quicksilver

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable) The metal mercury.
2. (broadly, uncountable) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.

Adj

Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.

Verb

1. (transitive) To overlay with quicksilver.
2. (transitive) To treat with quicksilver.

Concepts

mercure

vif-argent

inconstant

mercurielle

erratique

hg

argent

hydrargyre

mercuriale

mercuriel

Synonymes

mercury

hydrargyrum

mercurial

erratic

fickle

Hg

liquid mercury

volatile

ore

atomic number 80

vacillant

vagarious

wavering

erratical

quick silver

cinnabar

off the deep end

fluid

flyaway

Mercury

money

💸

quick-witted

silver

uncertain

unpredictable

unstable

Traductions

Quecksilber

mercurio

kwik

mercurio

kwikzilver

υδράργυρος

argento vivo

mercúrio

mercuri

azogue

cıva

hydrargyrum

زئبق

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvɚ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: quyk silver

Hérité de ancien anglais: cwicseolfor

Appartenant à latin: argentum vivum

Appartenant à néerlandais: kwikzilver

Appartenant à allemand: Quecksilber

Appartenant à danois: kviksølv

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: kvikksølv

Appartenant à suédois: kvicksilver

In summary

From Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quicksilver”, literally “living silver”) (see Latin argentum vivum) from its ability to move. See quick in the sense of "living". Cognate with Dutch kwikzilver, German Low German Quicksülver, German Quecksilber, Danish kviksølv, Norwegian Bokmål kvikksølv, Swedish kvicksilver. By surface analysis, quick (“living”) + silver.