Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing lead.

    relating to or consisting of lead

  2. (not comparable)Of or pertaining to compounds with higher valence forms of lead.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Latin plumbum (“lead”) + -ic, originally in calques of French plombique, from plomb (

From Latin plumbum (“lead”) + -ic, originally in calques of French plombique, from plomb (“lead”) + -ique (“-ic”). See also molybdic.

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • relating to or consisting of lead:plumbous

Word family

2 related words
Relatedlead
Deriveddiplumbic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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