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{{also|Metal|métal|metál}}
==English==
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{| class="wikitable floatright"
!bgcolor="#b0c4de"|'''Some well-known metallic [[element]]s'''
|-
|<gallery mode="packed" heights="120" style="text-align:center; margin: 0px;">
File:Al ingot.jpg|{{center|[[aluminium]]}}
File:Poids fonte 5 kg trapezoidal.jpg|{{center|[[iron]]}}
File:Kupferbarren 2019.JPG|{{center|[[copper]]}}
File:Silver crystal.jpg|{{center|[[silver]]}}
</gallery>
|}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|metal}}, a borrowing from {{der|en|fro|metal}}, from {{der|en|la|metallum||metal, mine, quarry, mineral}}, itself a borrowing from {{der|en|grc|μέταλλον||mine, quarry, metal}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈmɛtəl/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-metal.ogg|a=US|IPA=[ˈmɛɾɫ̩]}}
* {{audio|en|en-uk-metal.ogg|a=UK|IPA=[ˈmɛtɫ̩]}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛtəl|s=2}}
* {{homophones|en|mettle|qq1=general|medal|meddle|qq3=in accents with [[flapping]]}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|heading}} ''Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.''
## Any of a number of chemical [[element]]s in the periodic table that form a [[metallic bond]] with other metal atoms; generally [[shiny]], somewhat [[malleable]] and [[hard]], often a [[conductor]] of heat and [[electricity]].
##* {{quote-journal|en|date=2014-04-21|volume=411|issue=8884|magazine=w:The Economist
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21601233-exploring-link-between-manganese-and-parkinsons-disease-subtle-effects Subtle effects]
|passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery '''metal''', began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
## Any material with similar physical properties, such as an [[alloy]].
##* {{RQ:Jefferies Amateur Poacher|chapter=1|passage=But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of '''metal''' steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window{{nb...}}.}}
## {{lb|en|astronomy}} An element which was not directly created after the [[Big Bang]] but instead formed through [[nuclear]] reactions; any element other than hydrogen and [[helium]].
##* {{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=Michael A. Seeds|title=Astronomy: The Solar System and Beyond|publisher=Thomson Brooks/Cole|isbn=9780534395377
|passage=Most of the matter in stars is hydrogen and helium, and the '''metals''' (including carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and so on) were cooked up inside stars.}}
##* '''2008''', Lunar and Planetary Institute, Geochemical Society, ''Oxygen in the solar system'', Mineralogical Society of Amer {{ISBN|9780939950805}}
##*: Thus, for the remaining elements, including oxygen, the solid phase appears to be important. In fact, at a metallicity of Z=0.02, and with a gas-to-dust ratio of 100, about half of the '''metals''' — including oxygen — are contained in the solid phase.
##* {{quote-book|en|year=2015|author=Alan Longstaff|title=Astrobiology: An Introduction|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781498728454|page=350
|passage='''Metals''' include oxygen and carbon which means that water and organic molecules would have been abundant in the early universe, perhaps paving the way for the emergence of life within a couple of billion years of the Big Bang.}}
## {{senseid|en|stones for road surface}} Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a [[road]].
##* {{quote-book |en |author=Falls Cyril |year=1922 |title=The History of the 36th (Ulster) Division |publisher=M'Caw, Stevenson and Orr, Ltd |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48716/48716-h/48716-h.htm |passage=One of the most important tasks was the metalling of the roads, and the dumping of '''metal''' beside them in parts where it was impossible to lay it, in order that work might commence with the assault. The surface of the roads was good, but only because the Division had been holding a front so wide, which made the traffic upon them relatively light.}}
## {{lb|en|mining}} The [[ore]] from which a metal is derived.<ref>{{R:Raymond Glossary}}</ref>
## {{lb|en|obsolete}} A mine from which ores are taken.
##* {{RQ:Taylor Ductor Dubitantium|passage=slaves{{...}}and persons condemned to '''metals'''}}
# {{lb|en|heraldry}} A light [[tincture]] used in a [[coat of arms]], specifically [[argent]] (white or silver) and [[or]] (gold).
# {{lb|en|glassblowing}} Molten [[glass]] that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.<ref>{{R:Knight AMD}}</ref>
# {{lb|en|music}} A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
# {{senseid|en|character}} {{lb|en|figurative|archaic}} The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper.
#: {{syn|en|mettle}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing|act=II|scene=i|page=104|passage={{smallcaps|Leonato.}} Well, neece, I hope to ſee you one day fitted with a husband. /  {{smallcaps|Beatrice.}} Not till God make men of ſome other '''mettall''' then earth, would it not grieue a woman to be over-maſtred with a peece of valiant duſt?}}
# The effective power or [[calibre]] of [[gun]]s carried by a [[vessel]] of [[war]].
# {{lb|en|UK|in the plural}} The [[rail]]s of a [[railway]].
# {{lb|en|informal|travel|aviation}} The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
#: {{ux|en|We have American Airlines tickets, but it's on British Airways '''metal'''.}}

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms}} {{l|en|nonmetal}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|alkali metal|alkaline earth metal|[[Babbitt metal]], [[babbitt metal]]|bare metal|death metal|gunmetal|heavy metal|metalcore|metalhead|metallic|metallicity|metallo-|metalloid|metalware|mu-metal|noble metal|[[nu metal]], [[nu-metal]]|pot metal|power metal|semimetal|thrash metal|transition metal|Wood's metal|Aich's metal|alkaline-earth metal|alt-metal|alternative metal|avant-metal|Babbitt's metal|base metal|Bath metal|bell metal|bi-metal strip|bite my shiny metal ass|black metal|blond metal|blue metal|Britannia metal|bush-metal|cannon metal|Celtic metal|Christian metal|composition metal|delta metal|depressive black metal|doom metal|drone metal|Dutch metal|earth metal|emo metal|Euro-metal|expanded metal|extreme metal|Field's metal|folk metal|folk-metal|full metal jacket|funk metal|funk-metal|gilding metal|glam metal|glass metal|groove metal|gun metal|gun-metal|hair metal|half-metal|hard metal|heavy metal umlaut|holy unblack metal|hot metal|hot metal typesetting|industrial metal|Kingston's metal|leaf metal|marine metal|melodic death metal|memory metal|metal aquo complex|metal carbonyl|metal cluster compound|metal complex|metal detecting|metal detector|alkylmetal|allylmetal|arylmetal|biometal|cermet|cyclometalate|dimetal|ferrometal|heterometal|intermetal|metalammonium|metalate|metalation|metalbearing|metalbilly|metalcraft|metalformer|metalforming|metalgaze|metalise|metalish|metalize|metallate|metalless|metallide|metalliferous|metallike|metalline|metallise|metallism|metallization|metallize|metallography|metallole|metally|metalmaking|metalman|metalmark|metalmonger|metalness|metalorganic|metalsmith|metalsmithing|metaltail|metalworker|metalworking|metalworks|multimetal|nanometal|organometal|outmetal|protometal|radiometal|remetal|trimetal|metal detectorist|metal halide lamp|metal homeostasis|metal hydride|metal master|metal mouth|metal neutral|metal shop|metal-neutral|metal-organic framework|metal-poor|metal-to-metal|monkey metal|Muntz metal|non metallic metal|non-metal|non-metallic metal|nü-metal|pedal to the metal|perfect metal|poor metal|post-metal|post-transition metal|precious metal|Prince Rupert's metal|prince's metal|progressive metal|put pedal to the metal|put the pedal to the metal|rap metal|rare earth metal|refractory metal|Rieke metal|road metal|Rose's metal|royal metal|semi-metal|sheet metal|sheet-metal|sludge metal|speculum metal|speed metal|stoner metal|Tula metal|type metal|unblack metal|Viking metal|white metal|yellow metal|king of metals|Albion metal|metal rubber|metal-detect|mischmetal|off-metal|pop metal}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|metalling#Noun|pos=n}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|atomic element or material made of such atoms}}{{multitrans|data=
* Abkhaz: {{tt|ab|аметалл}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|metaal}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|metal|m}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|فِلِزّ}}, {{tt+|ar|مَعْدِن|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|معدن|m|tr=maʕdin}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|մետաղ}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|ধাতু}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|metal|m}}
* Avar: {{tt|av|металл}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|metal}}
* Basque: {{tt+|eu|metal}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|мета́л|m}}, {{tt|be|мэта́ль|m}} {{qualifier|Taraškievica}}, {{tt|be|мэта́л|m}} {{qualifier|Taraškievica}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|ধাতু}}
* Breton: {{tt+|br|metal|m}}
* Brunei Malay: {{tt|kxd|basi}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|мета́л|m}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|သတ္တု}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{tt|rue|ков|m}}, {{tt|rue|мета́л|m}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|metall}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|металл}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|金屬}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|金屬}}, {{tt+|cmn|金|tr=jīn}}
* Chukchi: {{tt|ckt|пыԓвынтын|tr=pyḷvyntyn}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|kov|m}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|metal|n}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|metaal|n}}
* Eastern Bontoc: {{tt|ebk|komak}}, {{tt|ebk|lanchok}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|metalo}}
* Estonian: {{tt|et|metall}}
* Ewe: {{tt|ee|ga}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|málmur|m}}, {{tt|fo|skervur|m}}, {{tt|fo|málmbland|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|metalli}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|métal|m}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|metal|m}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|ლითონი}}, {{tt|ka|მეტალი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Metall|n}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|μέταλλο|n}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|μέταλλον|n}}
* Guaraní: {{tt|gn|kuarepoti}}
* Gujarati: {{tt+|gu|ધાતુ}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|מַתֶּכֶת|f|tr=matékhet}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|धातु|m}}, {{tt+|hi|धात|m}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|fém}}, {{tt+|hu|érc}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|málmur|m}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|metalo}}
* Ilocano: {{tt|ilo|metal}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|logam}}
* Interlingua: {{tt+|ia|metallo}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|miotal|m}}
*: Middle Irish: {{tt|mga|mital}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|metallo}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|金|tr=kane}}, {{t+|ja|金属|tr=kinzoku}}
* Kalmyk: {{tt|xal|төмрлг}}
* Kazakh: {{tt+|kk|металл}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|លោហៈ}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|금속(金屬)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|kanza}}, {{tt+|kmr|metal}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|металл}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ໂລຫະ}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|metallum|n}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|metāls|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|metãlas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|метал|m}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|metaly}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|logam}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|maitai}}, {{tt+|mi|mētara}}
* Marathi: {{tt|mr|धातू|m}}
* Middle English: {{tt|enm|metal}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|металл}}
*: Mongolian: {{tt|mn|ᠮᠧᠲ᠋ᠠᠯ}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|béésh}}
* Nepali: {{tt+|ne|धातु}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|metall|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|metall|n}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|metal|m}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|згъӕр}}, {{tt|os|металл}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{tt|ota|معدن|tr=maʿden}}
* Pali: {{tt|pi|loha|n}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|فلز|m|tr=felez}}, {{tt+|ps|زر|m|tr=zar}} {{q|metal, gold}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{tt+|prs|فِلِز}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{tt+|fa-ira|فِلِز}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt|pdt|Mettol|n}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|metal|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|metal|m}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|chuqi}}, {{tt|qu|q'illay}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|metal|n}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|мета́лл|m}}, {{tt+|ru|круше́ц|m}} {{q|archaic}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|धातु|m}}, {{tt+|sa|अयस्|n}}, {{tt+|sa|लोह|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|мѐта̄л|m}}, {{tt|sh|ко̏вина|f}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|mètāl|m}}, {{tt+|sh|kȍvina|f}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|kov|m}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|kovina|f}}
* Southern Kalinga: {{tt|ksc|aka}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|metal|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt|sw|metali}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|metall|c}}
* Tagalog: {{tt+|tl|bakal}}, {{tt+|tl|metal}}, {{tt+|tl|kansa}}
* Tajik: {{tt|tg|металл}}, {{tt+|tg|фулуз}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|లోహము}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|โลหะ}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|ལྕགས་རིགས}}
* Tupinambá: {{tt|tpn|itá}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|metal}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|metal}}
* Tuvan: {{tt|tyv|демир}}
* Tuwali Ifugao: {{tt|ifk|gum'ok}}, {{tt|ifk|landuk}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|мета́л|m}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|دھات|m}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|مېتال}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|metall}}
* Veps: {{tt|vep|metall}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|kim loại}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|metaal|n}}
* White Hmong: {{tt|mww|hlau}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|מעטאַל}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|gimsug}}
}}
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{{trans-top|certain category of rock music}}{{multitrans|data=
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|مِيتَال|m|tr=metal}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|մետալ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|metal}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|мета́л|m}}, {{t|be|мэ́тал|m}}, {{t|be|мэта́л|m}}
* Bengali: {{tt|bn|মেটাল}}
* Bishnupriya Manipuri: {{tt|bpy|মেটাল|tr=meṭal}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|ме́тъл|m}}
* Burmese: {{tt|my|မက်တယ်လ်}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|metal}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|金屬}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|金屬}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|metal|m}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|metal}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|metal}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|metalroko}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|metal}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|metal}}, {{tt+|fi|metallimusiikki}}, {{tt+|fi|metalli}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|metal}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|მეტალი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Metal|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|μέταλ}}
* Gujarati: {{tt|gu|મેટલ}}
* Hebrew: {{tt|he|מֶטַאל|m|tr=metal}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|metal}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|málmur|m}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|miotal}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|metal}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|メタル|tr=metaru}}
* Kannada: {{tt|kn|ಮೆಟಲ್}}
* Korean: {{tt|ko|메탈}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|مێتاڵ}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ໂລຫະ}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|metallum}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|metāls|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|metalas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|метал|m}}
* Malayalam: {{tt|ml|മെറ്റൽ}}
* Marathi: {{tt|mr|मेटल}}
* Mingrelian: {{tt|xmf|მეტალი}}
* Nepali: {{tt+|ne|धातु}}
* Newar: {{tt|new|मेटल}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt|nb|metal}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{tt|fa-ira|مِتال}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|metal|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|metal}}
* Punjabi: {{tt|pa|ਮੈਟਲ}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|metal}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|ме́тал|m}}, {{tt+|ru|мета́лл|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|meatailt}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|мѐта̄л|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|mètāl|m}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|metal}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|metal}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|metal}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|மாழை}}
* Thai: {{tt|th|เมทัล|tr=mee-tal}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|metal}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|ме́тал|m}}, {{tt+|uk|мета́л|m}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|metal}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|metel}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|מעטאַל}}
}}
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===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# {{lb|en|music}} Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars. {{defdate|1970s and after}}
# Having the [[emotional]] or [[social]] [[characteristic]]s associated with [[#Noun|metal music]]; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2008|author=Lich King|chapter=Attack of the Wrath of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword of the Blood of the Beast|title=Toxic Zombie Onslaught
|passage=The beast will destroy everything in his path <br> With this song on the upcoming brawl <br> It sure is a long one and tough to pronounce but <br> It's the most '''metal''' title of all}}
#* {{quote-journal
|en
|year=2012
|month=August
|title=Tested Bowling Balls
|journal={{w|Front (magazine)|Front}}
|url=https://archive.org/details/frontmagazine171/
|issue=171
|issn=1464-4053
|oclc=1064594418
|page=40
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/frontmagazine171/page/n39/
|text=Top tip: Bowling gloves are for sissies, although they look '''metal''' as fuck.}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|heavy metal}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb|pres_ptc2=metalling|past2=metalled}}

# To [[make]] a [[road]] using crushed rock, stones etc.

===References===
<references/>

{{C|en|Types of chemical element}}

==Albanian==

===Noun===
{{sq-noun|m||metali|}}

# {{lb|sq|chemistry}} [[metal]]

===Further reading===
*{{R:sq:Fjalorthi}}
*{{R:FGSS}}

==Aragonese==

===Etymology===
From {{der|an|la|metallum}}, from {{der|an|grc|μέταλλον}}.

===Noun===
{{an-noun|m|metals}}

# {{l|en|metal}}

===References===
* {{R:DBLA}}

==Asturian==
{{wikipedia|lang=ast}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|ast|la|metallum}}, from {{der|ast|grc|μέταλλον}}.

===Noun===
{{ast-noun|m|metales}}

# [[#English|metal]]

==Breton==

===Noun===
{{br-noun|m|p=metaloù}}

# [[#English|metal]]

====Inflection====
{{br-noun-mutation
|m
|etal
|etaloù
|g=m
}}

==Catalan==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|ca|heavy-metal}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ca|en|metal}}. {{doublet|ca|metall}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA|[mé]}}<!-- per esAdir -->

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|m|-}}

# {{lb|ca|music}} {{l|en|metal}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}

{{C|ca|Musical genres}}

==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}

===Participle===
{{head|cs|past active participle}}

# {{infl of|cs|metat||m|s|past|act|part}}

==Danish==
{{wikipedia|lang=da}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|da|la|metallum}}, from {{der|da|grc|μέταλλον||metal, mine}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|/metal/|[meˈtˢal]}}

===Noun===
{{da-noun|stem=metall|et|er}}

# {{l|en|metal}}

====Inflection====
{{da-noun-infl|stem=metall|et|er}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:DDO}}
* {{R:ODS online}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|en|metal}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˈmɛ.təl/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-metal.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|me|tal}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-|-}}

# {{lb|nl|music}} {{l|en|metal}} {{gloss|rock genre}}
#: {{syn|nl|heavy metal}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nl|metalband}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nl|metaal}}

==French==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|fr|métal}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|métal}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-metal.wav|a=Switzerland}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m|-}}

# {{l|en|metal}} {{gloss|music style}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|metal chrétien}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|it|en|metal}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|mètal<r:DiPI>}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# {{lb|it|music}} {{l|en|metal}}
#: {{syn|it|heavy metal}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|it|metallaro}}

===References===
<references />

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=aelmt|malte}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|enm|matall|mataylle|metail|metaille|metall|metalle|metel|metell|metelle|mettall|mettel}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|enm|fro|metal}}, from {{der|enm|la|metallum}}, from {{der|enm|grc|μέταλλον}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/mɛˈtaːl/|/ˈmɛtal/|/ˈmɛtəl/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|metalles}}

# {{l|en|metal}} {{gloss|class of elements}}
# [[metalwork]] {{gloss|{{l|en|metal}}  [[item]]}}
# {{lb|enm|mining}} {{l|en|metal}}, [[ore]]
# {{lb|enm|heraldry|rare}} {{l|en|metal}} {{gloss|class of tinctures}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|metal|mettle}}
* {{desc|sco|metal}}
* {{desc|cy|metel|bor=1}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=metal|pos=n|id=MED27532}}

{{C|enm|Metals}}

==Middle French==

===Noun===
{{frm-noun|m|metaulx}}

# [[#English|metal]]

==Occitan==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|oc|metau}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|oc|la|metallum}}, from {{der|oc|grc|μέταλλον}}. Attested from the 12th century.<ref>{{R:DGLO|380}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|oc|LL-Q942602-Davidgrosclaude-metal.wav|a=Béarn}}

===Noun===
{{oc-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|metal}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|oc|metallic}}
* {{l|oc|metallurgia}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:Cantalausa|644}}

==Old French==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fro|la|metallum}}, see above.

===Noun===
{{fro-noun|m}}<!--several plurals exist-->

# [[#English|metal]] {{gloss|material}}

==Old Spanish==

===Etymology===
Borrowed with apocope from {{der|osp|la|metallum}}, from {{der|osp|grc|μέταλλον}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|osp|/meˈtal/}}

===Noun===
{{osp-noun|m|es}}

# [[#English|metal]]
#* {{quote-text|osp|year=c. 1250|author=w:Alfonso X|title=Lapidario|section=2r
|passage=Et es grand marauilla que el fierro que uence todos los otros '''metales''' por fortaleza que a en ſi uence lo eſta piedra por ſu ṕṕedat.
|translation=And it is a great marvel that iron, which defats all other '''metals''' due to the strength it has, is defeated by this stone due to its property.}}
#* ''Idem'', f. 21v.
#*: {{quote|osp|Et otroſſi ſi lo mezclan con eſtanno torna negro. ⁊ ſi con plata lo mezclan recibe la blancura della ⁊ aſſi faz con cada '''metal'''.
|And also, if they mix it with tin it becomes black, and if they mix it with silver it receives whiteness from it, and likewise with every '''metal'''.}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|es|metal}}

{{C|osp|Metals}}

==Piedmontese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|pms|/meˈtal/}}

===Noun===
{{head|pms|noun|g=m|plural|metaj}}

# {{l|en|metal}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|pms|metàlich}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Etymology===
{{intnat|pl}}; compare {{cog|en|metal}}, {{cog|fr|métal}}, {{cog|de|Metall}}, ultimately from {{der|pl|la|metallum}}, from {{der|pl|grc|μέταλλον}}. {{sl|pl|en|metal|senseid=music}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=Pl-metal.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-in|adj=metalowy}}

# {{lb|pl|chemistry}} {{l|en|metal}} {{gl|atomic element or material made of such atoms}}
#: {{ant|pl|niemetal}}
# {{lb|pl|heraldry}} {{l|en|metal}} {{gl|light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold)}}
# {{senseid|pl|music}} {{l|en|metal}} {{gl|style of music}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in|tantum=s}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-pr}}

# {{lb|pl|music|slang}} [[metalhead]], [[metaller]], [[metallist]] {{gl|one who listens to heavy metal music}}
#: {{syn|pl|heavymetalowiec|metalowiec}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-pr}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=adjectives|bimetaliczny|bimetalistyczny|bimetalowy|metaliczny}}
{{col-auto|pl|title=nouns|bimetal|bimetalista|bimetalizm|metalowiec}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=adverb|metalicznie}}
{{col-auto|pl|title=noun|metaliczność}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

{{C|pl|Musical genres|People}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|pt|roa-opt|metal}}, from {{der|pt|osp|metal}}, from {{der|pt|roa-oca|metall}}, {{m|roa-oca|matall}}, from {{der|pt|la|metallum||metal, mine, quarry, mineral}}, from {{der|pt|grc|μέταλλον||mine, quarry, metal}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|pt|al|aw|s=2}}
* {{hyph|pt|me|tal}}

====Noun====
{{pt-noun|m}}

# {{lb|pt|chemistry}} {{l|en|metal}} {{gloss|any of a number of elements that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms}}
#: {{ant|pt|não-metal|ametal}}
# {{l|en|metal}} {{gloss|any of a number of a number of hard but malleable materials consisting of metallic atoms}}
# {{lb|pt|poetic}} [[money]]; [[wealth]]; [[riches]]
#: {{syn|pt|riqueza|dinheiro}}
# {{lb|pt|heraldry}} white ([[argent]]) or yellow ([[or]]) tincture on a coat of arms
# {{lb|pt|music|usually|in the plural}} [[brass instrument]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|pt|ametal|ametalado|ametalar|metalagem|metaleiro|metalo-|metaloide|não-metal}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|pt|metálico}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ubor|pt|en|metal}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{pt-IPA|pt=métâl,+}}

====Noun====
{{pt-noun|m|-}}

# {{lb|pt|music genre}} {{l|en|metal}}; [[heavy metal]]
#: {{syn|pt|heavy metal}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|pt|metaleiro}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|métal}} or {{bor|ro|de|Metall}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/meˈtal/}}

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|metale}}

# {{l|en|metal}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ro|metalic}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:DEX}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/mětaːl/}}
* {{hyph|sh|me|tal}}

===Noun===
{{sh-noun|g=m|head=mètāl}}

# {{lb|sh|chemistry}} {{l|en|metal}}
#: {{syn|sh|kovina}}

====Declension====
{{sh-decl-noun
|mètāl|metali
|metála|metala
|metalu|metalima
|metal|metale
|metale|metali
|metalu|metalima
|metalom|metalima
}}

==Slovene==

===Participle===
{{head|sl|participle|head=métał}}

# {{inflection of|sl|metáti||m|s|l-participle}}

==Spanish==
{{wp|lang=es}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|es|osp|metal}}, from {{der|es|fro|métal}} or {{der|es|pro|metall}}, these from {{der|es|la|metallum}}, from {{der|es|grc|μέταλλον||mine, quarry, metal}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-metal.wav<a:Colombia>>}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|metal}}
# {{lb|es|heraldry}} {{l|en|metal}}
# {{lb|es|music}} {{l|en|metal}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|es|detector de metal|el vil metal|metal de transición|metal noble|metal pesado|metal alcalino|metal precioso|sierra para metales}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|es|metálico|metalizar}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

{{C|es|Metals}}

==Turkish==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|tr|fr|métal}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tr|/me.tal/}}
* {{audio|tr|LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-metal.wav}}

===Noun===
{{tr-noun|i|ler}}

# [[#English|metal]]

====Declension====
{{tr-infl-noun-c|e|poss=1}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:tr:TDK}}
* {{R:lugatim}}

==Turkmen==

===Pronunciation===
* {{hyph|tk|me|tal}}

===Noun===
{{tk-noun|y|lar}}

# [[#English|metal]]

====Declension====
{{tk-decl-noun-auto|a|c}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:tk:Enedilim}}
* {{R:tk:webonary}}