metal

• n. 金属; 合金
• vt.金属で覆われている
• adj.金属で作られた
• n. （金属）人名；（チェコ語）Metall；（スウェーデン語）Metall

ラテン語のmetallum「金属、鉱物、採石場、鉱物」から、ギリシャ語のmetallon「金属、鉱石、鉱石」から、語源はmetalと同じ。 PIE*smi「刻む、切る」から、語源はsmith「鍛冶屋、金細工師」と同じである可能性がある。

metal

metal: [13] Greek métallon, a word of unknown origin, had a range of meanings, including ‘mine’ (the original sense) and ‘mineral’ as well as ‘metal’. These were carried over into Latin metallum, but by the time the word reached English, via Old French metal, ‘metal’ was all that was left. Mettle [16] is a variant spelling of metal, used to distinguish its metaphorical senses.

Closely related is medal [16], which etymologically means ‘something made of metal’. It comes via French médaille and Italian medaglia from a general Romance form *medallia. This was an alteration of Vulgar Latin *metallea, a derivative of Latin metallum. Medallion [17] goes back via French to Italian medaglione ‘large medal’.
=> medal, medallion

metal (n.)

mid-13c., from Old French metal "metal; material, substance, stuff" (12c.), from Latin metallum "metal; mine, quarry, mineral, what is got by mining," from Greek metallon "metal, ore" (senses only in post-classical texts; originally "mine, quarry, pit"), probably from metalleuein "to mine, to quarry," of unknown origin, but related somehow to metallan "to seek after." Compare Greek metalleutes "a miner," metalleia "a searching for metals, mining."

metal (adj.)

late 14c., from metal (n.).

1. Light fittings with metal parts should always be earthed.

金属部品のある照明装置はすべて地表線を引くべきである。

2.Heavy Metal music really arose in the late 60 s.

ヘヴィメタル音楽は、60年代後半に本格的に形成された。

3.The car was left a mess of twisted metal .

車はねじれた金属の山になっている。

4.A gust of wind pried loose a section of sheet- metal roofing.

激しい風が屋根に敷かれた金属片を巻き上げた。

5.I listened to the thwack of the metal balls.

金属球が衝突する音を聞いています。