Quicksilver, always liquid, corrodes metals.
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Quicksilver
//ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvɚ//
Synonyms for "quicksilver" (136 found)
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56 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑδράργυρος noun (mercury)
Bashkir
1 entries- терегөмөш noun (mercury)
Bulgarian
1 entries- живак noun (mercury)
Catalan
1 entries- argent viu noun (mercury)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 水銀 /水银 noun (mercury)
Danish
2 entries- kviksølv noun (mercury)
- kviksølver noun (mercury)
Dutch
1 entries- kwikzilver noun (mercury)
Estonian
1 entries- elavhõbe noun (mercury)
Faroese
1 entries- kyksilvur noun (mercury)
Finnish
1 entries- elohopea noun (mercury)
French
1 entries- vif-argent noun (mercury)
Galician
2 entries- azougue noun (mercury)
- mercurio noun (mercury)
Georgian
2 entries- ვერცხლისწყალი noun (mercury)
- ვერცხლისწყალი noun (mercury)
German
2 entries- quecksilbrig adj (unpredictable, erratic)
- Quecksilber noun (mercury)
Greek
1 entries- υδράργυρος noun (mercury)
Hebrew
2 entries- כֶּסֶף חַי noun (mercury)
- כַּסְפִּית noun (mercury)
Ingrian
1 entries- elävähoppia noun (mercury)
Irish
1 entries- airgead beo noun (mercury)
Italian
1 entries- argento vivo noun (mercury)
Kannada
2 entries- ಪಾದರಸ noun (mercury)
- ಪಾರಜ noun (mercury)
Korean
1 entries- 수은 noun (mercury)
Latin
2 entries- argentum vivum noun (mercury)
- hydrargyrum noun (mercury)
Latvian
1 entries- dzīvsudrabs noun (mercury)
Low German
1 entries- Quecksülver noun (mercury)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kvikksølv noun (mercury)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kvikksylv noun (mercury)
- kvikksølv noun (mercury)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- جیوه noun (mercury)
- سیماب noun (mercury)
Persian
3 entries- جیوه noun (mercury)
- سیماب noun (mercury)
- ژیوه noun (mercury)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Kwickselwa noun (mercury)
Polish
2 entries- rtęć noun (mercury)
- żywe srebro noun (mercury)
Portuguese
1 entries- mercúrio noun (mercury)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪਾਰਾ noun (mercury)
Romanian
3 entries- argint viu noun (mercury)
- hidrargir noun (mercury)
- mercur noun (mercury)
Russian
1 entries- ртуть noun (mercury)
Spanish
2 entries- azogue noun (mercury)
- mercurio noun (mercury)
Swedish
1 entries- kvicksilver noun (mercury)
Vietnamese
2 entries- thuỷ ngân noun (mercury)
- thủy ngân noun (mercury)
Volapük
2 entries- hidrargin noun (mercury)
- märkurin noun (mercury)
Welsh
1 entries- arian byw noun (mercury)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Mercury is also known as quicksilver.
Source: tatoeba (11576518)
The alchemist tried unsuccessfully to convert quicksilver into gold.
Source: tatoeba (11592849)
Quicksilver is also known as mercury.
Source: tatoeba (12850233)
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