cupronickel

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cupronickel

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From cupro- + nickel, likely a calque of German Kupfernickel. Piecewise doublet of copper-nickel and kupfernickel.

noun cupronickels

  1. countable, uncountable An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.

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noun alloy of copper

Españolcuproníquel
한국어백동 baekdong
日本語白銅 hakudō
中文白銅 /白铜 báitóng
Portuguêscuproníquel
Françaiscupronickel
DeutschKupfernickel
Italianocupronichel
Ελληνικάχαλκονικέλιο chalkonikélio

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"cupronickel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cupronickel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cupronickel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cupronickel

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"cupronickel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cupronickel.

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@misc{cupronickel_2026,
  title = {cupronickel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cupronickel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}