How to pronounce nickel
American English pronunciation
NIK-ul
- IPA
- /ˈnɪkəl/
- Syllables
- NIK · ul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What nickel means
Most people know nickel in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A hard, silvery metal
In a sentence: The scientist held up a shiny lump of nickel, and a magnet pulled it right off her hand.
Where it comes from: It is short for a German word meaning copper goblin. Miners named the ore that because it looked like copper but was worth little.
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