silver
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
substratebor.?
Proto-Germanic *silubrą
Proto-West Germanic *silubr
Old English seolfor
Middle English silver
English silver
Inherited from Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silver”), of uncertain origin.
cognates and etymology discussion
Cognate with Scots siller (“silver”), Saterland Frisian Säälwer (“silver”), West Frisian sulver (“silver”), Dutch zilver (“silver”), German Low German Silver, Sülver (“silver”), German Silber (“silver”), Swedish silver (“silver”), Icelandic silfur (“silver”). The Germanic word has parallels in Baltic and Slavic (Old Church Slavonic сьрєбро (sĭrebro), Lithuanian sidabras), Celtic (Celtiberian silaPur-), and outside Indo-European, in Basque zilar and Proto-Berber *a-ẓrəf, but the ultimate origin of the word is unknown.
Adjective sense 4 (“denoting a twenty-fifth anniversary”) generalized from silver wedding, itself a calque of German Silberhochzeit.
Inflected forms:
form: silvers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more silver
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most silver
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: silvers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: silvering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: silvered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: silvered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
pos: noun
tags: collective
countable
uncountable
examples: […] maybe two or three twenties, a dozen tens, and twenty or thirty fins. The rest is all aces and silver.
gloss: Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
pos: noun
tags: collective
countable
uncountable
gloss: Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
pos: noun
tags: collective
countable
uncountable
gloss: A shiny gray color.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I'll need some mayonnaise and a silver tin of sardines, a banana.
gloss: A silver medal.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: And next morning they found him dead, with his neck broken, in the bottom of the stone pit, with his beautiful clothes a little bloody, and foul and stained with the duckweed from the pond. But his face was a face of such happiness that, had you seen it, you would have understood indeed how that he had died happy, never knowing that cool and streaming silver for the duckweed in the pond.
gloss: Made from silver.
pos: adj
examples: He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw, peeping around the massive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.
gloss: Made from another white metal.
pos: adj
gloss: Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
pos: adj
gloss: Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
pos: adj
examples: Mostly, these have been relationships of 10 or less years. However, one respondent has celebrated her silver wedding anniversary.
gloss: Premium, but inferior to gold.
pos: adj
gloss: Pertaining or relating to elderly persons.
pos: adj
gloss: Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
pos: adj
examples: a silver-voiced young girl
gloss: To acquire a silvery colour.
pos: verb
examples: Presently all the eastern sky began to silver and shine, and objects before invisible in the west—chiefly the tall towers on Mount Zion—emerged as from a shadowy depth, [...]
But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
gloss: To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.
pos: verb
examples: to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury
gloss: To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
pos: verb
examples: For here retir'd the ſinking billows ſleep, / And ſmiling calmneſs ſilver'd o'er the deep.
gloss: To make hoary, or white, like silver.
pos: verb
examples: Remote from cities liv'd a Swain, / Unvex'd with all the cares of gain, / His head was ſilver'd o'er with age, / And long experience made him ſage; [...]
Synonyms: E174
Related words: argent
argentaffin
argental
argentan
argentane
argentate
argenteous
argentian
argentic
argentiferous
argentific
argentify
Argentina
Argentine
argentine
argentite
argento-
argentometer
argentous
argentry
argentum nitricum
argyria
electrum
hydrargyrum
litharge
piastre
plateresque
polybasite
proustite
pyrargyrite
Rio de la Plata
sylvanite
Translations:
lang: Abaza
word: рызна
roman: rəzna
lang: Abkhaz
word: араʒны
roman: araʒnə
lang: Abkhaz
word: аразны
roman: araznə
lang: Acehnese
word: pirak
lang: Afar
word: lakqó
lang: Afrikaans
word: silwer
lang: Ahom
word: 𑜂𑜢𑜤𑜃𑜫
roman: ṅün
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒆬𒌓
roman: kaspum
lang: Aklanon
word: pilak
lang: Albanian
word: argjend
lang: Albanian
word: rgjand
lang: Albanian
word: serm
lang: Southern Altai
word: кӱмӱш
roman: kümüš
lang: Southern Altai
word: мӧҥӱн
roman: möŋün
lang: Amharic
word: ብር
roman: bər
lang: Arabic
word: فِضَّة
roman: fiḍḍa
lang: Arabic
word: فضة
roman: faḍḍa
lang: Arabic
word: فُضَّة
roman: fuḍḍa
lang: Arabic
word: فضة
roman: faḍḍa
lang: Arabic
word: نقرة
roman: nuqra
lang: Arabic
word: فِضَّة
roman: fiḍḍa
lang: Arabic
word: فضة
roman: faḍḍa
lang: Arabic
word: فُضَّة
roman: foḍḍa
lang: Aragonese
word: plata
lang: Archi
word: арси
roman: arsi
lang: Armenian
word: արծաթ
roman: arcatʻ
lang: Old Armenian
word: արծաթ
roman: arcatʻ
lang: Aromanian
word: asimi
lang: Assamese
word: ৰূপ
roman: rup
lang: Asturian
word: plata
lang: Avar
word: гӏарац
roman: ʻarac
lang: Aymara
word: qullqi
lang: Azerbaijani
word: كومش
roman: gümüsh
lang: Azerbaijani
word: گومش
roman: gümüsh
lang: Azerbaijani
word: gümüş
lang: Baluchi
word: چاندی
roman: cá̃dí, cándí
lang: Baluchi
word: نگرہ
lang: Bambara
word: warijè
lang: Bashkir
word: көмөш
roman: kömöş
lang: Basque
word: zilar
lang: Belarusian
word: серабро́
roman: sjerabró
lang: Belarusian
word: срэ́бра
roman: srébra
lang: Bengali
word: রুপা
roman: rupa
lang: Bhojpuri
word: 𑂩𑂴𑂣𑂰
roman: rūpā
lang: Bhojpuri
word: 𑂒𑂰𑂢𑂲
roman: cānī
lang: Eastern Bontoc
word: pelak
lang: Breton
word: arc'hant
lang: Bulgarian
word: сребро́
roman: srebró
lang: Burmese
word: ငွေ
roman: ngwe
lang: Buryat
word: мүнгэн
roman: müngen
lang: Catalan
word: argent
lang: Catalan
word: plata
lang: Cebuano
word: pilak
lang: Central Atlas Tamazight
word: ⴰⵥⵔⴼ
roman: aẓrf
lang: Eastern Cham
word: pariak
lang: Chechen
word: дети
roman: deti
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏕᎸ ᎤᏁᎬ
roman: adelv unegv
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 銀 /银
roman: ngan⁴
lang: Chinese
word: йин
roman: yin
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 銀 /银
roman: ngṳ̀ng
lang: Chinese
word: 銀 /银
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 銀 /银
roman: yín
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 銀 /银
lang: Chuvash
word: кӗмӗл
roman: kĕmĕl
lang: East Circassian
word: дыжьын
roman: dəźən
lang: West Circassian
word: тыжьыны
roman: təźənə
lang: Maore Comorian
word: fedha
lang: Cornish
word: arhans
lang: Corsican
word: argentu
lang: Crimean Gothic
word: silvir
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: kümüş
lang: Czech
word: stříbro
lang: Dalmatian
word: arziant
lang: Danish
word: sølv
lang: Dongxiang
word: miengu
lang: Drung
word: ngul
lang: Dutch
word: zilver
lang: Egyptian
word: r:HD-S12:N33A
roman: ḥḏ
lang: Erzya
word: сия
roman: sija
lang: Esperanto
word: arĝento
lang: Estonian
word: hõbe
lang: Even
word: мэӈэн
roman: məŋən
lang: Evenki
word: мэңун
lang: Farefare
word: zũuro
lang: Faroese
word: silvur
lang: Finnish
word: hopea
lang: French
word: argent
lang: Saterland Frisian
word: Säälwer
lang: West-Frisian
word: sulver
lang: Friulian
word: arint
lang: Fula
word: 𞤳𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭𞤧𞤭
lang: Fula
word: kaalisi
lang: Gagauz
word: gümüş
lang: Galician
word: prata
lang: Galician
word: arxento
lang: Galician
word: arxén
lang: Gallurese
word: algentu
lang: Georgian
word: ვერცხლი
roman: vercxli
lang: German
word: Silber
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍂
roman: silubr
lang: Greek
word: άργυρος
roman: árgyros
lang: Greek
word: ασήμι
roman: asími
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἄργυρος
roman: árguros
lang: Mycenaean Greek
word: 𐀀𐀓𐀫
roman: a-ku-ro
lang: Greenlandic
word: sølvi
lang: Gujarati
word: ચાંદી
roman: cā̃dī
lang: Haitian Creole
word: ajan
lang: Hausa
word: azurfa
lang: Hebrew
word: כֶּסֶף
roman: késef
lang: Higaonon
word: salapi
lang: Hiligaynon
word: pilak
lang: Hindi
word: चांदी
roman: cāndī
lang: Hindi
word: चाँदी
roman: cā̃dī
lang: Hindi
word: रजत
roman: rajat
lang: Hindi
word: रौप्य
roman: raupya
lang: Hindi
word: चामीकर
roman: cāmīkar
lang: Hindi
word: अर्जुन
roman: arjun
lang: Hindi
word: नुकरा
roman: nukrā
lang: Hindi
word: रूपा
roman: rūpā
lang: Hungarian
word: ezüst
lang: Icelandic
word: silfur
lang: Ilocano
word: pirak
lang: Indonesian
word: perak
lang: Interlingua
word: argento
lang: Irish
word: airgead
lang: Old Irish
word: argat
lang: Italian
word: argento
lang: Japanese
word: 銀
roman: gin
lang: Japanese
word: 銀
roman: shirogane
lang: Japanese
word: 白銀
roman: hakugin
lang: Javanese
word: pérak
lang: Javanese
word: selaka
lang: Old Javanese
word: pirak
lang: Old Javanese
word: salaka
lang: Old Javanese
word: rajata
lang: Judeo-Italian
word: אַרְיֵינְטוֹ
lang: Kaitag
word: арц
roman: arc
lang: Kalmyk
word: мөңгн
roman: möñgn
lang: Kankanaey
word: pilak
lang: Kannada
word: ಬೆಳ್ಳಿ
roman: beḷḷi
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: кюмюш
roman: kümüş
lang: Karakalpak
word: gu'mis
lang: Karelian
word: hopie
lang: Karelian
word: hobie
lang: Kashubian
word: strzébro
lang: Kazakh
word: күміс
roman: kümıs
lang: Khakas
word: кӱмӱс
roman: kümüs
lang: Khmer
word: ប្រាក់
roman: prak
lang: Korean
word: 은
roman: eun
lang: Korean
word: 백은
roman: baegeun
lang: Kumyk
word: гюмюш
roman: gümüş
lang: Central Kurdish
word: زیو
roman: zîw
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: zîv
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: sim
lang: Kyrgyz
word: күмүш
roman: kümüş
lang: Lak
word: арцу
roman: arcu
lang: Lao
word: ເງິນ
roman: ngœn
lang: Latgalian
word: sudobrys
lang: Latin
word: argentum
lang: Latin
word: pustulatum
lang: Latvian
word: sudrabs
lang: Latvian
word: sidrabs
lang: Lezgi
word: гимиш
roman: gimiš
lang: Ligurian
word: argénto
lang: Lithuanian
word: sidabras
lang: Livonian
word: õbdõ
lang: Livvi
word: hobju
lang: Lombard
word: arsgent
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: larjên
lang: Low German
word: Sülver
lang: Lü
word: ᦇᦹᧃ
roman: nguen
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Sëlwer
lang: Macedonian
word: сребро
roman: srebro
lang: Magahi
word: 𑂩𑂴𑂣𑂰
roman: rūpā
lang: Magahi
word: 𑂒𑂰𑂢𑂲
roman: cānī
lang: Maguindanao
word: pirak
lang: Maithili
word: रूपा
roman: rūpā
lang: Maithili
word: चानी
roman: cānī
lang: Malagasy
word: vola
lang: Malay
word: argentum
lang: Malay
word: perak
lang: Malay
word: selaka
lang: Malayalam
word: വെള്ളി
roman: veḷḷi
lang: Maltese
word: fidda
lang: Manchu
word: ᠮᡝᠩᡤᡠᠨ
roman: menggun
lang: Manx
word: argid
lang: Māori
word: hiriwa
lang: Maranao
word: pirak
lang: Marathi
word: चांदी
roman: cāndī
lang: Megleno-Romanian
word: arzint
lang: Central Melanau
word: pirek
lang: Middle English
word: silver
lang: Mingrelian
word: ვარჩხილი
roman: varčxili
lang: Mòcheno
word: silber
lang: Mongolian
word: мөнгө
roman: möngö
lang: Nahuatl
word: iztac teocuitlatl
lang: Nanai
word: мэнгун
roman: meŋun
lang: Navajo
word: béésh łigaii
lang: Naxi
word: ngvq
lang: Neapolitan
word: argiento
lang: Nepali
word: चाँदी
roman: cā̃dī
lang: Nogai
word: куьмис
roman: kümis
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sølv
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sylv
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sølv
lang: Occitan
word: argent
lang: Odia
word: ଚାନ୍ଦୀ
roman: cāndi
lang: Ojibwe
word: zhooniyaa
lang: Old Church Slavonic
word: сьрєбро
roman: sĭrebro
lang: Old East Slavic
word: сьребро
roman: sĭrebro
lang: Old East Slavic
word: серебро
roman: serebro
lang: Old English
word: seolfor
lang: Old Norse
word: silfr
lang: Old Norse
word: sylfr
lang: Old Prussian
word: siraplis
lang: Old Tupi
word: itaîutinga
lang: Old Turkic
word: kümüş
lang: Ossetian
word: ӕвзист
roman: ævzist
lang: Pashto
word: سپین زر
roman: spinzár
lang: Pela
word: ŋø⁵⁵
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: Silwer
lang: Persian
word: نقره
roman: noqre
lang: Persian
word: سیم
roman: sim
lang: Phake
word: င︀ိုꩫ︀်
roman: ṅün
lang: Piedmontese
word: argent
lang: Polish
word: srebro
lang: Old Polish
word: śrzebro
lang: Portuguese
word: prata
lang: Punjabi
word: ਚਾਂਦੀ
roman: cāndī
lang: Quechua
word: qullqi
lang: Quechua
word: gollgi
lang: Quechua
word: gillai
lang: Rohingya
word: rufa
lang: Romagnol
word: arẓént
lang: Romani
word: rup
lang: Romanian
word: argint
lang: Romansh
word: argient
lang: Romansh
word: argien
lang: Russian
word: серебро́
roman: serebró
lang: Russian
word: арге́нтум
roman: argéntum
lang: Russian
word: сребро́
roman: srebró
lang: Northern Sami
word: silba
lang: Skolt-Sami
word: silbb
lang: Sanskrit
word: अर्जुन
roman: arjuna
lang: Sanskrit
word: रजत
roman: rajata
lang: Santali
word: ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱹ
roman: rupă
lang: Sardinian
word: prata
lang: Sardinian
word: aglientu
lang: Sardinian
word: arghentu
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: pratta
lang: Sardinian
word: pratta
lang: Sassarese
word: pràta
lang: Saurashtra
word: ꢬꢸꢦꣁ
roman: rupo
lang: Scots
word: siller
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: airgead
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: сребро
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: srebro
lang: Shan
word: ငိုၼ်း
roman: ngúen
lang: Shor
word: кӱмӱш
roman: kümüş
lang: Sicilian
word: argentu
lang: Sindhi
word: رُپو
roman: rupo
lang: Sinhalese
word: කලදෝ
roman: kaladō
lang: Sinhalese
word: රජත
roman: rajata
lang: Slovak
word: striebro
lang: Slovene
word: srebro
lang: Spanish
word: plata
lang: Spanish
word: argento
lang: Spanish
word: luna
lang: Svan
word: უ̂არჩხილ
roman: ûarčxil
lang: Swahili
word: fedha
lang: Swedish
word: silver
lang: Tabasaran
word: арс
roman: ars
lang: Tagalog
word: pilak
lang: Tai Dam
word: ꪹꪉꪷꪙ
lang: Tajik
word: нуқра
roman: nuqra
lang: Tajik
word: сим
roman: sim
lang: Talysh
word: nığə
lang: Tamil
word: வெள்ளி
roman: veḷḷi
lang: Tamil
word: சுல்லு
roman: cullu
lang: Tamil
word: சுல்
roman: cul
lang: Tashelhit
word: nnqqwrt
lang: Tashelhit
word: aẓrf
lang: Tatar
word: көмеш
roman: kömeş
lang: Tausug
word: pilak
lang: Tày
word: bạc
lang: Tày
word: ngần
lang: Telugu
word: వెండి
roman: veṇḍi
lang: Telugu
word: రజతము
roman: rajatamu
lang: Thai
word: เงิน
roman: ngən
lang: Northern Thai
word: ᨦᩮᩥ᩠ᨶ
lang: Tibetan
word: དངུལ
roman: dngul
lang: Tigrinya
word: ብሩር
roman: bərur
lang: Tocharian A
word: nkiñk
lang: Tocharian B
word: ñkante
lang: Tongan
word: siliva
lang: Tupinambá
word: itatinga
lang: Turkish
word: gümüş
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كومش
roman: gümüş
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: سیم
roman: sim
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: فضه
roman: fidda, fizza
lang: Turkmen
word: kümüş
lang: Tuvan
word: мөңгүн
roman: möñgün
lang: Udmurt
word: азвесь
roman: azveś
lang: Ukrainian
word: срі́бло
roman: sríblo
lang: Unami
word: sìlpël
lang: Urdu
word: چاندی
roman: candī
lang: Uyghur
word: كۈمۈش
roman: kümüsh
lang: Uzbek
word: kumush
lang: Uzbek
word: кумуш
roman: kumush
lang: Venetan
word: arxento
lang: Veps
word: hobed
lang: Vietnamese
word: bạc
lang: Vilamovian
word: zyłwer
lang: Volapük
word: largent
lang: Volapük
word: largentin
lang: Võro
word: hõpõ
lang: Votic
word: õppa
lang: Walloon
word: ardjint
lang: Welsh
word: arian
lang: Yakan
word: pilak
lang: Yakut
word: үрүҥ көмүс
roman: ürüŋ kömüs
lang: Yakut
word: көмүс
roman: kömüs
lang: Yiddish
word: זילבער
roman: zilber
lang: Zazaki
word: noqre
lang: Zazaki
word: sȋm
lang: Zhuang
word: ngaenz
lang: Zulu
word: isiliva
lang: Armenian
word: արծաթեղեն
roman: arcatʻeġen
lang: Bulgarian
word: сребро́
roman: srebró
lang: Danish
word: sølv-
lang: Dutch
word: zilverwerk
lang: Finnish
word: hopea
lang: German
word: Silberware
lang: Greek
word: ασημικά
roman: asimiká
lang: Japanese
word: 銀製品
roman: ginseihin
lang: Persian
word: نقرهای
roman: noqre-'i
lang: Persian
word: سیمین
roman: simin
lang: Portuguese
word: prataria
lang: Russian
word: сере́бряные изде́лия
roman: serébrjanyje izdélija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: srebrnarija
lang: Swedish
word: silver-
lang: Tamil
word: வெள்ளி
roman: veḷḷi