metallifer
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From metallum (“metal”) + -fer (“-carrying”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /meˈtal.li.fer/, [mɛˈt̪älːʲɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈtal.li.fer/, [meˈt̪älːifer]
Adjective edit
metallifer (feminine metallifera, neuter metalliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
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Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: metalliferous
- French: métallifère
- Italian: metallifero
References edit
- “metallifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- metallifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette