English Online Dictionary. What means nickel? What does nickel mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Nickel, first used in a text by the Swedish mineralogist Axel F. Cronstedt as an abbreviation of Kupfernickel (“a mineral containing copper and nickel”), from Kupfer (“copper”) + Nickel (“insignificant person, goblin”), originally nickname of Nikolaus (“Nicholas”), due to the deceptive silver colour of the relatively valueless ore. Compare cobalt as related to kobolds.
Pronunciation
- enPR: nĭk'əl, IPA(key): /ˈnɪk.əl/
- Rhymes: -ɪkəl
Noun
nickel (countable and uncountable, plural nickels)
- (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
- (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
- Coordinate term: dime
- (US, slang, by extension) Five dollars.
- (US, slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
- (US, slang, sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of five
- (US, slang) A five-year prison sentence.
- (American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more common four.
- (UK, World War II) An airborne propaganda leaflet.
Derived terms
Related terms
- kupfernickel
- niccolite
- nife
- nitinol
Translations
Adjective
nickel (not comparable)
- (US, idiomatic, somewhat dated) Synonym of cheap: Low price and/or low value.
Verb
nickel (third-person singular simple present nickels, present participle nickeling or nickelling, simple past and past participle nickeled or nickelled)
- (transitive) To plate with nickel.
- (UK, World War II) To distribute airborne leaflet propaganda.
Translations
See also
- false copper
- garnierite
- nickelling
- pentlandite
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN
Anagrams
- Nickle, inleck, nickle
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ni.kɛl/
Noun
nickel m (countable and uncountable, plural nickels)
- (usually uncountable) nickel (metal)
- (countable) atom of nickel
Related terms
- nickelage
- nickeler
Adjective
nickel (invariable)
- (slang) spotless
- (slang) perfect, bang on
Derived terms
- nickellement
Further reading
- “nickel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
nickel n
- nickel; a chemical element
- a coin of small, but undetermined value
- Jag har inte en/ett nickel.
- I don't have a nickel
- Jag har inte en/ett nickel.
Declension
Related terms
- (coin): inte ett nickel
References
- nickel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)