silver
☽, ☾ (alchemy)
From Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, seolofor (“silver”), from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silver”), of uncertain origin.
Adjective sense of twenty-fifth wedding anniversary generalized from silver wedding, from German Silberhochzeit, silberne Hochzeit.
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪl.və/
(General American) enPR: sĭl'vər IPA(key): /ˈsɪl.vɚ/
Rhymes: -ɪlvə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: sil‧ver
silver (countable and uncountable, plural silvers)
(uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
(collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
(collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
(collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
(uncountable) A shiny gray color.
(countable) a silver medal
Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.
(metallic element): argyr-
(white-metal coins): argyr-
(cutlery and other eating utensils): silverware
E174 (when used as a food colouring)
Jamaican Creole: silva
→ Maori: hiriwa
→ Zulu: isiliva
silver (comparative more silver, superlative most silver)
Made from silver.
Made from another white metal.
Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
1994, “Mate matching” in Accent on Living, v 38, n 4 (Spring), p 52:
Mostly, these have been relationships of 10 or less years. However, one respondent has celebrated her silver wedding anniversary.
(of commercial services) Premium, but inferior to gold.
Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
(made from silver): silvern (archaic)
(having a color like silver): silvery
Appendix:Colors
silver (third-person singular simple present silvers, present participle silvering, simple past and past participle silvered)
To acquire a silvery colour.
To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.
To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
To make hoary, or white, like silver.
David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Silver”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“silver”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Elvirs, levirs, livers, livres, rivels, sliver, svirel
From Middle High German silber, from Old High German silbar, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr.
IPA(key): /ˈsilvɐ/
silver
silvern
Online Hunsrik Dictionary
From Old Dutch silver, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr.
IPA(key): /ˈzɪlvər/
silver n
silver
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Dutch: zilverAfrikaans: silwerNegerhollands: silver, zelva, selvuSkepi Creole Dutch: solfer→ Caribbean Javanese: silfer→ Loup A: sinibat, chinebat, chinibat→ Mahican: sehnpatt, senpett→ Munsee: shulpul→ Sranan Tongo: sorfu, solfru, sorfru→ Saramaccan: sólófu, sóófu→ Unami: silpël
Limburgish: zèlver
“silver”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “silver”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
selver, seolver, sulver, sylver
From Old English seolfor, seolofor (“silver”).
IPA(key): /ˈsilvər/, /ˈsɛlvər/
silver (plural silvers)
silver (metal)
sylveren
English: silver, ☽, ☾Jamaican Creole: silva→ Maori: hiriwa→ Zulu: isiliva
Scots: silver, siller
sylver, sølver
From Old Norse silfr, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą.
silver n
silver
Swedish: silver
From Old Swedish silver, from Old Norse silfr, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą.
IPA(key): /ˈsɪlvɛr/
silver n (uncountable)
silver
silver, coins of silver
silver, cutlery of silver
a silver medal, for 2nd place in a competition
silver in Svensk ordbok (SO)
silver in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
silver in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)