quicksilver

Etymology
From, , , from (see 🇨🇬) from its ability to move. See in the sense of "living". Equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) The metal mercury.
 * 2)  An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.

Translations

 * Bashkir: терегөмөш
 * Bulgarian: живак
 * Catalan: argent viu
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:, kviksølver
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: kyksilvur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ვერცხლისწყალი, ვერცხლისწყალი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὑδράργυρος
 * Hebrew:
 * Ingrian: elävähoppia
 * Irish: airgead beo
 * Italian:
 * Kannada: ,
 * Korean:
 * Latin: argentum vivum, ,
 * Latvian: dzīvsudrabs
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kvikksølv
 * Nynorsk: ,
 * Ottoman Turkish: جیوه, سیماب
 * Persian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch: Kwickselwa
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Romanian:, argint viu,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük: ,


 * Latin: ,

Adjective

 * 1) Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.

Translations

 * German: quecksilbrig

Verb

 * 1)  To overlay with quicksilver.
 * 2)  To treat with quicksilver.