quicksilver

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

kwik

kwikzilver

wispelturig

zilver

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

mercure

Quecksilber

mercurio

vif-argent

mercurio

υδράργυρος

mercúrio

argento vivo

mercuri

azogue

cıva

hydrargyrum

زئبق

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvɚ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: quyk silver

Overgenomen van Oudengels: cwicseolfor

Verwant aan Latijn: argentum vivum

Verwant aan Nederlands: kwikzilver

Verwant aan Duits: Quecksilber

Verwant aan Deens: kviksølv

Verwant aan Noors - Bokmål: kvikksølv

Verwant aan Zweeds: 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.