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metalul

Metalul is a Romanian noun meaning "the metal." It is the definite form of the noun metal and is used to refer to metallic substances in general, including elements, alloys, and metallic materials. In Romanian, nouns take the definite article as a suffix; for masculine singular, metal becomes metalul; the plural definite form is metalele, while the indefinite plural is metale, and the indefinite singular is un metal. The term appears in contexts such as metallurgy, materials science, construction, and everyday language when discussing metal as a material.

Etymology: metalul derives from Latin metallum, via Romanian's borrowing from Romance languages. The base noun metal

See also: metal, metallurgy, metals.

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similar
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French
métal,
Italian
metallo,
Spanish
metal).