different between zinc vs silver

English

Etymology

From German Zink, related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko (“prong, tine”), allied to zint (“a jag, point”), from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Old English tind (“tine, prong”), Middle Low German tinde, Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). See also Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), More at tine. Doublet of zincum.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: zingk, IPA^(key): /z??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

zinc (countable and uncountable, plural zincs)

2. A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a slightly brittle blue-silvery metal.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.
4. (Britain, dated, colloquial) A zinc countertop.
   • 1904, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art

     Then, three workmen throwing dice for drinks. And their heads come sharply together as they count the scores. And so violently do they throw the dice that they shoot off "the zinc" on to the floor.

   • 2010, Chris Ackerley, Demented Particulars (page 44)

     Even if there were a Chef and Brewer near Marble Arch, the name suggests a pint and pie, not a prawn and tomato sandwich and “a dock glass of white port off the zinc”; i.e., a small glass of a fine aperitif, at the counter […]

Synonyms

• zincum (archaic)

Derived terms

Related terms

• zincode
• zincous

Translations

See also

Verb

zinc (third-person singular simple present zincs, present participle zincing or zinking or zincking, simple past and past participle zinced or zinked or zincked)

1. (rare) To electroplate with zinc.
2. (rare) To coat with sunblock incorporating zinc oxide.

Synonyms

• (electroplate with zinc): galvanize

Translations

Anagrams

• ICZN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?zi?k/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?zi?/

Noun

zinc m (uncountable)

1. zinc

Further reading

• “zinc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “zinc” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “zinc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “zinc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology 1

From German Zink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z???/, (spelling pronunciation) /z??k/

Noun

zinc m (plural zincs)

1. (metallurgy, chemistry) zinc
2. (informal) counter (in a bar, café, etc), bar
3. (informal) small plane

Related terms

• zingage
• zingueur
• zinguer
• dézinguer

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Clipping of zincou, verlan form of cousin (“cousin”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z??k/

Noun

zinc m (plural zincs)

1. (verlan) dude, man

Occitan

Noun

zinc m (uncountable)

1. zinc

Romanian

Etymology

From French zinc, from German Zink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zink/

Noun

zinc n (uncountable)

1. zinc (metal)

References

• zinc in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

zinc m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of cinc

English

Etymology

From Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, seolofor (“silver”), from Proto-Germanic *silubr? (“silver”), of uncertain origin.

Adjective sense of twenty-fifth wedding anniversary generalized from silver wedding, from German Silberhochzeit, silberne Hochzeit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?l.v?/
• (General American) enPR: s?l'v?r IPA^(key): /?s?l.v?/
• Rhymes: -?lv?(?)
• Hyphenation: sil?ver

Noun

silver (countable and uncountable, plural silvers)

1. (uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
2. (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
3. (collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
4. (collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
5. (uncountable) A shiny gray color.

6. (countable) a silver medal
7. Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.

Synonyms

• (metallic element): argyr-
• (white-metal coins): argyr-
• (cutlery and other eating utensils): silverware
• E174 (when used as a food colouring)

Derived terms

Related terms

• quicksilver
• silver glance, silver-glance
• silverling
• silvern
• thirty pieces of silver

Descendants

• Jamaican Creole: silva
• ? Maori: hiriwa
• ? Zulu: isiliva

Translations

See silver/translations § Noun.

Adjective

silver (comparative more silver, superlative most silver)

1. Made from silver.
2. Made from another white metal.
3. Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
4. Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
   • 1994, “Mate matching” in Accent on Living, v 38, n 4 (Spring), p 52:

     Mostly, these have been relationships of 10 or less years. However, one respondent has celebrated her silver wedding anniversary.

5. (of commercial services) Premium, but inferior to gold.
6. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.

Synonyms

• (made from silver): silvern (archaic)
• (having a color like silver): silvery

Related terms

• silver-feast
• silver wedding

Translations

See silver/translations § Adjective.

Derived terms

See also

Verb

silver (third-person singular simple present silvers, present participle silvering, simple past and past participle silvered)

1. To acquire a silvery colour.
2. To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.

3. To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
4. To make hoary, or white, like silver.

References

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Silver”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “silver”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• Elvirs, levirs, livers, livres, rivels, sliver, svirel

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German silber, from Old High German silbar, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?silv?/

Adjective

silver

1. silvern

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch silver, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z?lv?r/

Noun

silver n

1. silver

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: zilver
  • Afrikaans: silwer
• Limburgish: zèlver

Further reading

• “silver”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “silver”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• seolver, sylver, selver, sulver

Etymology

From Old English seolfor, seolofor (“silver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?silv?r/, /?s?lv?r/

Noun

silver (plural silvers)

1. silver (metal)

Related terms

• sylveren

Descendants

• English: silver
  • Jamaican Creole: silva
  • ? Maori: hiriwa
  • ? Zulu: isiliva
• Scots: silver, siller

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• sylver, sølver

Etymology

From Old Norse silfr, from Proto-Germanic *silubr?.

Noun

silver n

1. silver

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: silver

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish silver, from Old Norse silfr, from Proto-Germanic *silubr?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?lv?r/

Noun

silver n (uncountable)

1. silver
2. silver, coins of silver
3. silver, cutlery of silver
4. a silver medal, for 2nd place in a competition

Declension

Derived terms

References

• silver in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)