metallic
See also: metàl·lic
English
Alternative forms
- metallick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin metallicus, from metallum (“metal”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon). Equivalent to metal + -ic.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /məˈtæl.ɪk/, /mɪˈtæl.ɪk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ælɪk
- Hyphenation: me‧tal‧lic
Adjective
metallic (comparative more metallic, superlative most metallic)
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal.
- Made of or containing metal.
- a. 1712, William King, “Rufinus: Or, The Favourite”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume XX, page 374:
- […] and, lo ! a palace towering ſeems, / With Parian pillars and metallic beams.
- 1878, Sir Norman Lockyer, “On Dissociation”, in Studies in Spectrum Analysis, page 167:
- These chemical distinctions then, to which we have referred, are quite independent of physical condition. For instance, amongst the most metallic of the metals is a gas.
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- (of a sound) Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another.
- 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, in Tales, London: Wiley & Putnam, published 1846, page 81:
- No sooner had these syllables passed my lips, than—as if a shield of brass had indeed, at the moment, fallen heavily upon a floor of silver—I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic and clangorous, yet apparently muffled reverberation.
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- (of a color) Having the appearance of being of polished metal.
Synonyms
- metalish (obsolete)
- metallical (obsolete)
- metallous
Derived terms
- bimetallic
- half-metallic
- heterometallic
- homometallic
- intermetallic
- metallical
- metallically
- metallic bond
- metallic hydrogen
- metallicity
- metallicize
- metallicly
- metallicness
- metallic waterproofing
- monometallic
- multimetallic
- nanometallic
- nonmetallic
- non-metallic
- organometallic
- polymetallic
- pseudometallic
- radiometallic
- semimetallic
- submetallic
- trimetallic
- unmetallic
Related terms
- metal
Translations
made of metal
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(of a sound) harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another
(of a color) having the appearance of being of polished metal
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Noun
metallic (plural metallics)
- A metallic color.
- 2007 May 24, Karin Nelson, “Keeping Time in Cool Comfort”, in New York Times:
- As Robert Clergerie, whose unisex Popée shoe comes in an array of pastels and eye-popping metallics, explained the attraction, “It gives manhood to women.”
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Anagrams
- call time
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin metallicus. Attested from the 16th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
metallic m (feminine singular metallica, masculine plural metallics, feminine plural metallicas)
- metallic
Related terms
- metal
References
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 380.
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 644.