amalgamate

English

WOTD – 04 November 2011

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgamātus, past participle of amalgamāre, amalgama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/

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Verb

amalgamate (third-person singular simple present amalgamates, present participle amalgamating, simple past and past participle amalgamated)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.

   Synonym: mix

   Antonym: separate

   to amalgamate two races

   to amalgamate one race with another

   • (Can we date this quote by Burke and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one.

2. To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
3. (transitive, mathematics) To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.

Related terms

• amalgam
• amalgamation

Translations

to combine or blend

• Finnish: sulauttaa, yhdistää (fi) (transitive); sulautua (fi), yhdistyä (fi) (intransitive)
• German: fusionieren (de), mischen (de), verbinden (de)
• Maori: whakatōpū

• Portuguese: amalgamar (pt)
• Spanish: amalgamar (es), fusionar (es), unir (es)
• Swedish: fusionera

to make an alloy of mercury and another metal

• Finnish: amalgamoida
• German: verquicken (de), amalgamieren (de), mit (de) Quecksilber (de) legieren (de)

• Portuguese: amalgamar (pt)
• Spanish: amalgamar (es)

math: to combine free groups

• Spanish: amalgamar (es)

Adjective

amalgamate (comparative more amalgamate, superlative most amalgamate)

1. Coalesced; united; combined.

Further reading

• amalgamate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Verb

amalgamate

1. second-person plural present of amalgamare
2. second-person plural imperative of amalgamare
3. feminine plural of amalgamato