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elohopea.

mercury, quicksilver (Hg)

8 characters4 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈeloˌhopeɑ/[ˈe̞lo̞ˌho̞pe̞ɑ̝]

  1. mercury, quicksilver (Hg)

  2. thermometer (in which the level of mercury indicates temperature)

    figuratively
    Elohopea näyttää kahtakymmentä astetta.

  3. lively thing or person, especially a child

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

elo (“living”) + hopea (“silver”), perhaps a calque of Latin argentum vīvum (literally “living silver”). Coined by Finnish folk poetry researcher, translator and journalist Julius Krohn in 1860, as a shortening of earlier elävä hopea (literally “living silver”).

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