Nickel Definition
- ni
- atomic number 28
- nickel-note
- five cents
- coin
- five-cent piece
- plating material
- metallic element
- chemical-element
Other Word Forms of Nickel
Noun
Origin of Nickel
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From Swedish nickel, an abbreviation of German kupfernickel (“a mineral containing copper and nickel"), from koppar (“copper") + Nikolaus (“the devil") due to the deceptive silver colour of the relatively valueless ore. Compare cobalt as related to kobolds.
From Wiktionary
Swedish short for kopparnickel niccolite partial translation of German Kupfernickel Kupfer copper Nickel demon, rascal, from the deceptive copper color of the ore (from the name Nikolaus Nicholas)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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One of the variant spellings of Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas.
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