silber

See also: Silber

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowing from English silver, from Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, seolofor (“silver”), from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silver”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sil‧ber

Noun

silber

1. silver; a lustrous, white, metallic element
2. the color silver; a shiny gray color
3. (colloquial) aluminum foil

Adjective

silber

1. having a color like silver

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:silber.

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German silber, from Old High German silbar, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą. Cognate with Bavarian Süwa, Suiba, German Silber, English silver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzilbɛr/

Noun

silber n

1. silver (metal)

References

• Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.
• “silber” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.