English Explanatory Dictionary

metallic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal.
  2. Made of or containing metal.
  3. Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another.
  4. Having the appearance of being of polished metal.
noun
  1. A metallic color.

Pronunciation

/mɪˈtæl.ɪk/ /məˈtæl.ɪk/ en-us-metallic.ogg /me.ʈæ.lɪk/ [me̞ˈʈæ̞ː.lɪk]

Word forms

metallic more metallic most metallic metallick metallics

Etymology

From Latin metallicus, from metallum (“metal”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon). Equivalent to metal + -ic.

Synonyms

metalish metallical metallous

Related words

metal

Derived words

antemetallic bimetallic biometallic dimetallic flexometallic half-metallic heterometallic homometallic intermetallic monometallic multimetallic nanometallic nonmetallic organometallic polymetallic premetallic proto-metallic pseudometallic quadrimetallic radiometallic semimetallic submetallic trimetallic unmetallic Carolina metallic tiger beetle metallical metallically metallic bond metallic hydrogen metallic isopod metallicity metallicize metallicly metallicness metallic radius metallic soap metallic waterproofing
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