quicksilver

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From Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quicksilver”, literally “living silver”) (see Latin argentum vīvum) from its ability to move. See quick in the sense of "living". Cognate with Dutch kwikzilver, German Low German Quicksülver, German Quecksilber, Danish kviksølv, Norwegian Bokmål kvikksølv, Swedish kvicksilver. By surface analysis, quick (“living”) + silver.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• German: quecksilbrig — unpredictable, erratic
• Amharic: ባዜቃ (bazeḳa) — mercury
• Bashkir: терегөмөш (teregömöş) — mercury
• Bulgarian: живак (živak) — mercury
• Catalan: argent viu — mercury
• Chinese Mandarin: 水銀 /水银 (shuǐyín) — mercury
• Danish: kviksølv — mercury
• Danish: kviksølver — mercury
• Dutch: kwikzilver — mercury
• Estonian: elavhõbe — mercury
• Faroese: kyksilvur — mercury
• Finnish: elohopea — mercury
• French: vif-argent — mercury
• Galician: mercurio — mercury
• Galician: azougue — mercury
• Georgian: ვერცხლისწყალი (vercxlisc̣q̇ali) — mercury
• German: Quecksilber — mercury
• Greek: υδράργυρος (ydrárgyros) — mercury
• Ancient Greek: ὑδράργυρος (hudrárguros) — mercury
• Hebrew: כַּסְפִּית (kaspít) — mercury
• Hebrew: כֶּסֶף חַי (késef ẖay) — mercury
• Ingrian: elävähoppia — mercury
• Irish: airgead beo — mercury
• Italian: argento vivo — mercury
• Kannada: ಪಾರಜ (pāraja) — mercury
• Kannada: ಪಾದರಸ (pādarasa) — mercury
• Korean: 수은 (sueun) — mercury
• Latin: argentum vivum — mercury
• Latin: hydrargyrum — mercury
• Latvian: dzīvsudrabs — mercury
• Low German: Quecksülver — mercury
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvikksølv — mercury
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvikksølv — mercury
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvikksylv — mercury
• Occitan: argent viu — mercury
• Persian: سیماب (simâb) — mercury
• Persian: جیوه (jive) — mercury
• Persian: ژیوه (žive) — mercury
• Plautdietsch: Kwickselwa — mercury
• Polish: rtęć — mercury
• Polish: żywe srebro — mercury
• Portuguese: mercúrio — mercury
• Punjabi: ਪਾਰਾ (pārā) — mercury
• Romanian: mercur — mercury
• Romanian: argint viu — mercury
• Romanian: hidrargir — mercury
• Russian: ртуть (rtutʹ) — mercury
• Spanish: mercurio — mercury
• Spanish: azogue — mercury
• Spanish: argento vivo — mercury
• Swedish: kvicksilver — mercury
• Ottoman Turkish: جیوه (cive, cıva) — mercury
• Ottoman Turkish: سیماب (simab) — mercury
• Vietnamese: thuỷ ngân — mercury
• Vietnamese: thủy ngân — mercury
• Volapük: hidrargin — mercury
• Volapük: märkurin — mercury
• Welsh: arian byw — mercury