metal.
metal (any of a number of elements that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms)
Meaning & usage
metal (any of a number of elements that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms)
metal (any of a number of a number of hard but malleable materials consisting of metallic atoms)
money; wealth; riches
white (argent) or yellow (or) tincture on a coat of arms
brass instrument
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese metal, from Old Spanish metal, from Old Catalan metall, matall, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).
metal; heavy metal
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metalubor. Portuguese metal Unadapted borrowing from English metal.
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