electrum
/ɪˈlɛktɹəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.99 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Native gold almost always contains silver in amounts varying widely between 5 and 50 per cent. This natural alloy is known as electrum although in classical antiquity where the word originated it seems to have been used for an artificial alloy of the two metals."
- "A natural alloy containing more than 20 per cent silver is called electrum, and was regarded by the ancients as a different metal from gold."
Etymology
From Latin ēlectrum, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: electrum