amalgamate

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EnglishEdit

WOTD – 04 November 2011

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/

VerbEdit

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.

   Synonyms: mix

   Antonyms: separate

   to amalgamate two races

   to amalgamate one race with another

   • Burke

     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 termsEdit

• amalgam

TranslationsEdit

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)

AdjectiveEdit

amalgamate (comparative more amalgamate, superlative most amalgamate)

1. coalesced; united; combined

Further readingEdit

• amalgamate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

amalgamate

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