amalgame
French, noun
amalgame is spelled A-M-A-L-G-A-M-E (8 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amalgame is a French masculine noun meaning “amalgam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, amalgamé is a different word: “past participle of amalgamer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Combinaison du mercure avec un autre métal”.
What does amalgame mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineamalgam
- 2
masculineamalgamation
- 3
masculinean incongruous mixture; hodgepodge, mishmash, jumble
verb
- 1
past participle of amalgamer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Combinaison du mercure avec un autre métal. 2. Variété d’argent natif contenant du mercure ; amalgame naturel d’argent et de mercure, parfois assimilé à l’arquérite selon les sources. 3. Mélange de choses et de personnes qui ne sont pas ordinairement unies.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amalgame
- amalgames plural
- amalgamée feminine
- amalgamés masculine plural
- amalgamées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to amalgame
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amalgame in French?
amalgame appears 3.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).