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metallurgical

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌmɛtəˈlɜː(ɹ)dʒɪkəl/
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒɪkəl
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to metallurgy, the study of metals and their properties.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: metallurgic

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to metallurgy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • metallurgical engineer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: metallurgic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English metallurgy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English metallurgical From metallurgy + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: metalúrxicu — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Belarusian: металургі́чны (mjetalurhíčny) — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Bulgarian: металургичен (metalurgičen) — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Catalan: metal·lúrgic — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Danish: metallurgisk — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Dutch: metallurgisch — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Esperanto: metalurgia — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Estonian: metallurgiline — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Finnish: metallurginen — of or relating to metallurgy
  • French: métallurgique — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Galician: metalúrxico — of or relating to metallurgy
  • German: metallurgisch — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Hungarian: kohászati — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Irish: miotaleolaíoch — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Irish: miotalóireach — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Italian: metallurgico — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Latvian: metalurģisks — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Manx: meaineyragh — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Norman: métalleurgique — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: metallurgisk — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: metallurgisk — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Polish: metalurgiczny — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Portuguese: metalúrgico — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Russian: металлурги́ческий (metallurgíčeskij) — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Spanish: metalúrgico — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Swedish: metallurgisk — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Turkish: metalürjik — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Ukrainian: металургі́йний (metalurhíjnyj) — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Volapük: metalavik — of or relating to metallurgy
  • Welsh: metelegol — of or relating to metallurgy
Real reading context

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