amalgama

Meaning

amalgamar

to amalgamate

Translations

αμάλγαμα

amalgame dentaire

amalgama dentale

amalgama

malgama

amalgamfüllung

Hyphenated as
a‧mal‧ga‧ma
Pronounced as (IPA)
/amalˈɡama/
Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).

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