Metal
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English
Noun
metal (countable and uncountabl; plural metals)
Definition
- Any of a group of elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard.
- Material that is based on the above specifications.
Translations
- Arabic: معدن
- Breton: metal m -où pl
- Chinese: 金, 金屬
- Danish: metal
- Dutch: metaal n
- Finnish: metalli
- French: métal m, plural métaux
- German: Metall n
- Guarani: kuarepoti
- Italian: metallo
- Interlingua: metallo
- Japanese: 金属 (きんぞく, kinzoku) (1), 金属製のもの (kinzokusei no mono) (2)
- Latin: metallum
- Polish: metal m
- Portuguese: metal m
- Romanian: metal n
- Slovak: kov m
- Slovene: kovina f (1, 2)
- Slovio: metal
- Spanish: metal m
- Swedish: metall
- Tupinambá: itá
Adjective
metal
- Made of metal.
- Of or pertaining to the metal genre category (i.e. the metal scene).
- Having qualities that denote belonging to the metal genre category (i.e. this band is metal).
Synonyms
- metallic
Translations
- Finnish: metallinen
- German: metallisch
- Polish: metalowy
- Slovak: kovový m, kovová f, kovové n
- Slovene: kovinski m, kovinska f, kovinsko n
Breton
Noun
metal m (plural -où)
- metal
Danish
Noun
metal
- metal
Polish
Noun
metal m
- metal
Portuguese
Noun
metal m
- metal
Romanian
Noun
metal n
- metal
Slovio
Noun
metal
- metal
Spanish
Noun
metal m
- metal
Noun
metal
- A category of music entailing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, and black metal, considered genres rather than subdivisions of a greater genre) based on rock, and categorised by strong and/or fast drum-beats, often distorted guitars, and lyrics based on interest in the opposite sex and/or negative emotions. Previously known as heavy metal, but nowadays heavy metal is considered more a particular genre of the category, which is closer to its rock origins than some of the later developments.
