Meanings
plural metallurgies
- uncountableusuallyThe science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.
Fowler was also interested in metallurgy and the use of new materials that could withstand greater stresses, something he expounded on when giving his presidential address to the new Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1927.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 59
Origin
- Ancient Greekμεταλλουργός“miner”
- Frenchmétallurgie
- Englishmetallurgy
From French métallurgie, from Ancient Greek μεταλλουργός (metallourgós, “miner”).
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Arabic عِلْم المَعَادِن
- عِلْم المَعَادِن (ʕilm al-maʕādin)science of metals
Bulgarian металургия
- металургия (metalurgija)science of metals
Catalan metal·lúrgia
- metal·lúrgiascience of metals
Chinese Mandarin 冶金, 冶金學 /冶金学
- 冶金 (yějīn)science of metals
- 冶金學 /冶金学 (yějīnxué)science of metals
- 冶金術 /冶金术 (yějīnshù)science of metals
Czech hutnictví, metalurgie
- hutnictvíscience of metals
- metalurgiescience of metals
Danish metallurgi
- metallurgiscience of metals
Dutch metallurgie
- metallurgiescience of metals
Esperanto metalurgio
- metalurgioscience of metals
Finnish metallurgia
- metallurgiascience of metals
French métallurgie
- métallurgiescience of metals
German Metallurgie, Hüttenkunde
- Metallurgiescience of metals
- Hüttenkundescience of metals
- Hüttenwesenscience of metals
Greek μεταλλουργία
- μεταλλουργία (metallourgía)science of metals
Hungarian kohászat
- kohászatscience of metals
Icelandic málmvinnsla
- málmvinnslascience of metals
Irish miotaleolaíocht, miotalóireacht
- miotaleolaíochtscience of metals
- miotalóireachtscience of metals
Italian metallurgia
- metallurgiascience of metals
Japanese 冶金, (for the academic subject)冶金学
- 冶金 (yakin)science of metals
- (for the academic subject)冶金学 (yakingaku)science of metals
- 冶金術 (yakinjutsu)science of metals
- 金属工学 (kinzoku kougaku)science of metals
Latin metallurgia
- metallurgiascience of metals
Latvian metalurģija
- metalurģijascience of metals
Malay kaji logam, metalurgi
- kaji logamscience of metals
- metalurgiscience of metals
Norwegian Bokmål metallurgi
- metallurgiscience of metals
Polish metalurgia
- metalurgiascience of metals
Portuguese metalurgia
- metalurgiascience of metals
Romanian metalurgie
- metalurgiescience of metals
Russian металлурги́я
- металлурги́я (metallurgíja)science of metals
Scottish Gaelic obair-mheatailt, obair-mheatailtean
- obair-mheatailtscience of metals
- obair-mheatailteanscience of metals
Spanish metalurgia
- metalurgiascience of metals
Swedish metallurgi
- metallurgiscience of metals
Tagalog balahakan
- balahakanscience of metals
Turkish metalürji
- metalürjiscience of metals
Ukrainian металу́ргія
- металу́ргія (metalúrhija)science of metals
Vietnamese luyện kim
- luyện kimscience of metals
Welsh meteleg
- metelegscience of metals
Cite this entry
metallurgy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metallurgy
“metallurgy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metallurgy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metallurgy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metallurgy.
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