Meaning

5 senses
  1. (not comparable)Made of steel.

    stählern

    стально́йstalʹnój

    стале́вийstalévyj, стальни́йstalʹnýj, стальо́вийstalʹóvyj

  2. (not comparable)Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.

    стале́вийstalévyj, стальни́йstalʹnýj, стальо́вийstalʹóvyj

  3. (not comparable)Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.

  4. (not comparable)Engraved on steel.

  5. (not comparable, obsolete)Containing steel.

Examples

161 sentences
  1. I think it's made out of steel.

  2. Tom works at the steel mill.

    ruТом работает на сталелитейном заводе. — Selena777

  3. It's a steel building.

  4. Tom filled his stainless steel coffee mug with coffee.

  5. Despite a shortage of steel, industrial output has increased by five percent.

    ruНесмотря на нехватку стали, выпуск промышленной продукции увеличился на пять процентов. — Wezel

    deTrotz Stahlmangels hat die Industrieproduktion um fünf Prozent zugenommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

5 languages
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Origin

From Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī

From Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī (“something made of steel”), enlargement of *stahl (“steel”), from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from *stah- or *stag- (“to be firm, rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, to be firm”). Compare Scots stele, Yola stehli, German Stahl, Dutch staal, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish stål.

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