noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/məˈtæl.ə.d͡ʒi/
US:/ˈmɛt.əˌlɝ.d͡ʒi/
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CMU ARPABET:M EH1 T AH0 L ER0 JH IY0
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the science and technology of metals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: science, scientific discipline
Narrower terms: powder metallurgy
History
Etymology
From French métallurgie, from Ancient Greek μεταλλουργός (metallourgós, “miner”).
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عِلْم المَعَادِن
(ʕilm al-maʕādin)
— science of metals
Armenian:
մետաղագործություն
(metaġagorcutʻyun)
— science of metals
Bulgarian:
металургия
(metalurgija)
— science of metals
Catalan:
metal·lúrgia
— science of metals
Chinese Mandarin:
冶金
(yějīn)
— science of metals
Chinese Mandarin:
冶金學 /冶金学
(yějīnxué)
— science of metals
Chinese Mandarin:
冶金術 /冶金术
(yějīnshù)
— science of metals
Czech:
hutnictví
— science of metals
Czech:
metalurgie
— science of metals
Danish:
metallurgi
— science of metals
Dutch:
metallurgie
— science of metals
Esperanto:
metalurgio
— science of metals
Finnish:
metallurgia
— science of metals
French:
métallurgie
— science of metals
Galician:
metalurxia
— science of metals
German:
Metallurgie
— science of metals
German:
Hüttenkunde
— science of metals
German:
Hüttenwesen
— science of metals
Greek:
μεταλλουργία
(metallourgía)
— science of metals
Hungarian:
kohászat
— science of metals
Icelandic:
málmvinnsla
— science of metals
Ido:
metalurgio
— science of metals
Irish:
miotaleolaíocht
— science of metals
Irish:
miotalóireacht
— science of metals
Italian:
metallurgia
— science of metals
Japanese:
冶金
(yakin)
— science of metals
Japanese:
(for the academic subject)冶金学
(yakingaku)
— science of metals
Japanese:
冶金術
(yakinjutsu)
— science of metals
Japanese:
金属工学
(kinzoku kougaku)
— science of metals
Kazakh:
металтану
(metaltanu)
— science of metals
Kazakh:
металлургия
(metallurgiä)
— science of metals
Latin:
metallurgia
— science of metals
Latvian:
metalurģija
— science of metals
Malay:
kaji logam
— science of metals
Malay:
metalurgi
— science of metals
Manx:
meaineyraght
— science of metals
Manx:
meain-oayllys
— science of metals
Mongolian:
металлурги
(metallurgi)
— science of metals
Navajo:
béésh naalkaah
— science of metals
Norman:
métalleurgie
— science of metals
Norwegian Bokmål:
metallurgi
— science of metals
Norwegian Nynorsk:
metallurgi
— science of metals
Occitan:
metallurgia
— science of metals
Polish:
metalurgia
— science of metals
Portuguese:
metalurgia
— science of metals
Romanian:
metalurgie
— science of metals
Russian:
металлурги́я
(metallurgíja)
— science of metals
Scottish Gaelic:
obair-mheatailt
— science of metals
Scottish Gaelic:
obair-mheatailtean
— science of metals
Serbo-Croatian:
metalurgija
— science of metals
Spanish:
metalurgia
— science of metals
Swedish:
metallurgi
— science of metals
Tagalog:
balahakan
— science of metals
Turkish:
metalürji
— science of metals
Ukrainian:
металу́ргія
(metalúrhija)
— science of metals
