alloy en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈæ.lɔɪ/
- (US) audio
- /əˈlɔɪ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French alloy, aloy, from Old French aloi, from aloiier, from Latin alligō.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
gold without alloy
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:
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(countable, uncountable) An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
The fatal word was never heard, and their happiness seemed without alloy.
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 486:Metrodorus said that in sadnesse there is some aloy of pleasure.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 20, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:The sole grievance and alloy thus removed in the prospect of Harriet’s welfare, she was really in danger of becoming too happy for security.
1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 18:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A fusion, marriage or combination.
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| alloys | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Field's alloy · permalloy · skin forming alloy · staballoy · eutectic alloy · Carboloy · titanium alloy · high entropy alloy · magnesium alloy · microalloy · alloy steel · bioalloy · Heusler alloy · pyrophoric alloy · Graphalloy · ceramal · realloy · nonalloy · Wood's alloy · ternary alloy · alloy wheel · shape memory alloy · superalloy · high-entropy alloy · Lipowitz's alloy · alloyable · octoalloy · ferroalloy · nanoalloy
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
white gold · phosphor bronze · steel · bronze · brass
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Translations (94)
el κράμα (metal combined of more elements) · or ମିଶ୍ରଧାତୁ (metal combined of more elements) · ms pancalogam (metal combined of more elements) · lt lydinys (metal combined of more elements) · is málmblanda (metal combined of more elements) · it lega (metal combined of more elements) · ja 合金 (metal combined of more elements) · uk сплав (metal combined of more elements) · cy aloi (metal combined of more elements) · fa-ira هَمجوشِه (metal combined of more elements) · nb legering (metal combined of more elements) · sv legering (metal combined of more elements) · hu ötvözet (metal combined of more elements) · gl aliaxe (metal combined of more elements) · ur بَھرَت (metal combined of more elements) · id aloi (metal combined of more elements) · fi seosmetalli (metal combined of more elements) · grc χύμευσις (metal combined of more elements) · te మిశ్రమలోహం (metal combined of more elements) · mn хайлш (metal combined of more elements) · lo ໂລຫະປະສົມ (metal combined of more elements) · af allooi (metal combined of more elements) · ba иретмә (metal combined of more elements) · uk стоп (metal combined of more elements) · fo málmbland (metal combined of more elements) · si මිශ්ර ලෝහ (metal combined of more elements) · cs slitina (metal combined of more elements) · sk zliatina (metal combined of more elements) · ca aliatge (metal combined of more elements) · pl stop (metal combined of more elements) · pl aliaż (metal combined of more elements) · mk легура (metal combined of more elements) · fr alliage (metal combined of more elements) · ms aloi (metal combined of more elements) · th โลหะเจือ (metal combined of more elements) · bg сплав (metal combined of more elements) · cmn 合金 (metal combined of more elements) · id aliase (metal combined of more elements) · id lakur (metal combined of more elements) · et sulam (metal combined of more elements) · sq aliazh (metal combined of more elements) · sh slitina (metal combined of more elements) · fi metalliseos (metal combined of more elements) · ko 합금 (metal combined of more elements) · ca lliga (metal combined of more elements) · nl legering (metal combined of more elements) · ro aliaj (metal combined of more elements) · mi koranu (metal combined of more elements) · gl liga (metal combined of more elements) · eo alojo (metal combined of more elements) · sh легура (metal combined of more elements) · af alliasie (metal combined of more elements) · vo metalamig (metal combined of more elements) · tr alaşım (metal combined of more elements) · kk қорытпа (metal combined of more elements) · de Legierung (metal combined of more elements) · vi hợp kim (metal combined of more elements) · sl zlitina (metal combined of more elements) · es aleación (metal combined of more elements) · az ərinti (metal combined of more elements) · ky эритме (metal combined of more elements) · ar أُشَابَة (metal combined of more elements) · grc κρᾶμα (metal combined of more elements) · hy համահալվածք (metal combined of more elements) · uz qotishma (metal combined of more elements) · be сплаў (metal combined of more elements) · lv sakausējums (metal combined of more elements) · tg хӯла (metal combined of more elements) · km សំលោហៈ (metal combined of more elements) · ast aleación (metal combined of more elements) · my သတ္တုစပ် (metal combined of more elements) · hy համաձուլվածք (metal combined of more elements) · id paduan logam (metal combined of more elements) · ka სინჯი (metal combined of more elements) · fa-ira آلِیاژ (metal combined of more elements) · sh legura (metal combined of more elements) · sh слитина (metal combined of more elements) · gv co-veain (metal combined of more elements) · kk құйма (metal combined of more elements) · oc aliatge (metal combined of more elements) · be сто́пак (metal combined of more elements) · he סגסוגת (metal combined of more elements) · tk ergin (metal combined of more elements) · az xəlitə (metal combined of more elements) · ru сплав (metal combined of more elements) · fi lejeerinki (metal combined of more elements) · nn legering (metal combined of more elements) · he סגסוגת \ סַגְסֹגֶת (metal combined of more elements) · da legering (metal combined of more elements) · vo laliad (metal combined of more elements) · hi मिश्रधातु (metal combined of more elements) · tl balahak (metal combined of more elements) · tr halita (metal combined of more elements) · pt liga (metal combined of more elements)