"metallic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /məˈtæl.ɪk/ [UK, US], /mɪˈtæl.ɪk/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-metallic.ogg 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, {{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), metalífero (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)
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  3. (of a sound) Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another.
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  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)
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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 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, {{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
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Synonyms: metallick [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "metallinen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "métallique"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "metálico"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "metallisch"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metallikós",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "μεταλλικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "fémes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "miotalach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "metallico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "metarikku",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "メタリック"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "metallicus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "logam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "metallisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "metallisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "metallic"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "metalowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "metálico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "metálico"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "metalhin"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "metaličnyj",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "металічний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "metalevyj",
      "sense": "related to metal",
      "word": "металевий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metálicu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metàl·lic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kovový"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "métalisé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "métallique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metálico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metallisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metallikós",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "μεταλλικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metállinos",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "μετάλλινος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "מתכתי"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "miotalach"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metalinis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "logam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metallisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metallisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metallic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "english": "golden, metallic",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "zarin",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "زرین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metalowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metálico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metallíčeskij",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "металли́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "kovový"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "kovinski"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metálico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metalífero"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "metalhin"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "lōha",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "లోహ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "metalevyj",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "металевий"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "made of metal",
      "word": "irin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(of a color) having the appearance of being of polished metal",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "metalizado"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(of a color) having the appearance of being of polished metal",
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      "word": "metalizada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(of a color) having the appearance of being of polished metal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metalizado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(of a color) having the appearance of being of polished metal",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "metalizada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(of a color) having the appearance of being of polished metal",
      "word": "metalizado"
    }
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          "ref": "2007 May 24, Karin Nelson, “Keeping Time in Cool Comfort”, in New York Times:",
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        "A metallic color."
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