A stoup of wine (for in those days it was served out from the cask in pewter flagons) was placed on the table, and each had his quaigh or bicker before him.
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Pewter
//ˈpjutɚ//
Synonyms for "pewter" (38 found)
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51 translations across 27 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- пютър noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Catalan
1 entries- peltre noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 白鑞 /白镴 noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- 錫鑞 /锡镴 noun (alloy of tin and lead)
Danish
1 entries- tin noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Dutch
3 entries- hardtin noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- peauter noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- peauter noun (alloy of tin and lead)
Finnish
4 entries- tinanharmaa adj (colour)
- astiatina noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- kovatina noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- tina noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
French
3 entries- métal blanc noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- potin noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- potin gris noun (alloy of tin and lead)
Galician
2 entries- peltre noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- peltre noun (alloy of tin and lead)
German
3 entries- Hartzinn noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- Zinnkrug noun (a beer tankard made from pewter)
- Zinnseidel noun (a beer tankard made from pewter)
Hungarian
3 entries- ónkupa noun (a beer tankard made from pewter)
- ónserleg noun (a beer tankard made from pewter)
- ónötvözet noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Irish
1 entries- péatar noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Italian
1 entries- peltro noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Japanese
3 entries- しろめ noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- ピューター noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- 白目 noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Macedonian
1 entries- калај noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Malay
1 entries- piuter noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Māori
2 entries- piuta noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- piuta noun (alloy of tin and lead)
Old French
1 entries- peautre noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Polish
2 entries- cynołów noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- pewter noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Portuguese
1 entries- peltre noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Romanian
1 entries- aliaj alb noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Russian
2 entries- пью́тер noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- сплав о́лова со свинцо́м noun (alloy of tin and lead)
Slovak
1 entries- cín adj (colour)
Spanish
1 entries- peltre noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Swahili
3 entries- a pyuta adj (colour)
- pyuta noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- rangi ya pyuta noun (colour)
Swedish
2 entries- hårdtenn noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
- tenn noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Welsh
1 entries- piwter noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Yiddish
1 entries- ענגלישע צין noun (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
A pail of wine (for in those days it was served out from the cask in pewter flagons) was placed on the table, and each had his two-handled or wide-mouthed cup before him.
Source: tatoeba (11454285)
the pewter plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame
Source: wiktionary
The room was arranged by low wooden partitions into bays, where eight or ten men could sit together and rest their pewters and glasses on the narrow tables between.
Source: wiktionary
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