electrum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ēlectrum, from Latin elector. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈlɛktɹəm/ === Noun === electrum (countable and uncountable, plural electrums) (obsolete) Amber. An alloy of gold and silver, used by the ancients; now specifically a natural alloy with between 20 and 50 per cent silver. Synonym: green gold German silver plate. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Electrum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database. “electrum”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026. == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈɫɛk.trũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈlɛk.trum] === Noun === ēlectrum n (genitive ēlectrī); second declension amber electrum (alloy of gold and silver) (New Latin, physics) electron ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: electrum → French: électrum → Romanian: electrum → Italian: elettro (semi-learned) → Old French: eleutre === Further reading === “electrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “electrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "electrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “electrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “electrum”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] “electrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “electrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French électrum. === Noun === electrum n (uncountable) electrum ==== Declension ====