Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word metal. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in metal.
Definitions and meaning of metal
metal
Etymology
From Middle Englishmetal, a borrowing from Old Frenchmetal, from Latinmetallum(“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greekμέταλλον(métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɛtəl/
Rhymes: -ɛtəl
Homophones: mettle(general), medal, meddle(in accents with flapping)
Noun
metal (countable and uncountable, pluralmetals)
(heading)Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.
Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
(astronomy) An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
2008, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Geochemical Society, Oxygen in the solar system, Mineralogical Society of Amer →ISBN
Thus, for the remaining elements, including oxygen, the solid phase appears to be important. In fact, at a metallicity of Z=0.02, and with a gas-to-dust ratio of 100, about half of the metals — including oxygen — are contained in the solid phase.
Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
(mining) The ore from which a metal is derived.
(obsolete) A mine from which ores are taken.
(heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).
Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
(music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
(figurative, archaic) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper.
Synonym:mettle
The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
(UK, in the plural) The rails of a railway.
(informal, travel, aviation) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms"):nonmetal
Derived terms
Related terms
metalling(noun)
Translations
Adjective
metal (comparativemore metal, superlativemost metal)
(music) Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars. [1970s and after]
Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
Related terms
heavy metal
Verb
metal (third-person singular simple presentmetals, present participlemetalingormetalling, simple past and past participlemetaledormetalled)
To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.
References
Albanian
Noun
metalm (definitemetali)
(chemistry) metal
Further reading
“metal”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
“metal”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][3] (in Albanian), 1980
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latinmetallum, from Ancient Greekμέταλλον(métallon).
Noun
metalm (pluralmetals)
metal
References
Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “metal”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Latinmetallum, from Ancient Greekμέταλλον(métallon).
Noun
metalm (pluralmetales)
metal
Breton
Noun
metalm (pluralmetaloù)
metal
Inflection
Catalan
Alternative forms
heavy-metal
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishmetal. Doublet of metall.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈme.təl]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈme.tal]
Noun
metalm (uncountable)
(music)metal
Further reading
“metal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈmɛtal]
Participle
metal
masculine singular past active participle of metat
Danish
Etymology
From Latinmetallum, from Ancient Greekμέταλλον(métallon, “metal, mine”).
Borrowed from Old Frenchmetal, from Latinmetallum, from Ancient Greekμέταλλον(métallon).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛˈtaːl/, /ˈmɛtal/, /ˈmɛtəl/
Noun
metal (pluralmetalles)
metal(class of elements)
metalwork (metal item)
(mining)metal, ore
(heraldry, rare)metal(class of tinctures)
Descendants
English: metal, mettle
Scots: metal
→ Welsh: metel
References
“metal, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French
Noun
metalm (pluralmetaulx)
metal
Occitan
Alternative forms
metau
Etymology
From Latinmetallum, from Ancient Greekμέταλλον(métallon). Attested from the 12th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
metalm (pluralmetals)
metal
Related terms
metallic
metallurgia
References
Further reading
Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[4], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 644.
Old French
Etymology
From Latinmetallum, see above.
Noun
metaloblique singular, m (oblique pluralmetausormetaxormetals, nominative singularmetausormetaxormetals, nominative pluralmetal)
metal (material)
Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed with apocope from Latinmetallum, from Ancient Greekμέταλλον(métallon).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /meˈtal/
Noun
metalm (pluralmetales)
metal
Idem, f. 21v.
Descendants
Spanish: metal
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /meˈtal/
Noun
metalm (pluralmetaj)
metal
Related terms
metàlich
Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; compare Englishmetal, Frenchmétal, GermanMetall, ultimately from Latinmetallum, from Ancient Greekμέταλλον(métallon). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Englishmetal.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.tal/
Rhymes: -ɛtal
Syllabification: me‧tal
Noun
metalm inan (related adjectivemetalowy)
(chemistry)metal(atomic element or material made of such atoms)
Antonym:niemetal
(heraldry)metal(light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold))
metal(style of music)
Declension
Noun
metalm pers
(music, slang) metalhead, metaller, metallist (one who listens to heavy metal music)
Synonyms:heavymetalowiec, metalowiec
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
metal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
metal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguesemetal, from Old Spanishmetal, from Old Catalanmetall, matall, from Latinmetallum(“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greekμέταλλον(métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -al, -aw
Hyphenation: me‧tal
Noun
metalm (pluralmetais)
(chemistry)metal(any of a number of elements that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms)
Antonyms:não-metal, ametal
metal(any of a number of a number of hard but malleable materials consisting of metallic atoms)
(poetic) money; wealth; riches
Synonyms:riqueza, dinheiro
(heraldry) white (argent) or yellow (or) tincture on a coat of arms
(music, usually in the plural) brass instrument
Derived terms
Related terms
metálico
Etymology 2
Unadapted borrowing from Englishmetal.
Pronunciation
Noun
metalm (uncountable)
(music)metal; heavy metal
Synonym:heavy metal
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Frenchmétal or GermanMetall.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /meˈtal/
Noun
metaln (pluralmetale)
metal
Declension
Related terms
metalic
Further reading
metal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mětaːl/
Hyphenation: me‧tal
Noun
mètālm (Cyrillic spellingмѐта̄л)
(chemistry)metal
Synonym:kovina
Declension
Slovene
Participle
métał
masculine singular l-participle of metáti
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanishmetal, from Old Frenchmétal or Old Occitanmetall, these from Latinmetallum, from Ancient Greekμέταλλον(métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /meˈtal/[meˈt̪al]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: me‧tal
Noun
metalm (pluralmetales)
metal
(heraldry)metal
(music)metal
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
“metal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish
Etymology
From Frenchmétal.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /me.tal/
Noun
metal (definite accusativemetali, pluralmetaller)
metal
Declension
Further reading
“metal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “metal”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı