different between nickel vs fletcherite

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Nickel, first used in a text by the Swedish mineralogist Axel F. Cronstedt as an abbreviation of Kupfernickel (“a mineral containing copper and nickel”), from Kupfer (“copper”) + Nickel (“insignificant person, goblin”), originally nickname of Nikolaus (“Nicholas”), due to the deceptive silver colour of the relatively valueless ore. Compare cobalt as related to kobolds.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?'k?l, IPA^(key): /?n?.k?l/
• Rhymes: -?k?l

Noun

nickel (countable and uncountable, plural nickels)

2. (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
4. (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.

   Coordinate term: dime
5. (US, slang, by extension) Five dollars.
6. (US, slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
7. (US, slang, sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
8. (slang) A playing card with the rank of five
9. (US, slang) A five-year prison sentence.
10. (American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more common four.

Derived terms

Related terms

• kupfernickel
• niccolite
• nife
• nitinol

Translations

Verb

nickel (third-person singular simple present nickels, present participle nickeling or nickelling, simple past and past participle nickeled or nickelled)

1. (transitive) To plate with nickel.

Translations

See also

• false copper
• garnierite
• nickelling
• pentlandite

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Nickle, inleck

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.k?l/

Noun

nickel m (countable and uncountable, plural nickels)

1. (usually uncountable) nickel (metal)
2. (countable) atom of nickel

Related terms

• nickelage
• nickeler

Adjective

nickel (invariable)

1. (slang) spotless
2. (slang) perfect, bang on

Derived terms

• nickellement

Further reading

• “nickel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

nickel n

1. nickel; a chemical element
2. a coin of small, but undetermined value

   Jag har inte en/ett nickel.

   I don't have a nickel

Declension

Related terms

• (coin): inte ett nickel

References

• nickel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.Fletcher +? -ite

Noun

fletcherite (usually uncountable, plural fletcherites)

1. (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral steel gray mineral containing cobalt, copper, nickel, and sulfur.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Fletcherite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database