silber

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowing from English silver, from Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, seolofor (silver), from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (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

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Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German silber, from Old High German silbar, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą. Cognate with Bavarian Süwa, Suiba, German Silber, English silver.

Pronunciation

Noun

silber n

  1. silver (metal)

References

  • Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.
  • “silber” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.