metal

Meaning

1. (masculine) metal (any of a number of elements that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms)
2. (masculine) metal (any of a number of a number of hard but malleable materials consisting of metallic atoms)
3. (masculine, poetic) money; wealth; riches
4. (masculine) white (argent) or yellow (or) tincture on a coat of arms
5. (masculine, plural-normally) brass instrument

Concepts

metal

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metals

brass instrument

heavy metal

metallic element

Opposite of

não-metal, ametal

Synonyms

metais

Metais

heavy metal

rock pauleira

Translations

Metall

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métal

🤘

metal

🤘

metaal

🤘

metallo

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metall

🤘

metallum

🤘

metal

🤘

معدن

metal

kanza

maden

métaux

μέταλλο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/meˈtaw/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese metal, from Old Spanish metal, from Old Catalan metall, matall, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).