular)
metalinin (genitive second-person singular)
metallerinin (genitive second-person singular)
metalinin (genitive singular third-person)
metallerinin (genitive singular third-person)
metalimizin (first-person genitive plural)
metallerimizin (first-person genitive plural)
metalinizin (genitive plural second-person)
metallerinizin (genitive plural second-person)
metallerinin (genitive plural third-person)


metal

metal (definite accusative metaly, plural metallar)

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