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Etymology
Via Middle English from Old English siolfor, seolfor

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-silver.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
2. (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
3. (collectively) Cutlery, whether silver or made from some other white metal (U.S.: silverware).
4. (collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
5. countable A shiny gray/grey color/colour.

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Synonyms
E174 when used as a food colouring

Derived terms
top3
antimonial silver
bismuth-silver
bromic silver
capillary silver
colloidal silver
cat-silver
dark red silver ore
desilver
desilverise, desilverize
Every cloud has a silver lining
flat silver
German silver
horn silver
iodic silver
light red silver ore
w:Long John Silver|Long John Silver
molybdic silver
native silver
nickel silver, nickel-silver
red silver
ruby silver
sheep-silver
shell silver
silver age
silver alum
silverback
silver balli
silver band
silver bar
silver bath
silver-beater
silver beech
silver beet
silver-beggar
silver bell, silver bell tree
silver-belly
silver bennet
silver berry, silverberry
silverbill
silver birch
silver-black
silver blond, silver blonde
Silverblu, Silver Blu, Silver Blue
silver bream
silver bromide
silver bronze
silver buckle
silver bullet
silver certificate
silver chain
silver char
silver chickweed
silver chloride
silver collection
silver-colored, silver-coloured
silver-copper nitrate
silver cord
the silver cord is loosed
silver doctor
silver dollar
silver dollar fish
silver-dun
silvered
silver eel
silverer
silverette
silver-eye, silvereye
silver-eyes<!--a fish-->
silver-feast
silver feather
silver fern
silver fir
silver fish, silver-fish, silverfish
silver-fizz
mid3
silver fluoride
silver foil
silver-footed
silver-fork
silver fox
silver frost
silver fulminate
silver garfish
silver gibbon
silver gilt, silver-gilt
silver glass
silver grain, silver-grain
silver grass, silver-grass
silver-gray, silver-grey
silver gull
silver-haired
silver hair-grass
silver hake
silver halide
silver handshake
silver-head
silver-headed
silver herb
silver-hilted
silverily
silveriness
silvering
silver iodide
silverise, silverize
silverish
silverism
silverist
silverite
silver iodide
silver jubilee
silver king
silver knapweed
silver lady
Silver Lady
silver lamprey
silver lavender
silver lead, silver-lead
silver-leaf
silver-leaved
silverless
silver-like
silver line, silver lines
silver lining
silver luster, silver lustre
silverly
silver maple
silver-marmoset
silver medal
silver medalist, silver medallist
silver mine
silver-mounted<!--"silvern" goes under "Related terms"-->
silverness
silver nitrate
silver oak
silver oar
Silver Office
silver ore
silver oxide
silver paper
silver perch
silver pheasant
silver piece
silver pike
silver pine, silver pine tree
silver plate
silver-plate
silver-plated
silver plover
silver-point, silverpoint
mid3
silver-pointed
silver polish
silver poplar
silver-powder
silver print
silver-printing
silver rain
silver ring
silver salmon
silver sand
silver-scaled
silver screen
silver service
silver-shafted
Silver Shirts
silver-side, silverside
silver-sides, silversides<!--fish-->
silver-skin, silverskin
silversmith
silversmithing
silver solder
silver sole
silver spoon
silver-spoonism
silver-spot, silverspot
silver-sprig
silver standard
Silver Star, Silver Star medal
silver state
Silver State
silver steel
silver-stick
silver streak
silver string
silver sulfide, silver sulphide
silver surfer
silversword
silver table
silvertail, silver-tail
silver-tailed
silver tea
silver telluride
silver thaw
silver thistle
silver thread
silver-tip, silvertip
silver-tongue
silver-tongued
silver top
silver-tree
silver trout
silver trumpet
silver trumpeter
silver-voiced
silverware
silver-washed fritillary
silver wattle
silver wedding
silverweed
silver weight
silver whiskers
silver-white
silver-white cobalt
silver willow
silver wire, silver-wire
silver-wood
silver-work
silver wreck
silvery
silver y<!--sic-->, silver y moth
sterling silver
telluric silver
telluride of gold and silver
telluride of silver

Related terms
quicksilver
silver glance, silver-glance
silverling
silvern

Slovak: striebro n
Slovene: t+|sl|srebro|n
Spanish: t+|es|plata|f
Tupinambá: itatinga
Swahili: fedha (nc 9/10)
Swedish: t+|sv|silver
Tamil: வ�ள�ளி (veļļi)
Telugu: వ��డి (veMDi)
Thai: THchar|��ิ� (ngoen)
Turkish: t-|tr|gümü�
Ukrainian: ���бло (sríblo) n
Uzbek: к�м�� (kumuš)
Vietnamese: bạc
Welsh: t-|cy|arian|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|coins
Croatian: t-|hr|srebrenjak|m
Danish: t-|da|sølvmønt
Japanese: �貨 (���, gínka)
Icelandic: silfur mynnt (silver coin)
Italian: t-|it|moneta d'argento|f
trans-mid
Portuguese: (moedas de) prata f
Russian: t-|ru|�е�еб�еник|m|p|alt�е�еб�еники|trserébreniki|sc=Cyrl
Serbian: srebrnjak m, srebrnik m
Slovene: srebrnik m
Spanish: (monedas de) plata f
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trans-top|cutlery/silverware
Dutch: t-|nl|bestek|n
French: t+|fr|argenterie|f
Hungarian: t-|hu|teriték
Italian: t-|it|argenteria|f
trans-mid
Japanese: �製� (������, ginséihin)
Portuguese: t-|pt|prataria|f
Russian: �е�еб��н�е издели� (serébrjanyje izdélija) n|p
Serbian: srebrnina f, srebrnarija f
Slovene: t+|sl|srebrnina|f
Spanish: t-|es|platería|f
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trans-top|items made of silver or other white metal
Dutch: t-|nl|zilverwerk|n
Greek: t-|el|είδη α�γ��ά|n|p|treídi argyrá|scGrek
Japanese: �製� (������, ginséihin)
trans-mid
Russian: �е�еб��н�е издели� (serébrjanyje izdélija) n|p
Serbian: srebrnarija f
Spanish: plata labrado|labrada f
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Slovene: t-|sl|srebrna|f
Spanish: t-|es|plateado|m
Ukrainian: ���бл���ий (sribljástyj) m
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Translations to be checked
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The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.

ttbc|Interlingua: (moneta de) argento (2)<!--this needs to be in the plural-->; argenteria (3)
ttbc|Romanian: argint m (2); argint�rie f

External links
w:en:silver|Wikipedia article on silver
For etymology and more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/ag.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

Adjective
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1. Made from silver.
2. Made from another white metal.
3. Having a color/colour like silver: a shiny gray/grey.

Synonyms
(having a colour like silver): silvery

Translations

trans-top|made from silver
Czech: t-|cs|st�íbrný|m
Dutch: t+|nl|zilveren
Finnish: t+|fi|hopeinen
Italian: t-|it|argenteo|m
trans-mid
Polish: t+|pl|srebrny|m, t-|pl|srebrna|f, t-|pl|srebrne|n
Russian: t-|ru|�е�еб��н�й|m|trserébrjanyj|scCyrl
Slovene: srebrn m, srebrna f, srebrno n
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trans-top|made from another white metal
trans-mid
Spanish: t+|es|blanco
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trans-top|having a color/colour like silver
Breton: arc'hant
Bulgarian: ��еб��ен, ��еб��на, ��еб��но, ��еб��ни (sreb�ren, sreb�rna, sreb�rno, sreb�rni) m/f/n/p
Catalan: platejat m, platejada f, argentat m, argentada f
Danish: sølvfarvet
Dutch: t-|nl|zilverkleurig, t-|nl|zilverkleurige
Esperanto: t-|eo|ar�entkolora|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|hopeanvärinen, t+|fi|hopeinen
French: t-|fr|argenté
German: t-|de|silbern, t-|de|silberfarbig
Hebrew: �סף|�ֶּסֶף (késef)
trans-mid
Interlingua: argentee, argentin
Italian: t-|it|argenteo|m, t-|it|argentino|m
Japanese: �� (gin�iró)
Korean: ��� (eunbichui)
Persian: FAchar|��ر� ا� (noqrah-ie), FAchar|��ر� �ا� (noqrah-fam), FAchar|س��گ�� (sim-goon)
Polish: t+|pl|srebrny|m, t-|pl|srebrna|f, t-|pl|srebrne|n
Portuguese: prata m & f; prateado m, prateada f; argênteo m, argêntea f; argentino m, argentina f
Romanian: t-|ro|argintiu|m, t-|ro|argintie|f, t-|ro|argintii|p
Russian: t-|ru|�е�еб��н�й|trserébrjanyj|scCyrl
Slovak: striebristý m, striebristá f, striebristé n
Slovene: srebrn m, srebrna f, srebrno n
Spanish: t-|es|plateado|m, t+|es|argentino|m
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Slovak: strieborný m, strieborná f, strieborné n (1)

See also
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argent
argentaffin
argental
argentan
argentane
argentate
argenteous
argentic
argentiferous
argentific
argentify
Argentina
Argentine
argentine
argentite
argento-
mid2
argentometer
argentous
argentry
argentum nitricum
argyria
electrum
hydrargyrum<!--"quicksilver" (mercury)-->
litharge
piastre
plateresque
polybasite
proustite
pyrargyrite
w:Rio de la Plata|Rio de la Plata
sylvanite
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Chemical elements
Category:Colors
Category:Greys
Category:Metals

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