Meaning

7 senses
  1. Made from silver.

    silbern

    сере́бряныйserébrjanyj

    срі́бнийsríbnyj

    made from or largely consisting of silver

  2. Made from another white metal.

  3. Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.

    silbern, silberfarbig, silberfarben

    сере́бряныйserébrjanyj, серебри́стыйserebrístyj

    having the white lustrous sheen of silver

  4. Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.

  5. Premium, but inferior to gold.

  6. Pertaining or relating to elderly persons.

  7. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.

    a silver-voiced young girl

Examples

265 sentences
  1. Gold is more precious than silver.

    Золото цінніше від срібла. — deniko

  2. Tom gave Mary a key on a silver chain.

    Том дав Мері ключ на срібному ланцюжку. — miketheknight

    ruТом дал Мэри ключ на серебряной цепочке. — Wezel

  3. I have several silver coins.

    У мене кілька срібних монет. — deniko

    ruУ меня есть несколько серебряных монет. — beshine

    deIch besitze mehrere Silbermünzen. — xtofu80

  4. They won the silver medal.

    Вони виграли срібну медаль. — deniko

    ruОни выиграли серебряную медаль. — andy

  5. Copper and silver are both metals.

    Мідь та серебро — метали. — deniko

    ruИ медь, и серебро - металлы. — Selena777

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
made from silver:
Русский
By meaning 2
made from silver:
having a color/colour like silver:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
made from silver:
having a color/colour like silver:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, from Proto

Inherited from Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silver”), of uncertain origin.

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Forms

more silver, most silver
Comparativemore silver Lesson
Superlativemost silver Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
made from silver:silvern
having a color like silver:silvery
Close in meaning

Word family

24 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
silver — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto