silber

See also: Silber

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowing from English silver, from Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, seolofor (“silver”), from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silver”), from Proto-Indo-European *silubʰr-, *silebʰr- (“silver”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: sil‧ber

Noun

silber

  1. silver; a lustrous, white, metallic element
  2. the color silver; a shiny gray color
  3. (colloquial) aluminum foil

Adjective

silber

  1. having a color like silver

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:silber.

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Old High German silbar, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzilbɛr/

Noun

silber n

  1. silver (precious metal with atomic number 47)

References
  • Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.
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