amalgamation
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin amalgamatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: a‧mal‧ga‧ma‧tion
Noun
amalgamation (countable and uncountable, plural amalgamations)
- The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
- The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
- (obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races. [in the US, supplanted after 1863 by miscegenation; elsewhere, in use into the 1900s]
Translations
The process of amalgamating
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The result of amalgamating
The production of an alloy of mercury
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French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin amalgamatio.
Pronunciation
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Further reading
- “amalgamation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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