silver

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Etymology

From Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, seolofor (“silver”), from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silver”), from Proto-Indo-European *silubʰr-, *silebʰr- (“silver”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Selwer (“silver”), West Frisian sulver (“silver”), Dutch zilver (“silver”), Low German Silver, Sülver (“silver”), German Silber (“silver”), Swedish silver (“silver”), Icelandic silfur (“silver”). The Germanic word has parallels in Baltic and Slavic (OCS sirebo, Lithuanian sidabras), Celtic (Celtiberian silaPur-), and outside Indo-European, in Basque (zilar, zilhar and further dialectal variants) and perhaps Berber (Tashelhit aẓrf), but the ultimate origin of the word is unknown. A Wanderwort of ultimately Semitic origin has been suggested (Akkadian sarpu "refined silver", from the verb sarapu "to refine").

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

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪlvə(ɹ)
• 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. (countable) A shiny gray color.

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Synonyms

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

Derived terms

derived terms

silver alert silver ash silver bass silver beech silverberg silver bell silver bell tree / silver-bell tree / silverbell tree silver berry / silverberry silverbill silver birch silver book silverboom silver bromide silver bullet silver-bush / silverbush silver ceiling silver certificate silver chloride silver city silver cord silver doctor silver dollar silver-eared mesia silver eye / silver-eye / silvereye silver fern silverfin silverfish silver fir silver fizz silver fluoride silver foil silver-fork deformity silver-fork fracture silver fox silver frost silver gilt silver goose silver grass silver-green silver gray / silver-gray / silvergray / silver grey / silver-grey silver hake silver halide silver iodate silver iodide silver jenny silver jubilee silver lace / silver-lace silver lace vine / silver-lace vine silver leaf silver-leafed / silver-leaved silver-leaved nettle silver-leaved nightshade silver-leaved poplar silver lime silver linden silver lining silver maple silver medal silver medalist silver mine silver mound silver nitrate silver oak silver paper silver parachute silver perch silver pine silver plate / silver-plate silver point silver poplar silver protein silver protein stain silver quandong silver quandong tree silver sage silver sagebrush silver salmon silver-scaled silver screen silver skin / silver-skin silver solder silver spring silver spruce silver standard silver star silver star medal silver state silver storm silver thatch silver thaw silver-tip silver tree silver tree fern silver trout silver vine silver wattle silver willow silver-worker

Related terms

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

Translations

metal

• Abaza: рызна
• Abkhaz: араʒны (ab), аразны (ab)
• Afrikaans: silwer (af)
• Akkadian: 𒆬𒌓 (kaspum)
• Albanian: argjend (sq) m
• Ancient Greek: ἄργυρος (argyros) m
• Arabic: فضة (ar) (fíḍḍa) f

  Egyptian Arabic: فضة (faḍa) f

• Armenian: արծաթ (hy) (arcatʿ’)

  Old Armenian: արծաթ (arcatʿ)

• Aromanian: asime (rup)
• Aymara: qullqi (ay)
• Azeri: gümüş (az)
• Baluchi: چاندی (cá̃dí, cándí), نگرہ
• Bashkir: көмөш (kömöš)
• Basque: zilar (eu)
• Belarusian: серабро (be) (serabró) n
• Bengali: রুপা (bn) (rupa)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: nnqqwrt f, aẓrf m

• Breton: arc'hant (br) m
• Bulgarian: сребро (bg) (srebró) n
• Burmese: ငွေ (my) (ngwe)
• Buryat: мүнгэн (müngen)
• Catalan: plata (ca) f, argent (ca) m
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵥⵕⴼ (aẓṛf)
• Chechen: дети (deti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 銀 (cmn), 银 (cmn) (yín)

• Chuvash: кӗмӗл (kĕmĕl)
• Cornish: arhans (kw)
• Crimean Tatar: kümüş
• Cusco Quechua: qolqe
• Czech: stříbro (cs) n
• Dalmatian: arziant
• Danish: sølv (da)
• Dutch: zilver (nl) n
• Erzya: сия (sjija)
• Esperanto: arĝento (eo)
• Estonian: hõbe (et)
• Faroese: silvur (fo)
• Finnish: hopea (fi)
• French: argent (fr) m
• Friulian: arint
• Gagauz: gümüş
• Galician: prata (gl) f
• Georgian: ვერცხლი (ka) (verts'χli)
• German: Silber (de) n
• Greek: άργυρος (el) (árgyros) n, ασήμι (el) (asími) n
• Guaraní: itatĩ (gn)
• Hebrew: כֶּסֶף (he) (késef) m
• Hindi: चांदी (hi) (cā̃dī, candī) f
• Hungarian: ezüst (hu)
• Icelandic: silfur (is)
• Indonesian: perak (id)
• Interlingua: argento (ia)
• Irish: airgead (ga)
• Italian: argento (it) m
• Japanese: 銀 (ja) (ぎん, gin)
• Karachay-Balkar: кюмюш (kümüş)
• Karakalpak: gu'mis
• Kazakh: күміс (kk) (kümis)
• Khakas: кӱмӱс (kümüs)
• Khmer: ប្រាក់ (km) (brak)
• Korean: 은 (ko) (eun) (銀 (ko)), 백은 (ko) (baegeun) (白銀 (ko))
• Kumyk: гюмюш (gümüş)
• Kyrgyz: күмүш (ky) (kümüş)
• Latgalian: sudobrys m
• Latin: argentum (la)
• Latvian: sudrabs (lv), sidrabs (lv) m

• Lithuanian: sidabras (lt)
• Livonian: õbḑi
• Luxembourgish: Sëlwer (lb)
• Macedonian: сребро (mk) (srebro) n
• Malagasy: vola (mg)
• Malay: argentum (ms), perak (ms)
• Maltese: fidda (mt) f
• Manx: argid (gv) m
• Maori: hiriwa (mi)
• Mongolian: мөнгө (mn) (möngö)
• Mòcheno: silber
• Navajo: béésh łigaii
• Nogai: куьмис (kümis)
• Norwegian: sølv (no)
• Old Church Slavonic: сьрєбро (sĭrebro) n
• Old Norse: silfr n
• Ossetian: æвзист (ævzist)
• Ottoman Turkish: فضه (fıdda)
• Pashto: سپین زر (ps) (spin zar)
• Persian: نقره (fa) (noqre), سیم (fa) (sim)
• Polish: srebro (pl) n
• Portuguese: prata (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਚਾਂਦੀ (pa) (čāṅdī)
• Quechua: qulqi
• Rohingya: rufa
• Romani: rup
• Romanian: argint (ro) n
• Romansch: argient (rm) m
• Russian: серебро (ru) (serebró) n, аргентум (ru) (argéntum) m
• Sardinian: prata (sc) f

  Campidanese Sardinian: pratta

  Gallurese Sardinian: algentu

  Logudorese Sardinian: pratta

• Sassarese Sardinian: pràta
• Scots: siller
• Scottish Gaelic: airgead (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сребро (sh) n

  Roman: srebro (sh) n

• Shor: кÿмÿш (kümüş)
• Sindhi: رُپو (sd) (rupo)
• Skolt Sami: silbb
• Slovak: striebro (sk) n
• Slovene: srebro (sl) n
• Southern Altai: кӱмӱш (kümüş), мӧҥӱн (möñün)
• Spanish: plata (es) f
• Swahili: fedha (sw) (nc 9/10)
• Swedish: silver (sv) n
• Tagalog: pilak (tl)
• Tajik: нуқра (tg) (nuqra), сим (tg) (sim)
• Tamil: வெள்ளி (ta) (veļļi)
• Tatar: kömeş (tt) (kömeş)
• Telugu: వెండి (te) (veMDi), రజతము (te)
• Thai: เงิน (th) (ngoen)
• Tigrinya: ብሩር (ti)
• Tupinambá: itatinga
• Turkish: gümüş (tr)
• Tuvan: мөңгүн (möñün)
• Ukrainian: срібло (uk) (sríblo) n
• Urdu: چاندی (ur) (cā̃dī, candī) f
• Uyghur: كۈمۈش (ug) (kümüx)
• Uzbek: кумуш (uz) (kumuš)
• Vietnamese: bạc (vi)
• Vilamovian: zyłwer
• Volapük: largentin (vo)
• Welsh: arian (cy)
• West Frisian: sulver (fy)
• Yakut: үрүҥ көмүс (ürüñ kömüs)
• Yiddish: זילבער (yi) (zilber) n

coins

• Armenian: արծաթ (hy) (arçat’)
• Bulgarian: сребърник (bg) (srébǎrnik) m
• Danish: sølvmønt (da)
• Icelandic: silfur (is) mynnt (is) (silver coin)
• Italian: moneta d'argento (it) f
• Japanese: 銀貨 (ja) (ぎんか, gínka)
• Khmer: ប្រាក់ (km)
• Korean: 은화 (ko) (eunhwa) (銀貨 (ko))
• Malagasy: vola (mg), volafotsy (mg)
• Ottoman Turkish: درم (direm), سيم (sim)

• Persian: سیم (fa) (sim), نقره (fa) (noqre)
• Portuguese: (moedas de) prata f
• Romani: rupuno
• Russian: серебреники (ru) (serébreniki) m pl
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: сребрњак (sh) m

  Roman: srebrnjak (sh) m, srebrnik (sh) m

• Slovene: srebrnik (sl) m
• Spanish: (monedas de) plata f
• Swedish: silver (sv) n
• Volapük: largentakönäds (vo), (collective) largentakönädem (vo), (money) largentamon (vo)

cutlery/silverware

• Armenian: արծաթեղեն (hy) (arçat’eġen)
• Bulgarian: сребро (bg) (srebró) n
• Dutch: bestek (nl) n
• French: argenterie (fr) f
• Hungarian: teríték (hu)
• Italian: argenteria (it) f
• Japanese: 銀製品 (ぎんせいひん, ginseihin)
• Persian: نقره‌ای (fa) (noqre'i), سیمین (fa) (simin)

• Portuguese: prataria (pt) f
• Romanian: argintărie (ro) f, obiecte argintate (ro) n
• Russian: серебряные изделия (serébrjanyje izdélija) n pl
• Serbo-Croatian: srebrnina (sh) f, srebrnarija (sh) f
• Slovene: srebrnina (sl) f
• Spanish: platería (es) f
• Swedish: bordssilver (sv) n
• Volapük: largentastömem (vo)

items made of silver or other white metal

• Armenian: արծաթեղեն (hy) (arçat’eġen)
• Bulgarian: сребро (bg) (srebró) n
• Dutch: zilverwerk (nl) n
• Greek: ασημικά (el) (asimiká) n pl
• Japanese: 銀製品 (ぎんせいひん, ginseihin)

• Persian: نقره‌ای (fa) (noqre'i), سیمین (fa) (simin)
• Russian: серебряные изделия (serébrjanyje izdélija) n pl
• Serbo-Croatian: srebrnarija (sh) f
• Spanish: plata labrada f
• Swedish: silver- (sv)

color/colour

• Bulgarian: сребрист (bg) (srebríst) m
• Czech: stříbrná (cs)
• Dutch: zilver (nl) n, zilverkleur (nl) f
• Georgian: ვერცხლისფერი (ka) (verc’xlisp’eri)
• Icelandic: silfur (is), silfurlitaður (is)
• Italian: argenteo (it) m, argentino (it) m
• Japanese: 銀色 (ja) (ぎんいろ, gin’iro)
• Korean: 은색 (ko) (eunsaek) (銀色 (ko))
• Malagasy: volafotsy (mg)
• Malay: perak (ms)
• Persian: نقره‌ای (fa) (noqre'i), نقره‌فام (fa) (noqre-fâm), سيمگون (fa) (simgun)

• Portuguese: prateado (pt) m
• Romanian: argintiu (ro) m and n, argintie (ro) f
• Russian: серебристый (ru) (serebrístyj) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сребрна (sh) f

  Roman: srebrna (sh) f

• Slovene: srebrna (sl) f
• Spanish: plateado (es) m
• Turkish: gümüş rengi (tr)
• Ukrainian: сріблястий (uk) (sribljástyj) m
• Volapük: largentaköl (vo)

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• Interlingua: (moneta de) argento (2); argenteria (3)
• Romanian: argint m (2); argintărie f

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.

Synonyms

• (having a color like silver): silvery

Related terms

• silver-feast
• silver wedding

Translations

made from silver

• Armenian: արծաթե (hy) (arçat’e)
• Bulgarian: сребърен (bg) (srébǎren) m
• Czech: stříbrný (cs) m
• Dutch: zilveren (nl)
• Esperanto: arĝenta (eo)
• Finnish: hopeinen (fi)
• Georgian: ვერცხლის (ka) (verc’xlis)
• Hungarian: ezüst (hu)
• Italian: argenteo (it)

• Persian: نقره ای (fa) (noqrayi), سیمین (fa) (simin)
• Polish: srebrny (pl)
• Romani: rupuno
• Russian: серебряный (ru) (serébrjanyj) m
• Slovene: srebrn (sl)
• Telugu: వెండి (te) (venDi)
• Turkish: gümüş (tr)
• Volapük: largentik (vo)

made from another white metal

• Spanish: blanco (es)

having a color/colour like silver

• Armenian: արծաթե (hy) (arçat’e), արծաթագույն (hy) (arçat’aguyn)
• Breton: arc'hant (br)
• Bulgarian: сребърен (bg) (srébǎren) m, сребрист (bg) (srebríst) m
• Catalan: platejat (ca), argentat (ca)
• Czech: stříbrný (cs), stříbřitý (cs)
• Danish: sølvfarvet (da)
• Dutch: zilverkleurig (nl), zilverkleurige (nl)
• Esperanto: arĝentkolora (eo)
• Finnish: hopeanvärinen (fi), hopeinen (fi)
• French: argenté (fr)
• German: silbern (de), silberfarbig (de)
• Hebrew: כֶּסֶף (he) (késef)
• Hungarian: ezüstös (hu)
• Interlingua: argentee (ia), argentin (ia)

• Italian: argenteo (it), argentino (it)
• Japanese: 銀色 (ja) (gin’iro)
• Korean: 은빛의 (ko) (eunbichui)
• Malay: perak (ms)
• Persian: نقره ای (fa) (noqrah-ie), نقره فام (fa) (noqrah-fam), سيمگون (fa) (sim-goon)
• Polish: srebrny (pl)
• Portuguese: prata (pt), prateado (pt), argênteo (pt), argentino (pt)
• Romani: rupalo
• Romanian: argintiu (ro)
• Russian: серебряный (ru) (serébrjanyj)
• Slovak: striebristý (sk)
• Slovene: srebrn (sl)
• Spanish: plateado (es), argentino (es)
• Telugu: వెండి (te) (venDi)

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• Slovak: strieborný (1)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or adjective "silver"

antimonial silver bismuth-silver bromic silver capillary silver colloidal silver cat-silver dark red silver ore desilver desilverise, desilverize every cloud has a silver lining flat silver German silver horn silver iodic silver light red silver ore Long John Silver molybdic silver native silver nickel silver, nickel-silver red silver ruby silver sheep-silver shell silver silver age silver alum silverback silver ball silver balli silver band silver bar silver bath silver-beater silver beech silver beet silver-beggar silver bell, silver bell tree silver-belly silver bennet silver berry, silverberry silverbill silver birch silver-black silver blond, silver blonde Silverblu, Silver Blu, Silver Blue silver bream silver bromide silver bronze silver buckle silver bullet silver certificate silver chain silver char silver chickweed silver chloride silver collection silver-colored, silver-coloured silver-copper nitrate silver cord the silver cord is loosed silver doctor silver dollar silver dollar fish silver-dun silvered silver eel silverer silverette silver-eye, silvereye silver-eyes silver-feast silver feather silver fern silver fir silver fish, silver-fish, silverfish silver-fizz

silver fluoride silver foil silver-footed silver-fork silver fox silver frost silver fulminate silver garfish silver gibbon silver gilt, silver-gilt silver glass silver grain, silver-grain silver grass, silver-grass silver-gray, silver-grey silver gull silver-haired silver hair-grass silver hake silver halide silver handshake silver-head silver-headed silver herb silver-hilted silverily silveriness silvering silver iodide silverise, silverize silverish silverism silverist silverite silver iodide silver jubilee silver king silver knapweed silver lady Silver Lady silver lamprey silver lavender silver lead, silver-lead silver-leaf silver-leaved silverless silver-like silver line, silver lines silver lining silver luster, silver lustre silverly silver maple silver-marmoset silver medal silver medalist, silver medallist silver mine silver-mounted silverness silver nitrate silver oak silver oar Silver Office silver ore silver oxide silver paper silver perch silver pheasant silver piece silver pike silver pine, silver pine tree silver plate silver-plate silver-plated silver plover silver-point, silverpoint silver-pointed

silver polish silver poplar silver-powder silver print silver-printing silver rain silver ring silver rule silver salmon silver sand silver-scaled silver screen silver service silver-shafted Silver Shirts silver-side, silverside silver-sides, silversides silver-skin, silverskin silversmith silversmithing silver solder silver sole silver spoon silver-spoonism silver-spot, silverspot silver-sprig silver standard Silver Star, Silver Star medal silver state Silver State silver steel silver-stick silver streak silver string silver sulfide, silver sulphide silver surfer silversword silver table silvertail, silver-tail silver-tailed silver tea silver telluride silver thaw silver thistle silver thread silver-tip, silvertip silver-tongue silver-tongued silver top silver-tree silver trout silver trumpet silver trumpeter silver-voiced silverware silver-washed fritillary silver wattle silver wedding silverweed silver weight silver whiskers silver-white silver-white cobalt silver willow silver wire, silver-wire silver-wood silver-work silver wreck silvery silver y, silver y moth sterling silver telluric silver telluride of gold and silver telluride of silver

See also

argent argentaffin argental argentan argentane argentate argenteous argentian argentic argentiferous argentific argentify Argentina Argentine argentine argentite argento-

argentometer argentous argentry argentum nitricum argyria electrum hydrargyrum litharge piastre plateresque polybasite proustite pyrargyrite Rio de la Plata sylvanite Appendix:Colors

Verb

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

1. To acquire a silvery colour.
   • L. Wallace

     The eastern sky began to silver and shine.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: members · fortune · glass · #960: silver · winter · expect · nation

Anagrams

• livers
• sliver

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch silver, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈzɪlvər/

Noun

silver n

1. silver

Descendants

• Dutch: zilver

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Middle English

Noun

silver (plural silvers)

1. silver (metal)

Descendants

• English: silver

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪlvɛr/

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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

Declension of silver

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	silver	silvret	silver	silvren
genitive	silvers	silvrets	silvers	silvrens

Derived terms

bordssilver kyrksilver kvicksilver matsilver nysilver silverarmband silverbeslag silverbestick silverblank silverblänkande silverbricka silverbroderi silverbrokad silverbrons silverbrudpar silverbröllop silverbägare silverfasan silverfat silverfemma silverfisk silverflöjt silverfärg

silverfärgad silverföremål silverglans silverglittrande silverglänsande silvergran silvergrogg silvergruva silvergrå silverhalt silverhår silverhårig silverkandelaber silverkanna silverkedja silverklang silverklar silverklingande silverklocka silverkors silverkrona silverkrycka silverlamé silverljus

silverljusstake silverlock silverlockig silvermalm silvermedalj silvermedaljör silvermink silvermoln silvermynt silvermärke silverne silvernitrat silverpeng silverpenning silverpjäs silverplakett silverplats silverpokal silverpoppel silverputs silverram silverring silverrova silverräv

silverservis silverskatt silversked silverskimrande silversko silverskrin silverskål silverslant silversmed silversmide silversmycke silverstake silverstrimma silverstämpel silverstänk silvertacka silvertallrik silverte silvertråd silvertärna silververk silvervit silvervitt silverålder

silverört silvra silvrig

References

• silver in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)