quicksilver

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

mercurio

argento vivo

capriccioso

incostante

argento

volubile

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

Quecksilber

mercure

kwikzilver

vif-argent

mercurio

υδράργυρος

kwik

mercúrio

mercuri

azogue

cıva

hydrargyrum

زئبق

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvɚ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: quyk silver

Ereditato da inglese antico: cwicseolfor

Affine latino: argentum vivum

Affine olandese: kwikzilver

Affine tedesco: Quecksilber

Affine danese: kviksølv

Affine norvegese bokmål: kvikksølv

Affine svedese: 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.