adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the metalloids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
metalloid
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adj
Meaning 2
Characteristic of the metal music genre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 3
An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
The metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; applied to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A nonmetal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- arsenic is a metalloid element
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English metalloid From metal + -oid.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: металоид (metaloid) — element
- Bulgarian: неметал (nemetal) — element
- Catalan: metal·loide — element
- Chinese Mandarin: 類金屬 /类金属 (lèijīnshǔ) — element
- Chinese Mandarin: 半金屬 /半金属 (bànjīnshǔ) — element
- Esperanto: metaloido — element
- Estonian: poolmetall — element
- Finnish: puolimetalli — element
- French: métalloïde — element
- German: Halbmetall — element
- German: Metalloid — element
- Hungarian: félfém — element
- Icelandic: málmleysingi — element
- Icelandic: hálfmálmur — element
- Icelandic: málmbróðir — element
- Irish: miotalóideach — element
- Italian: metalloide — element
- Italian: semimetallo — element
- Latvian: pusmetāls — element
- Māori: haukonu — element
- Persian: شبهفلز (šebh-e-felez) — element
- Polish: półmetal — element
- Polish: metaloid — element
- Portuguese: metaloide — element
- Romanian: metaloid — element
- Russian: металло́ид (metallóid) — element
- Serbo-Croatian: polumetal — element
- Spanish: semimetal — element
- Spanish: metaloide — element
- Swedish: halvmetall — element
- Tagalog: malametal — element
- Vietnamese: á kim — element