metallifer

== Latin == === Etymology === From metallum (“metal”) + -fer (“-carrying”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛˈtal.lɪ.fɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [meˈtal.li.fer] === Adjective === metallifer (feminine metallifera, neuter metalliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) yielding or abounding in metal ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). ==== Related terms ==== metallārius metallicus metallum ==== Descendants ==== English: metalliferous French: métallifère Italian: metallifero === References === “metallifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “metallifer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.