métal

From Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), from Ancient Greek [Term?] (“mine, quarry, metal”), from μεταλλεύω (metalleúō, “to mine, quarry”), of unknown origin, but apparently related to μεταλλάω (metalláō, “to seek after”), also of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): /me.tal/

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métal m (plural métaux)

1. metal
2. (heraldry) metal

• “métal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• malte, Malte, malté
• mêlât