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cupronickel

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

a 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: copper-base alloy

History

Etymology

From cupro- + nickel, likely a calque of German Kupfernickel. Piecewise doublet of copper-nickel and kupfernickel.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 白銅 /白铜 (báitóng) — alloy of copper
  • Danish: kobbernikkel — alloy of copper
  • Estonian: kupronikkel — alloy of copper
  • Finnish: kupronikkeli — alloy of copper
  • French: cupronickel — alloy of copper
  • Galician: cuproníquel — alloy of copper
  • German: Kupfernickel — alloy of copper
  • Greek: χαλκονικέλιο (chalkonikélio) — alloy of copper
  • Italian: cupronichel — alloy of copper
  • Japanese: 白銅 (hakudō) — alloy of copper
  • Korean: 백동 (baekdong) — alloy of copper
  • Polish: miedzionikiel — alloy of copper
  • Portuguese: cuproníquel — alloy of copper
  • Spanish: cuproníquel — alloy of copper
  • Swedish: kopparnickel — alloy of copper