"precious metal" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: precious metals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} precious metal (countable and uncountable, plural precious metals)
  1. A rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium. Wikipedia link: precious metal Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Metals, Types of chemical element, Wealth Related terms: noble metal Translations (metallic element with high economic value): metall preciós [masculine] (Catalan), 貴重金屬 (Chinese Mandarin), 贵重金属 (guìzhòng jīnshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 貴金屬 (Chinese Mandarin), 贵金属 (guìjīnshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), drahý kov [masculine] (Czech), ædelmetal [neuter] (Danish), arvometalli (Finnish), métal précieux [masculine] (French), metal precioso [masculine] (Galician), Edelmetall [neuter] (German), nemesfém (Hungarian), 貴金属 (kikinzoku) (alt: ききんぞく) (Japanese), 귀금속 (gwigeumsok) (Korean), dārgmetāls [masculine] (Latvian), logam berharga (Malay), logam bernilai (Malay), béésh ílį́įnii (Navajo), metal preciós [masculine] (Occitan), kruszec [masculine] (Polish), metal szlachetny [masculine] (Polish), metal precioso [masculine] (Portuguese), metal prețios [neuter] (Romanian), драгоце́нный мета́лл (dragocénnyj metáll) [masculine] (Russian), metal precioso [masculine] (Spanish), ädelmetall (Swedish), โลหะมีค่า (Thai), kim loại quý (Vietnamese), kim khí quý (Vietnamese)

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