ingot

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/ˈɪŋɡət/

noun

A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.

OriginMiddle English ingot ← Old English ingoten ← Proto-Germanic *geutaną →
UncommonScrabble 6
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Meanings

nouningot (plural ingots)

plural ingots

  1. A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.
verbingot (third-person singular simple present ingots, present participle ingoting, simple past and past participle ingoted)

present singular third person ingots · participle present ingoting · participle past ingoted · past ingoted

  1. transitiveTo form (scraps of metal) into ingots.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lingetsow

Origin

  1. Old Occitanlenga“tongue”
  2. Proto-Germanic*geutaną
  3. Old Englishingoten
  4. Middle Englishingot“mould for casting metal”
  5. Englishingot

From Middle English ingot (“mould for casting metal”), of uncertain origin. In all likelihood the same word as Middle French lingot, but the direction of borrowing is hard to establish, particularly as the word appears simultaneously (ca. 1390) in both languages. * Assuming English origin, from Old English ingoten, past participle of inġēotan (“to pour in”), derived from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to pour”, whence archaic English yote). Compare Old English ingyte (“a pouring-in, infusion”), which is formed with a related noun (Proto-Germanic *gutiz, whence German Guss, Swedish göt). Also related with English gote, goit. * Assuming French origin, from a diminutive of Old Occitan lenga (“tongue”), so called because of the elongated form. (The presence or absence of initial l- has to do, in any case, with rebracketing of the French definite article.)

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Translations

Ancient Greek σόλος, πλίνθος
  • σόλος (sólos)solid block of more or less pure metal
  • πλίνθος (plínthos)solid block of more or less pure metal
Arabic سبيكة
  • سبيكة (sabīka)solid block of more or less pure metal
Bulgarian слитък, кюлче
  • слитък (slităk)solid block of more or less pure metal
  • кюлче (kjulče)solid block of more or less pure metal
Catalan lingot
  • lingotsolid block of more or less pure metal
Chinese Mandarin 錠 /锭, 鑄塊 /铸块
  • 錠 /锭 (dìng)solid block of more or less pure metal
  • 鑄塊 /铸块 (zhùkuài)solid block of more or less pure metal
Czech ingot
  • ingotsolid block of more or less pure metal
Danish barre
  • barresolid block of more or less pure metal
Dutch baar, staaf
  • baarsolid block of more or less pure metal
  • staafsolid block of more or less pure metal
Esperanto ingoto
  • ingotosolid block of more or less pure metal
Estonian kang
  • kangsolid block of more or less pure metal
Finnish metalliharkko
  • metalliharkkosolid block of more or less pure metal
French lingot
  • lingotsolid block of more or less pure metal
German Barren
  • Barrensolid block of more or less pure metal
Greek πλίνθωμα
  • πλίνθωμα (plínthoma)solid block of more or less pure metal
Hebrew מְטִיל
  • מְטִיל (metíl)solid block of more or less pure metal
Hungarian rúd, fémrúd
  • rúdsolid block of more or less pure metal
  • fémrúdsolid block of more or less pure metal
Icelandic málmstöng
  • málmstöngsolid block of more or less pure metal
Indonesian batangan, ingot
  • batangansolid block of more or less pure metal
  • ingotsolid block of more or less pure metal
Irish barra, uinge
  • barrasolid block of more or less pure metal
  • uingesolid block of more or less pure metal
Italian lingotto
  • lingottosolid block of more or less pure metal
Japanese インゴット, 地金
  • インゴット (ingotto)solid block of more or less pure metal
  • 地金 (jigane)solid block of more or less pure metal
Korean 주괴
  • 주괴 (jugoe)solid block of more or less pure metal
Latin later
  • latersolid block of more or less pure metal
Lithuanian liejinys
  • liejinyssolid block of more or less pure metal
Malay jongkong
  • jongkongsolid block of more or less pure metal
Persian شمش
  • شمش (šemš)solid block of more or less pure metal
Polish sztaba, sztabka
  • sztabasolid block of more or less pure metal
  • sztabkasolid block of more or less pure metal
Portuguese lingote
  • lingotesolid block of more or less pure metal
Romanian lingou
  • lingousolid block of more or less pure metal
Russian сли́ток, чу́шка
  • сли́ток (slítok)solid block of more or less pure metal
  • чу́шка (čúška)solid block of more or less pure metal
  • болва́нка (bolvánka)solid block of more or less pure metal
  • брусо́к (brusók)solid block of more or less pure metal
Spanish lingote, tocho
  • lingotesolid block of more or less pure metal
  • tochosolid block of more or less pure metal
Swedish tacka
  • tackasolid block of more or less pure metal
Turkish külçe
  • külçesolid block of more or less pure metal
Ukrainian зли́ток, зли́вок
  • зли́ток (zlýtok)solid block of more or less pure metal
  • зли́вок (zlývok)solid block of more or less pure metal
Vietnamese thỏi
  • thỏisolid block of more or less pure metal

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

TiongTingotigontoing
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APA

ingot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingot

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“ingot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ingot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingot.

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