metallic

English

Alternative forms

• metallick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin metallicus, from metallum (“metal”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /məˈtæl.ɪk/, /mɪˈtæl.ɪk/

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Adjective

metallic (comparative more metallic, superlative most metallic)

1. Made of, appearing to be made of, resembling, or related to metal.

Derived terms

• intermetallic
• metallically
• metallicity

Related terms

• metal

Translations

related to metal

• Catalan: metàl·lic (ca)
• Czech: kovový (cs)
• Finnish: metallinen (fi)
• German: metallisch
• Greek: μεταλλικός (el) (metallikós) m

• Hungarian: fémes (hu)
• Italian: metallico (it)
• Latin: metallicus (la)
• Spanish: metálico (es)

made of metal

• Asturian: metálicu (ast)
• Catalan: metàl·lic (ca)
• Czech: kovový (cs) m
• Esperanto: metala
• Finnish: metallinen (fi)
• French: métalisé (fr)
• Galician: metálico (gl)
• German: metallisch
• Greek: μεταλλικός (el) (metallikós) m, μετάλλινος (el) (metállinos) m
• Hebrew: מתכתי
• Lithuanian: metalinis (lt) m, metalinė (lt) f

• Norwegian: metallisk
• Pashto: زرین (zarin, golden, metallic)
• Polish: metalowy (pl)
• Portuguese: metálico (pt)
• Russian: металлический (ru) (metallíčeskij)
• Slovak: kovový m, kovová f, kovové n
• Slovene: kovinski
• Spanish: metálico (es)
• Telugu: లోహ (loha)
• Yoruba: irin

Noun

metallic (plural metallics)

1. A metallic color
   • 2007 May 24, Karin Nelson, “Keeping Time in Cool Comfort”, New York Times:

     As Robert Clergerie, whose unisex Popée shoe comes in an array of pastels and eye-popping metallics, explained the attraction, “It gives manhood to women.”