αμάλγαμα

Reborrowing from French amalgame, from Medieval Latin amalgama, from Arabic مَلْغَم (malḡam), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμᾰ (málagmă). Doublet of μάλαμα (málama).

• IPA^(key): /aˈmalɣama/

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• Hyphenation: α‧μάλ‧γα‧μα

αμάλγαμα • (amálgama) n (plural αμαλγάματα)

1. (chemistry, metallurgy) amalgam (alloy of mercury)
2. (dentistry) amalgam (tooth filling)
3. (figuratively) amalgam, medley, mashup

• κράμα n (kráma, “alloy”)

• αμαλγαμώνω (amalgamóno, “to amalgamate”)
• αμαλγάμωση f (amalgámosi, “amalgamation”)
• αμαλγαμάτωση f (amalgamátosi, “to amalgamation”)

• αμάλγαμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• αμάλγαμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language