amalgama

See also: amálgama, amalgamá, and amalgamą

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmælɡəmə/

Noun

amalgama

1. Archaic form of amalgam.
   • 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:

     They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics.

References

• “amalgama”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.məlˈɣa.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.malˈɣa.ma]

Noun

amalgama f (plural amalgames)

1. (metallurgy) amalgam (an alloy containing mercury)
2. amalgam (a combination of different things)

Derived terms

• amalgamar

Further reading

• “amalgama” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amalgama”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “amalgama” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amalgama” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

amalgama

1. third-person singular past historic of amalgamer

Interlingua

Noun

amalgama (plural amalgamas)

1. amalgam (alloy)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmal.ɡa.ma/
• Rhymes: -alɡama
• Hyphenation: a‧màl‧ga‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “I soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).

Noun

amalgama m (plural amalgami)

1. amalgam (all senses)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amalgama

1. inflection of amalgamare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology

• From Arabic الْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma), which latter is from the stem as in μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”) and μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) and has developed from meanings of “emollient” over “malleable material”, “metal put around things”, to “gold” in Modern Greek, gold often the malleable metal fitted to things.
• According to others some عَمْل الْجَمْع (ʕaml al-jamʕ) or الْجَمَاعَة (al-jamāʕa) has underlain, but this root is far from chemical meanings, it just means “adding up, gathering”, not “conjoining”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈmal.ɡa.ma/, [äˈmäɫ̪ɡämä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈmal.ɡa.ma/, [äˈmälɡämä]

Noun

amalgama n (genitive amalgamatis); third declension (from Medieval Latin)

1. amalgam

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	amalgama	amalgamata
genitive	amalgamatis	amalgamatum
dative	amalgamatī	amalgamatibus
accusative	amalgama	amalgamata
ablative	amalgamate	amalgamatibus
vocative	amalgama	amalgamata

Descendants

• → Belarusian: амальга́ма (amalʹháma)
• → Bulgarian: амалга́ма (amalgáma)
• → Catalan: amalgama
• → Czech: amalgám
• → Danish: amalgam
• → Dutch: amalgaam
  • Afrikaans: amalgaam
• → English: amalgam
• → Finnish: amalgaami
• → French: amalgame
  • → Greek: αμάλγαμα (amálgama)
  • → Latvian: amalgama
  • → Lithuanian: amalgamà
  • → Romanian: amalgam
  • → Russian: амальгама (amalʹgama)
    • → Georgian: ამალგამა (amalgama)
  • → Turkish: amalgam
• → Galician: amálgama
• → German: Amalgam
• → Hungarian: amalgám
• → Icelandic: amalgam
• → Italian: amalgama
• → Macedonian: амалгам (amalgam)
• → Malay: amalgam
• → Norwegian: amalgam
• → Occitan: amalgama
• → Polish: amalgamat
• → Portuguese: amálgama
• → Russian: амальга́ма (amalʹgáma)
  • → Kazakh: амальгама (amalgama)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: ама̀лга̄м
  • Latin script: amàlgām
• → Slovak: amalgám
• → Slovene: amalgám
• → Spanish: amalgama
• → Swedish: amalgam
• → Turkish: malgama
• → Ukrainian: амальга́ма (amalʹháma)

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmal.ɡa.ma/

• Audio (Gozo):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian amalgamare.

Verb

amalgama (imperfect jamalgama, past participle amalgamat, verbal noun amalgamar)

1. to amalgamate

Conjugation

Conjugation of amalgama
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	amalgamajt	amalgamajt	amalgama		amalgamajna	amalgamajtu	amalgamaw
	f			amalgamat
imperfect	m	namalgama	tamalgama	jamalgama		namalgamaw	tamalgamaw	jamalgamaw
	f			tamalgama
imperative			amalgama				amalgamaw

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian amalgama.

Noun

amalgama f (plural amalgami)

1. amalgam

Related terms

• amalgamazzjoni

 

Polish

Etymology

See amalgam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.malˈɡa.ma/
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: a‧mal‧ga‧ma

Noun

amalgama n (indeclinable) or amalgama f

1. Obsolete form of amalgam.

Declension

Declension of amalgama

	singular	plural
nominative	amalgama	amalgamy
genitive	amalgamy	amalgam
dative	amalgamie	amalgamom
accusative	amalgamę	amalgamy
instrumental	amalgamą	amalgamami
locative	amalgamie	amalgamach
vocative	amalgamo	amalgamy

or indeclinable.

Further reading

• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “amalgama”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amalgama”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amalgama”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 29
• amalgama in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Verb

amalgama

1. inflection of amalgamar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French amalgamer.

Verb

a amalgama (third-person singular present amalgamează, past participle amalgamat) 1st conj.

1. to amalgamate

Conjugation

    conjugation of amalgama (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a amalgama
gerund			amalgamând
past participle			amalgamat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	amalgamez	amalgamezi	amalgamează	amalgamăm	amalgamați	amalgamează
	imperfect	amalgamam	amalgamai	amalgama	amalgamam	amalgamați	amalgamau
	simple perfect	amalgamai	amalgamași	amalgamă	amalgamarăm	amalgamarăți	amalgamară
	pluperfect	amalgamasem	amalgamaseși	amalgamase	amalgamaserăm	amalgamaserăți	amalgamaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să amalgamez	să amalgamezi	să amalgameze	să amalgamăm	să amalgamați	să amalgameze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		amalgamează			amalgamați
	negative		nu amalgama			nu amalgamați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amalˈɡama/ [a.malˈɣ̞a.ma]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: a‧mal‧ga‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).

Noun

amalgama f (plural amalgamas)

1. amalgam (a combination of different things)
   • 2013, René J. Vergara, The Art of Cuban Percussion / El Arte de la Percusión Cubana, Schwabe AG, →ISBN, page 12:

     La música cubana nace de una amalgama de fórmulas de la música clásica, folklórica de origen Hispánico y Africano, así como popular, militar, religiosa, con el aporte de países de las Antillas, el Caribe, Francia, Inglaterra y los Estados Unidos.

     Cuban music is born from an amalgam of formulas from classical music, folkloric music of Hispanic and African origin, as well as pop, military, and religious music, with contributions from countries in the Antilles, the Caribbean, France, England, and the United States.

2. (metallurgy) amalgam (an alloy containing mercury)
   • 1848, José María Pérez Morales, Benito Tamayo, Curso de química general arreglado a las esplicaciones del profesor D. Vicente Santiago de Masarnau y comprendiendo todo lo mandado en el plan vigente de estudios, page 739:

     El estaño y el mercurio se alean fácilmente y en varias proporciones. Estas amalgamas son muy brillantes, y no se alteran por solo la accion del aire.

     Tin and mercury are alloyed easily and in several proportions. These amalgams are very shiny, and they are not altered by the mere effect of air.

Derived terms

• amalgamar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amalgama

1. inflection of amalgamar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “amalgama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28