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alloy
English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman alai, from Old French aloi, from aloiier, from Latin allig?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ.l??/, /??l??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
alloy (countable and uncountable, plural alloys)
- A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
- (archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
- 1888, Arthur Talbot Vanderbilt, Gold Not Only in Wales, But Also in Great Britain and Ireland: Facts and Figures, page 17
- Many of these coins are preserved at the British Museum, in London, and at the Ashmolean Museum, in Oxford, and are all of pure gold, without alloy, and in a good state of preservation. Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, is also said to have […]
- 1888, Arthur Talbot Vanderbilt, Gold Not Only in Wales, But Also in Great Britain and Ireland: Facts and Figures, page 17
- An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
- (figuratively) Fusion, marriage, combination.
- 1986, 1987 Year Book
- SETH KITANGE TELEVISION AND RADIO Upheaval at CBS. […] Bill Moyers, a CBS News commentator and special correspondent, expressed his dismay in an interview with Newsweek in which he said, “Television news has never been pure. It has always been an alloy of journalism and show business.”
- 1986, 1987 Year Book
Derived terms
- superalloy
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French aloiier (“assemble, join”), from Latin alligare (“bind to, tie to”), compound of ad (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l??/, /?æ.l??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
alloy (third-person singular simple present alloys, present participle alloying, simple past and past participle alloyed)
- To mix or combine; often used of metals.
- To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
- to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper
- (figuratively) To impair or debase by mixture.
- to alloy pleasure with misfortunes
Translations
See also
- alloy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alloys in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Loyal, Yolla, loyal, yallo
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mic
English
Etymology
Abbreviation of microphone. Attested since 1961.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma?k/
- Rhymes: -a?k
Noun
mic (plural mics)
- Alternative form of mike (“microphone”)
- 1987, Eric B. & Rakim, I Know You Got Soul
- Picture a mic, the stage is empty
- A beat like this might tempt me
- To pose, show my rings and my fat gold chain
- Grab the mic like I'm on Soul Train
- 1987, Eric B. & Rakim, I Know You Got Soul
Verb
mic (third-person singular simple present mics, present participle micing or mic'ing, simple past and past participle miced or mic'ed)
- Alternative form of mike
- If we add the drum kit, we'll have to mic the orchestra.
Derived terms
- mic up
References
- 2010, “On Language: How Should ‘Microphone’ be Abbreviated?”, in New York Times, July 29.
Anagrams
- CIM, CMI, ICM, IMC, MCI
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??c/
Noun
mic m
- inflection of mac (“son”):
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
Middle Irish
Noun
mic m
- inflection of mac (“son”):
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative plural
Mutation
Romanian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *miccus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (m?kkós, “small”), variant of ?????? (mikrós). Compare Aromanian njic. Cf. also Sicilian nicu, Calabrian miccu, also Italian miccino. May also be related to Latin m?ca (“crumb”); compare mic?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mik]
Adjective
mic m or n (feminine singular mic?, plural mici)
- little, small
Declension
Antonyms
- mare
Derived terms
- mic?ora
- mici
- mititel
- micu?
Noun
mic m (plural mici, feminine equivalent mic?)
- little boy, child, toddler, tyke, baby
See also
- prunc, b?iat
Noun
mic m (plural mici)
- (often in the plural) a dish from Romanian cuisine, consisting of a grilled ground meat roll in cylindrical shape made from a mixture of beef, lamb and pork with spices
- Synonym: mititel
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mi?k?]
Noun
mic m
- inflection of mac (“son”):
- genitive singular
- nominative plural
Swedish
Noun
mic c
- (slang for) microphone
References
- korpus
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