pewter

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English

Alternative forms

• pewtre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *peltrum (“pewter”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly related to spelter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpjuːtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpjutɚ/, [ˈpjuɾɚ]

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)

Noun

pewter (countable and uncountable, plural pewters)

1. An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
2. (historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
3. Items made of pewter; pewterware.
4. A beer tankard made from pewter.
   • 1876, Edward Jenkins, The Devil's Chain (page 86)

     The room was arranged by low wooden partitions into bays, where eight or ten men could sit together and rest their pewters and glasses on the narrow tables between.

5. A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

   pewter colour:  

6. (slang, dated) Prize money.

Translations

alloy of tin, copper and antimony

• Catalan: peltre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白鑞 (zh), 白镴 (zh) (báilà)

• Danish: tin (da)
• Dutch: hardtin n, peauter n
• Finnish: astiatina, tina (fi)
• French: métal blanc (fr) m, potin (fr) m

  Old French: peautre m

• Galician: peltre m
• German: Hartzinn n
• Irish: péatar m
• Italian: peltro (it)
• Japanese: しろめ (shirome), ピューター (pyūtā)

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: калај m (kálaj)
• Malay: piuter
• Maori: piuta
• Polish: pewter (pl) m, cynołów m
• Portuguese: peltre m
• Romanian: aliaj alb n
• Russian: пью́тер (ru) m (pʹjútɛr)
• Spanish: peltre (es) m
• Swahili: pyuta
• Swedish: hårdtenn n, tenn (sv) n
• Welsh: piwter m

alloy of tin and lead

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錫鑞 (zh), 锡镴 (zh) (xīlà)

• Dutch: peauter n
• Finnish: tina (fi), tinaseos

• French: potin gris (fr) m
• Maori: piuta
• Russian: сплав о́лова со свинцо́м m (splav ólova so svincóm)

items made of pewter — see pewterware

colour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: tinanharmaa
• Swahili: rangi ya pyuta

Adjective

pewter (not comparable)

1. Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

Translations

colour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: tinanharmaa

• Slovak: cín (sk) m
• Swahili: -a pyuta

Verb

pewter (third-person singular simple present pewters, present participle pewtering, simple past and past participle pewtered)

1. (transitive) To coat with pewter.

Derived terms

• pewterer
• pewterware

See also

• touchmark
• trifle
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• pewtre, prewet