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The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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present participle and gerund of smelt
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
صَهْر
(ṣahr)
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Armenian :
հալում
(halum)
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Catalan :
fosa
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Chinese Mandarin :
冶煉 /冶炼
(yěliàn)
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Chinese Mandarin :
熔煉 /熔炼
(róngliàn)
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Czech :
tavení
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Czech :
tavba
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Dutch :
wegsmelten
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Dutch :
smelten
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Finnish :
pelkistyssulatus
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Finnish :
sulatus
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
French :
fonte
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
French :
fonderie
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
German :
Schmelzen
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Ancient Greek :
χώνευσις
(khṓneusis)
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Hebrew :
הִתּוּךְ
(hitúkh)
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Hebrew :
זִקּוּק יָבֵשׁ
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Japanese :
製錬
(seiren)
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Korean :
제련
(jeryeon)
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Low German :
Smölten
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Macedonian :
то́пење
(tópenje)
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Macedonian :
претопу́вање
(pretopúvanje)
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Manx :
lheie
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Māori :
whakarewa
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Portuguese :
fundição
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Russian :
пла́вка
(plávka)
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Spanish :
fundición
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Spanish :
copelación
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Swedish :
smältning
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Tagalog :
magluto
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Turkish :
kal
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
Ottoman Turkish :
قال
(kal)
— process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore