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paktong

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, of Chinese origin; any of a number of similar alloys developed in imitation of the Chinese product.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Anglicisation of Cantonese 白銅/白铜 (baak6 tung4, “white copper”).

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَارَصِين (ḵāraṣīn) — alloy
  • Arabic: تُوتِيَاء مَعْدِنِيّ (tūtiyāʔ maʕdiniyy) — alloy
  • Arabic: رُوح تُوتِيَاء (rūḥ tūtiyāʔ) — alloy
  • Arabic: تُوتِيَاء مَعْدِنِيَّة (tūtiyāʔ maʕdiniyya) — alloy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白銅 /白铜 (báitóng) — alloy
  • Finnish: paktong — alloy
  • French: cuivre blanc des Chinois — alloy
  • French: toutenague — alloy
  • French: packfung — alloy
  • French: pacfung — alloy
  • French: packfong — alloy
  • French: pacfong — alloy
  • German: Paktong — alloy
  • German: Packfong — alloy
  • German: Packtong — alloy
  • German: Pakfong — alloy
  • German: chinesisches Weißkupfer — alloy
  • Korean: 백동 (baekdong) — alloy
  • Persian: خارچینی (xâr-čini) — alloy
  • Swedish: nysilver — alloy
  • Turkish: fakfon — alloy
  • Ottoman Turkish: فاقفون (fakfon) — alloy