pewter

pewter

English

Alternative forms

• pewtre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English peutre, from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *peltrum (“pewter”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly related to spelter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpjuːtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpjutɚ/, [ˈpjuɾɚ]

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• Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)

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Noun

pewter (countable and uncountable, plural pewters)

1. An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
2. (historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
3. Items made of pewter; pewterware.
4. A beer tankard made from pewter.
   • 1876, Edward Jenkins, The Devil's Chain (page 86)

     The room was arranged by low wooden partitions into bays, where eight or ten men could sit together and rest their pewters and glasses on the narrow tables between.

5. A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

   pewter:  

6. (slang, dated) Prize money.

Descendants

• → Welsh: piwter

Translations

alloy of tin, copper and antimony

Bulgarian: пютър m (pjutǎr) Catalan: peltre (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 白鑞／白镴 (zh) (báilà) Danish: tin (da) Dutch: hardtin n, peauter n Finnish: astiatina, tina (fi) French: métal blanc (fr) m, potin (fr) m Old French: peautre m Galician: peltre m German: Hartzinn n Hungarian: (tin alloy in general) ónötvözet, (please verify) csapágyfém (hu), (please verify) fehérfém Irish: péatar m Italian: peltro (it) Japanese: しろめ (shirome), ピューター (pyūtā) Korean: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: калај m (kalaj) Malay: piuter Maori: piuta Polish: pewter (pl) m, cynołów m Portuguese: peltre (pt) m Romanian: aliaj alb n Russian: пью́тер (ru) m (pʹjútɛr) Spanish: peltre (es) m Swahili: pyuta Swedish: hårdtenn n, tenn (sv) n Welsh: piwter m

alloy of tin and lead

Chinese: Mandarin: 錫鑞／锡镴 (zh) (xīlà) Dutch: peauter n Finnish: tina (fi), tinaseos French: potin gris (fr) m Hungarian: (please verify) lágyforrasz, (please verify) forrasztóón, (please verify) öntőón Maori: piuta Russian: сплав о́лова со свинцо́м m (splav ólova so svincóm)

items made of pewter — see pewterware

a beer tankard made from pewter

German: Zinnkrug (de) m, Zinnseidel m Hungarian: ónkupa, ónserleg

colour

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tinanharmaa Swahili: rangi ya pyuta

Adjective

pewter (not comparable)

1. Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

Translations

colour

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tinanharmaa Slovak: cín (sk) m Swahili: -a pyuta

Verb

pewter (third-person singular simple present pewters, present participle pewtering, simple past and past participle pewtered)

1. (transitive) To coat with pewter.

Derived terms

• pewterer
• pewterware

See also

• touchmark
• trifle
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• pewtre, prewet