amalgame
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)
- amalgam
- amalgamation
- an incongruous mixture; hodgepodge, mishmash, jumble
Derived terms
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
- inflection of amalgamar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amalˈɡame/ [a.malˈɣ̞a.me]
- Rhymes: -ame
- Syllabification: a‧mal‧ga‧me
Verb
amalgame
- inflection of amalgamar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative