quicksilver

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

mercúrio

instável

volúvel

Mercúrio

prata

mercurial

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

mercure

Quecksilber

mercurio

kwik

kwikzilver

mercurio

υδράργυρος

vif-argent

argento vivo

mercuri

azogue

cıva

hydrargyrum

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvɚ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: quyk silver

Herdado de inglês arcaico: cwicseolfor

Cognato com latim: argentum vivum

Cognato com holandês: kwikzilver

Cognato com alemão: Quecksilber

Cognato com dinamarquês: kviksølv

Cognato com bokmål norueguês: kvikksølv

Cognato com sueco: 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.