Noun: metal
Gender: m
Sample Sentences
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Et es grand marauilla que el fierro que uence todos los otros metales por fortaleza que a en ſi uence lo eſta piedra por ſu ṕṕedat. (And it is a great marvel that iron, which defats all other metals due to the strength it has, is defeated by this stone due to its property.) [c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2r.:]
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Et otroſſi ſi lo mezclan con eſtanno torna negro. ⁊ ſi con plata lo mezclan recibe la blancura della ⁊ aſſi faz con cada metal. (And also, if they mix it with tin it becomes black, and if they mix it with silver it receives whiteness from it, and likewise with every metal.) [c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 21v.:]
Nouns inflected like metal
sennor,
sastre,
estrellero,
arçobispado,
guarnimiento,
bezahar,
bezerro,
ysmael,
lenguage,
ivierno,
culuebro,
peligro,
culantro,
sacerdot,
mercader,
zebech,
blancor,
palafre,
ponient,
poderio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed with apocope from Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon). See: Latin Nouns '
metallum', Ancient Greek Nouns '
μέταλλον'.
Verbs referencing "metal"
Portuguese Nouns
metal, Spanish Nouns
metal.
Translations