"metallic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /məˈtæl.ɪk/ [UK, US], /mɪˈtæl.ɪk/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-metallic.ogg [US] Forms: more metallic [comparative], most metallic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ælɪk Etymology: From Latin metallicus, from metallum (“metal”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon). Equivalent to metal + -ic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|metallicus}} Latin metallicus, {{m|la|metallum||metal}} metallum (“metal”), {{der|en|grc|μέταλλον}} Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon), {{suffix|en|metal|ic}} metal + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} metallic (comparative more metallic, superlative most metallic)
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal.
    Sense id: en-metallic-en-adj-~zzl1Tc2
  2. Made of or containing metal. Translations (made of metal): metálicu (Asturian), metàl·lic (Catalan), kovový [masculine] (Czech), metala (Esperanto), metallinen (Finnish), métalisé (French), métallique (French), metálico (Galician), metallisch (German), μεταλλικός (metallikós) (Greek), μετάλλινος (metállinos) (Greek), מתכתי (Hebrew), miotalach (Irish), metalinis (Lithuanian), logam (Malay), metallisk (Norwegian Bokmål), metallisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), metallic (Occitan), زرین (zarin) (english: golden, metallic) (Pashto), metalowy (Polish), metálico (Portuguese), металли́ческий (metallíčeskij) (Russian), kovový (Slovak), kovinski (Slovene), metálico (Spanish), metalhin (Tagalog), లోహ (lōha) (Telugu), металевий (metalevyj) (Ukrainian), irin (Yoruba) Translations (related to metal): metàl·lic (Catalan), kovový (Czech), metallinen (Finnish), métallique (French), metálico (Galician), metallisch (German), μεταλλικός (metallikós) (Greek), fémes (Hungarian), miotalach (Irish), metallico (Italian), メタリック (metarikku) (Japanese), metallicus (Latin), logam (Malay), metallisk (Norwegian Bokmål), metallisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), metallic (Occitan), metalowy [masculine] (Polish), metálico (Portuguese), metálico (Spanish), metalhin (Tagalog), металічний (metaličnyj) (Ukrainian), металевий (metalevyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-metallic-en-adj-JOPVIiHE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 53 43 2 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 1 43 48 5 3 Disambiguation of 'made of metal': 8 70 16 6 Disambiguation of 'related to metal': 21 36 17 26
  3. (of a sound) Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another.
    Sense id: en-metallic-en-adj--Lb7Eu0a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 53 43 2 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 1 43 48 5 3
  4. (of a color) Having the appearance of being of polished metal. Translations ((of a color) having the appearance of being of polished metal): metalizado [masculine] (Galician), metalizada [feminine] (Galician), metalizado [masculine] (Portuguese), metalizada [feminine] (Portuguese), metalizado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-metallic-en-adj-JnEQ8zTd Disambiguation of '(of a color) having the appearance of being of polished metal': 5 9 5 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: metalish [obsolete], metallical [obsolete], metallous, metallick [obsolete] Related terms: metal

Noun

IPA: /məˈtæl.ɪk/ [UK, US], /mɪˈtæl.ɪk/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-metallic.ogg [US] Forms: metallics [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪk Etymology: From Latin metallicus, from metallum (“metal”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon). Equivalent to metal + -ic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|metallicus}} Latin metallicus, {{m|la|metallum||metal}} metallum (“metal”), {{der|en|grc|μέταλλον}} Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon), {{suffix|en|metal|ic}} metal + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} metallic (plural metallics)
  1. A metallic color.
    Sense id: en-metallic-en-noun-aDN30kqV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: metallick [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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      "word": "מתכתי"
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      "sense": "made of metal",
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      "code": "te",
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      "word": "లోహ"
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      "word": "irin"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.