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metallurgist

noun · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌməˈtæləd͡ʒɪst/
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  • General-American: /ˈmɛtəˌlɝd͡ʒɪst/
  • General-American: [ˈmɛɾɫ̩ˌɝd͡ʒəst] t-flapping
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who works in metal (the type of material).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: metalworker

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person skilled in metallurgy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: metallurgical engineer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: engineer, applied scientist, technologist

Narrower terms: Bessemer, Sir Henry Bessemer

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English metallurgy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English metallurgist From metallurgy + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մետաղագործ (metaġagorc) — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Belarusian: металу́рг (mjetalúrh) — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Bulgarian: металу́рг (metalúrg) — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Catalan: metal·lurgista — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Catalan: metal·lúrgic — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Czech: metalurg — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Finnish: metallurgi — person skilled in metallurgy
  • French: métallurgiste — person skilled in metallurgy
  • French: métallurge — person skilled in metallurgy
  • German: Metallurg — person skilled in metallurgy
  • German: Metallurge — person skilled in metallurgy
  • German: Metallurgin — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Hebrew: מַסְגֵּר (masgér) — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Irish: miotalóir — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Italian: metallurgico — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Manx: meaineyr — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Polish: metalurg — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Portuguese: metalurgista — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Romanian: metalurgist — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Romanian: metalurgistă — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Romanian: metalurg — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Russian: металлу́рг (metallúrg) — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Spanish: metalúrgico — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Spanish: metalurgista — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Swedish: metallurg — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Ukrainian: металу́рг (metalúrh) — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Volapük: metalavan — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Volapük: himetalavan — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Volapük: jimetalavan — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Volapük: metalavanef — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Welsh: metelegwr — person skilled in metallurgy
  • Welsh: metelegydd — person skilled in metallurgy