metallide

met·al·lide

M m

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [met-l-ahyd]
- /ˈmɛt lˌaɪd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [met-l-ahyd]
- /ˈmɛt lˌaɪd/

Definition of metallide word

verb with object metallide to provide (a metal or alloy) with a diffused coating of a metal or metalloid by electrolysis at high temperature in order to impart a particular surface property to the base metal. 1

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Origin of metallide

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

1965-70; metall- + -ide; perhaps originally a noun, variant of metalloid

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Parts of speech for Metallide

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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metallide popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

metallide usage trend in Literature

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