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metallic

  • /mɪˈtæl.ɪk/ UK
  • /məˈtæl.ɪk/ US
  • /me.ʈæ.lɪk/ India
  • [me̞ˈʈæ̞ː.lɪk] India

Rhymes with -ælɪk

Where it comes from

From Latin metallicus, from metallum (“metal”), from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon). Equivalent to metal + -ic.

adjective more metallic · most metallic · metallick

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal. The Lethrblaka's blood, to Eragon's astonishment, was a metallic blue-green, not unlike the verdigris that forms on aged copper.
  2. Made of or containing metal. […] and, lo ! a palace towering ſeems, / With Parian pillars and metallic beams.
  3. of a sound Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another. No sooner had these syllables passed my lips, than—as if a shield of brass had indeed, at the moment, fallen heavily upon a floor of silver—I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic and clangorous, yet apparently muffled reverberation.
  4. of a color Having the appearance of being of polished metal.

Similar: metalish, metallical, metallous

noun metallics · metallick

  1. A metallic color. As Robert Clergerie, whose unisex Popée shoe comes in an array of pastels and eye-popping metallics, explained the attraction, “It gives manhood to women.”

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: metallike, metal, bronze, gold, gold-bearing, tinny, auriferous, gilded, argentiferous, golden, bimetal, aluminiferous, aluminous, silver, antimonial, bimetallic

adjective

Similar: metalish, metallical, metallous

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adj related to metal

Españolmetálico
日本語メタリック metarikku
Portuguêsmetálico
Françaismétallique
Deutschmetallisch
Italianometallico
Ελληνικάμεταλλικός metallikós

adj made of metal

Españolmetálico, metalífero
Portuguêsmetálico
Françaismétalisé, métallique
Deutschmetallisch
Ελληνικάμεταλλικός metallikós, μετάλλινος metállinos
Русскийметалли́ческий metallíčeskij
עבריתמתכתי

adj (of a color) having the appearance of being of polished metal

Españolmetalizado
Portuguêsmetalizado, metalizada

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@misc{metallic_2026,
  title = {metallic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/metallic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}