Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
metal:
color/colour:
Русский
By meaning 4
coins:
metal:
cutlery/silverware:
color/colour:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
coins:
cutlery/silverware:
items made of silver or other white metal:

Examples

249 sentences

  1. 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

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  2. They won the silver medal.

    Вони виграли срібну медаль. — deniko

    ruОни выиграли серебряную медаль. — andy

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  3. Copper and silver are both metals.

    Мідь та серебро — метали. — deniko

    ruИ медь, и серебро - металлы. — Selena777

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Meaning

7 senses

  1. (collective, countable, uncountable)Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.

    Silber, Silbergeld, Silber

    сере́бреникиserébreniki, серебро́serebró, арге́нтумargéntum

    срі́блоsríblo

    coins made of silver

  2. (uncountable)A shiny gray color.

    Silber

    серебри́стыйserebrístyj

    срібля́стийsribljástyj

  3. (uncountable)A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.

More meanings 4

  1. (collective, countable, uncountable)Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.

    Silbergeschirr

    сере́бряные изде́лияserébrjanyje izdélija

    silverware eating utensils

  2. (collective, countable, uncountable)Any items made from silver or any other white metal.

    Silberware

    сере́бряные изде́лияserébrjanyje izdélija

  3. (countable)A silver medal.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.

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

plural: silvers
Singularsilver
Pluralsilvers

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47,…:☽☾argyr-
Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or…:silverwareB2
Close in meaning
  • a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography:Agatomic number 47
  • a light shade of grey:ash greyash graysilver greysilver gray
  • silverware eating utensils:flatware
  • a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition:silver medal

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsilvery

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
silosiltsilverwareB2silverysimsimilarA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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