"amalgam" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈmæl.ɡəm/ Audio: en-us-amalgam.ogg [US] Forms: amalgams [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|amalgama|t=mercury alloy}} Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), {{der|en|ar|ملغم|اَلْمَلْغَم|t=emollient poultice or unguent for sores}} Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), {{der|en|grc|μάλαγμα|t=emollient; malleable material}} Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), {{m|grc|μαλάσσω|t=to soften}} μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), {{m|grc|μαλακός|t=soft}} μαλακός (malakós, “soft”), {{doublet|en|malagma}} Doublet of malagma, {{cog|fr|amalgamer}} French amalgamer Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)
  1. (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Metallurgy, Alloys, Mercury (element)
    Sense id: en-amalgam-en-noun-PSHB6Yeq Disambiguation of Alloys: 52 8 37 3 Disambiguation of Mercury (element): 53 12 32 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 11 41 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 24 23 5 Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. A combination of different things. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (combination): amalgama [feminine] (Catalan), amalgaami (Finnish), amalgame [masculine] (French), αμάλγαμα (amálgama) [neuter] (Greek), κράμα (kráma) [neuter] (Greek), σύμφυρμα (sýmfyrma) [neuter] (Greek), co-lheian [masculine] (Manx), ملغمه (malğame) (Persian), amalgamat [masculine] (Polish), amalgam [masculine] (Polish), amálgama [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), amestecătură [feminine] (Romanian), амальга́ма (amalʹgáma) [feminine] (Russian), amalgama [feminine] (Spanish), erblith [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-amalgam-en-noun-3L6kc-PS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 11 41 7 Disambiguation of 'combination': 6 88 6
  3. One of the ingredients in an alloy. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-amalgam-en-noun-6g9CC14G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 11 41 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: alloy, blend, combo, compound, conglomerate, mixture Derived forms: amalgamable, amalgam carrier, amalgam gilding, amalgamize, amalgam tattoo, Amalgamverse, gold amalgam, leadamalgam, sodium amalgam Related terms: amalgamate, amalgamation Translations (alloy): amalgama [feminine] (Catalan), 汞齊 (Chinese Mandarin), 汞齐 (gǒngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), amalgám [masculine] (Czech), amalgam [neuter] (Danish), amalgaam [neuter] (Dutch), amalgaami (Finnish), amalgame [masculine] (French), Amalgam [neuter] (German), αμάλγαμα (amálgama) [neuter] (Greek), amalgám (Hungarian), ötvözet (Hungarian), keverék (Hungarian), öntvény (Hungarian), amalgam (Indonesian), amalgama [masculine] (Italian), amalgam (Malay), co-lheian [masculine] (Manx), ملغمه (malğame) (Persian), amalgamat [masculine] (Polish), ortęć [feminine] (Polish), amálgama [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), amalgam [neuter] (Romanian), амальга́ма (amalʹgáma) [feminine] (Russian), amalgama [feminine] (Spanish), amalgam [neuter] (Swedish), amalgam (Turkish), malgama (Turkish), hỗn hống (Vietnamese), aloi [masculine] (Welsh), erblith [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'alloy': 48 5 47

Verb

IPA: /əˈmæl.ɡəm/ Audio: en-us-amalgam.ogg [US] Forms: amalgams [present, singular, third-person], amalgaming [participle, present], amalgamed [participle, past], amalgamed [past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|amalgama|t=mercury alloy}} Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), {{der|en|ar|ملغم|اَلْمَلْغَم|t=emollient poultice or unguent for sores}} Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), {{der|en|grc|μάλαγμα|t=emollient; malleable material}} Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), {{m|grc|μαλάσσω|t=to soften}} μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), {{m|grc|μαλακός|t=soft}} μαλακός (malakós, “soft”), {{doublet|en|malagma}} Doublet of malagma, {{cog|fr|amalgamer}} French amalgamer Head templates: {{en-verb}} amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To amalgamate (something) with a thing. Tags: archaic, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-amalgam-en-verb-WBwFNRgJ

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μαλακός",
        "t": "soft"
      },
      "expansion": "μαλακός (malakós, “soft”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "malagma"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of malagma",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "amalgamer"
      },
      "expansion": "French amalgamer",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "amalgams",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amalgaming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amalgamed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amalgamed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "a‧mal‧gam"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To amalgamate (something) with a thing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "amalgamate",
          "amalgamate"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To amalgamate (something) with a thing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈmæl.ɡəm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-amalgam.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/En-us-amalgam.ogg/En-us-amalgam.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/En-us-amalgam.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "amalgam"
  ],
  "word": "amalgam"
}

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