amalgame

See also: Amalgame and amalgamé

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin amalgama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mal.ɡam/
• Homophone: amalgames

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Noun

amalgame m (plural amalgames)

1. amalgam
2. amalgamation
3. an incongruous mixture; hodgepodge, mishmash, jumble

Derived terms

• amalgamer

Descendants

• → Greek: αμάλγαμα (amálgama)
• → Latvian: amalgama
• → Lithuanian: amalgamà
• → Romanian: amalgam
• → Russian: амальгама (amalʹgama)
  • → Georgian: ამალგამა (amalgama)
• → Turkish: amalgam

Further reading

• “amalgame”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Verb

amalgame

1. inflection of amalgamar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amalˈɡame/ [a.malˈɣ̞a.me]
• Rhymes: -ame
• Syllabification: a‧mal‧ga‧me

Verb

amalgame

1. inflection of amalgamar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative