metal
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The meaning (definition) of the word metal
a hard shiny material like iron or steel
The word metal used in a sentence
“Spoons and forks are made of shiny metal.”
Words that mean the same as metal (synonyms)
steel
How the word metal is said around the world
| French | métal (may-TAHL) |
| Spanish | metal (may-TAHL) |
| Mandarin | 金属 (jeen shoo) |
| Hindi | धातु (DAH-tuu) |
| Arabic | معدن (MAH-deen) |
| Russian | металл (myee-TAHLL) |
| Portuguese (EU) | metal (mi-TAHL) |
| Portuguese (BR) | metal (may-TOW) |
| Japanese | 金属 (kee-oon-ZOH-ku) |
| German | Metall (may-TAHL) |
| Urdu | دھات (daht) |
| Punjabi | ਧਾਤ (taht) |
| Korean | 금속 (GUM-sohg) |
| Hebrew | מַתֶכֶת (mah-TAY-khayt) |
| Greek | μέταλλο (MAY-tah-loh) |
| Dutch | metaal (may-TAHL) |
| Tagalog | metal (ME-tahl) |
| Vietnamese | kim loại (keem lwahy) |
| Turkish | metal (may-TAHL) |
| Persian | فلز (FAY-layz) |
| Polish | metal (ME-tahl) |
| Ukrainian | метал (ME-tahl) |
| Bengali | ধাতু (DAH-too) |
| Swedish | metall (ME-tahl) |
| Italian | metallo (may-TAHL-loh) |
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