zilver

Dutch

Chemical element
Ag
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Etymology

From Middle Dutch silver, from Old Dutch silver, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɪl.vər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zil‧ver

Noun

zilver n (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) silver
  2. (heraldry) argent, i.e. white

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: silwer
  • Negerhollands: silver, zelva, selvu
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: solfer
  • → Caribbean Javanese: silfer
  • → Loup A: sinibat, chinebat, chinibat
  • → Mahican: sehnpatt, senpett
  • → Munsee: shulpul
  • → Sranan Tongo: sorfu, solfru, sorfru
    • → Saramaccan: sólófu, sóófu
  • → Unami: silpël
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