Silvery — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

resembling or reminiscent of silver

having the white lustrous sheen of silver

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɪlvɚɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɪlvəɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɪlvəɹi/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈɪlvɚɹi/.

Examples

a soft silvern voice
singing in her silvery tones
a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

silver argent silverish silvern

Parts of Speech

adjective	resembling or reminiscent of silver “a soft silvern voice”
adjective	having the white lustrous sheen of silver “a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap”
adjective	of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver “silvery hair”

Word Forms

silver	noun	a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
argent	noun	a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

silbrig

Silber ähneln oder daran erinnern

🇫🇷French

argenté

ressemblant ou rappelant l'argent

🇪🇸Spanish

plateado

parecido o que recuerda a la plata

🇮🇹Italian

argenteo

somigliante o che ricorda l'argento

🇳🇱Dutch

zilverachtig

lijkt op of doet denken aan zilver

🇵🇹Portuguese

prateado

semelhante ou reminiscente de prata

🇷🇺Russian

серебристый

напоминающий или напоминающий серебро

India

🇮🇳Hindi

स्वच्छ

चाँदी जैसा दिखने वाला या याद दिलाने वाला

🇧🇩Bengali

রূপালী

রূপার অনুরূপ বা স্মরণ করিয়ে দেয়

🇮🇳Tamil

வெள்ளி நிறமானது

வெள்ளியை ஒத்த அல்லது நினைவூட்டும்

🇮🇳Telugu

వెండి రంగు

వెండిని పోలి ఉంటుంది లేదా గుర్తుచేస్తుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

चांदी

चांदीसारखे किंवा स्मरण करून देणारे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચાંદી

ચાંદી જેવું અથવા યાદ અપાવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬೆಳ್ಳಿಯ

ಬೆಳ್ಳಿಯನ್ನು ಹೋಲುತ್ತದೆ ಅಥವಾ ನೆನಪಿಸುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വെള്ളിനിറമുള്ള

വെള്ളിയോട് സാമ്യമുള്ളതോ അനുസ്മരിപ്പിക്കുന്നതോ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਾਂਦੀ

ਚਾਂਦੀ ਦੇ ਸਮਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਯਾਦ ਦਿਵਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

چاندی

چاندی سے مشابہت یا یاد دلانے والا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

银色的

类似于或让人想起银

🇯🇵Japanese

銀色の

銀に似ている、または銀を連想させる

🇰🇷Korean

은의

은과 비슷하거나 연상되는

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bạc

giống hoặc gợi nhớ đến bạc

🇹🇭Thai

สีเงิน

คล้ายหรือชวนให้นึกถึงเงิน

🇮🇩Indonesian

keperakan

menyerupai atau mengingatkan pada perak

🇵🇭Filipino

kulay-pilak

kahawig o parang pilak

🇲🇾Malay

keperakan

menyerupai atau mengingatkan perak

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فضي

تشبه أو تذكرنا بالفضة

🇮🇷Persian

نقره ای

شبیه یا یادآور نقره

🇹🇷Turkish

gümüşi

gümüşe benzeyen veya anımsatan

🇮🇱Hebrew

כסוף

דומה או מזכיר כסף

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The primary meaning of 'silvery' is 'resembling or reminiscent of silver'.

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