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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesnugget
/ˈnʌɡɪt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A small lump of a precious metal, especially gold.
"The prospector found a large gold nugget in the riverbed."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 17th century: probably a variant of an earlier dialect word niget, perhaps from nugget 'ignot' (from Latin ignotus 'unknown') or related to snug.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "nugget" is said worldwide
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pépite
Transliteration: pépite
"Il a découvert une pépite d'or dans la rivière."
Klumpen
Transliteration: Klumpen
"Er fand einen goldenen Klumpen im Fluss."
nagotta
Transliteration: nugget
Script: nugget
"Ha trovato una nugget d'oro."
pepita
Transliteration: pepita
"Encontró una pepita de oro en el arroyo."
pepita
Transliteration: pepita
"Ele encontrou uma pepita de ouro."
डкул
Transliteration: tukda
Script: टुकड़ा
"उसने नदी में सोने का एक टुकड़ा पाया।"
金块
Transliteration: jīnkuài
"他在河里发现了一块金块。"
덩어리
Transliteration: deong-eori
"그는 강에서 금덩어리를 발견했다."
金塊
Transliteration: kinkai
"彼は川で金の塊を見つけた。"
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