# amalgam
## English
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈmæl.ɡəm/
* Hyphenation: a‧mal‧gam
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)
* (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
* A combination of different things.
** 1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149:This was the Ambergate, Nottingham & Boston & Eastern Junction Railway, an amalgam of a number of separate schemes put forward in 1845, which secured its Act on July 16, 1846.
** 1987 December 20, Barbara Smith, “We Must Always Bury Our Dead Twice”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 23, page 10:A church where spirit, pain, and joy formed a holy amalgam and were righteously acknowledged out loud.
* One of the ingredients in an alloy.
* (dentistry) An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.

#### Synonyms

* alloy, blend, combo, compound, conglomerate, mixture

#### Derived terms

* amalgamable
* amalgam carrier
* amalgam gilding
* amalgamize
* amalgam tattoo
* Amalgamverse
* gold amalgam
* leadamalgam
* sodium amalgam

#### Related terms

* amalgamate
* amalgamation

#### Translations
### Verb

amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)
* (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To amalgamate (something) with a thing.
** 1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):gold t’amalgam with some six of mercury
** 1684, Robert Boyle, “An Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies. Chapter VIII.”, in Experiments and Considerations about the Porosity of Bodies, in Two Essays, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith […], →OCLC, page 143:[…] I had once occaſion to diſtil in a ſmall Retort ſome Gold amalgamed vvith ſuch a fine and ſubtile Mercury, that being (vvithout the addition of any Salt) put to the Gold in the cold, they preſently grevv hot together.

### Further reading

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “amalgam”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Amalgam”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
* “amalgam”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
* “amalgam”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* Amalgam (dentistry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Amalgam (chemistry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* malagma

## Icelandic
### Noun

amalgam n (genitive singular amalgams, no plural)
* amalgam

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch amalgaam, from French amalgame, from Latin amalgama, from Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈamalɡam]
* Hyphenation: amal‧gam

### Noun

amalgam (uncountable)
* amalgam:
** (chemistry) an alloy containing mercury.
** (dentistry) material of silver tooth fillings.

#### Derived terms

* pengamalgam
* pengamalgaman

#### Related terms

* amalgamasi

### Further reading

* “amalgam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Noun

amalgam (Jawi spelling املݢم, plural amalgam-amalgam, informal 1st possessive amalgamku, 2nd possessive amalgammu, 3rd possessive amalgamnya)
* (metallurgy) amalgam

### Further reading

* “amalgam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* amalgama (obsolete)

### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English amalgam. Possibly borrowed from German Amalgam, French amalgame, or Spanish amalgama, ultimately from Medieval Latin amalgama, from Arabic الْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma). First attested in 1771.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmal.ɡam/
* Rhymes: -alɡam
* Syllabification: a‧mal‧gam

### Noun

amalgam m inan
* (metallurgy) amalgam (alloy containing mercury)
    Synonyms: amalgamat, ortęć
* (literary) amalgam (combination of different things)
    Synonyms: aliaż, amalgamat, melanż, mieszanina, mieszanka

#### Related terms

* amalgamatowy
* amalgamacja
* amalgamat
* amalgamować

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amalgam”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “amalgam”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amalgam”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Józef Feliks Rogaliński (1771) Doswiadczenia skutkow rzeczy pod zmysły podpadaiących na publicznych posiedzeniach w szkołach poznańskich Societatis Jesu na widok wystawione y wykladane, Jego Krolewskiey Mosci Panu naszemu Miłościwemu ofiarowane‎ (in Polish), volume 1, page 125

### Further reading

* amalgam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “amalgam”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amalgam”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amalgam”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 29
* amalgam in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French amalgame, from Latin amalgama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.mal.ˈɡam/
* Rhymes: -am
* Hyphenation: a‧mal‧gam

### Noun

amalgam n (plural amalgame)
* amalgam

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amǎlɡaːm/
* Hyphenation: a‧mal‧gam

### Noun

amàlgām m (Cyrillic spelling ама̀лга̄м)
* amalgam

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

amalgam n
* amalgam