amalgam

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم‎ (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”)^[1] from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “gold”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). For the verb, compare French amalgamer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmæl.ɡəm/
• Hyphenation: a‧mal‧gam

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Noun

amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)

1. (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
2. A combination of different things.

Verb

amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)

1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To amalgamate.

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Further reading

• “Amalgam” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
• amalgam mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

Anagrams

• malagma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amǎlɡaːm/
• Hyphenation: a‧mal‧gam

Noun

amàlgām m (Cyrillic spelling ама̀лга̄м)

1. amalgam

Noun

amalgam n

1. amalgam