NICKEL


Meaning of NICKEL in English

/ ˈnɪkl; NAmE / noun

1.

[ U ] ( symb Ni ) a chemical element. Nickel is a hard silver-white metal used in making some types of steel and other alloys .

2.

[ C ] a coin of the US and Canada worth 5 cents

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 18th cent.: shortening of German Kupfernickel , the copper-coloured ore from which nickel was first obtained, from Kupfer copper + Nickel demon (with reference to the ore's failure to yield copper).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.