noun
Meaning 1
Amber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
electrum
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/ɪˈlɛktɹəm/
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noun
Meaning 2
An alloy of gold and silver, used by the ancients; now specifically a natural alloy with between 20 and 50 per cent silver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: argental gold, green gold
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
German silver plate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an alloy of gold and silver
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: alloy, metal
History
Etymology
From Latin ēlectrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: إلكتروم — alloy of gold and silver
- Bulgarian: електрон (elektron) — alloy of gold and silver
- Catalan: electre — alloy of gold and silver
- Chinese Mandarin: 琥珀金 — alloy of gold and silver
- Czech: elektrum — alloy of gold and silver
- Egyptian: S40-m-nbw:N33A (ḏꜥm) — alloy of gold and silver
- Finnish: elektrum — alloy of gold and silver
- Finnish: viherkulta — alloy of gold and silver
- French: électrum — alloy of gold and silver
- German: Elektron — alloy of gold and silver
- Greek: ήλεκτρο (ílektro) — alloy of gold and silver
- Korean: 호박금 (hobakgeum) — alloy of gold and silver
- Korean: 엘렉트럼 (ellekteureom) — alloy of gold and silver
- Spanish: electro — alloy of gold and silver
- Swedish: elektrum — alloy of gold and silver
- Swedish: elektron — alloy of gold and silver
- Turkish: elektrum — alloy of gold and silver
- Ukrainian: еле́ктрум (eléktrum) — alloy of gold and silver
- Vietnamese: electrum — alloy of gold and silver
- Welsh: electrwm — alloy of gold and silver