alliage

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French alleage. By surface analysis, allier +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ljaʒ/
(France)
“un alliage” (file)

Noun

alliage m (plural alliages)

alloying (mixing elements to make an alloy)
alloy (metal that is a combination of two or more elements)
(by extension) alloy (metal of lesser value combined with a metal of greater value)
(figuratively) marriage, fusion, alloy, alloying (close union, mixture)

Derived terms

roue en alliage

Related terms

allier

Further reading

“alliage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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