Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paktong

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pak-tong
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, of Chinese origin; any of a number of similar alloys developed in imitation of the Chinese product.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Chinese export metalwork consists almost entirely of three categories: silverware; pewterware; and paktong, an alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, which the Chinese also described as tutenague, and which was probably worked by white metalsmiths also making pewter."
"Many German-silver paktongs were soon flourishing under a variety of trade names, […]"
"From the surviving descriptions it seems likely that during the later eighteenth century most paktong items were sold (in England at least) misleadingly under the name tutenag."

Etymology

Anglicisation of Cantonese 白銅／白铜 (baak6 tung4, “white copper”).

Word Breakdown

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Usage

Inflected Forms

paktongs (plural) packtong (alternative) pakfong (alternative) packfong (alternative) paitung (alternative) petong (alternative)

Synonyms

albata argentan cupronickel electrum German silver maillechort new silver nickel brass nickel silver tutenag white copper

Rhymes With

long wrong along song strong hong kong belong hong kong dong jong wong

Questions

What does paktong mean?: An alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, of Chinese origin; any of a number of similar alloys developed in imitation of the Chinese product.
Where does paktong come from?: Anglicisation of Cantonese 白銅／白铜 (baak6 tung4, “white copper”).

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