English

Etymology
Old English *st�le

Pronunciation
AHD|st�l
IPA|/sti�l/
SAMPA|/sti:l/
audio|en-us-steel.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�l|-i�l

Homophones
steal

Noun
steel uncountable

1. A metal alloy of mostly iron plus carbon, harder than pure iron but malleable when hot.
2. A tool used to sharpen or hone knives.
3. A sword.

Translations
trans-top|a metal alloy
Albanian: çelik m
Arabic: Arab|ص�ب unicode|(�alb) m
Bosnian: �elik m
Breton: dir m
Catalan: acer m
Chinese: �, � (g�ng)
Croatian: �elik m
Czech: ocel m
Danish: stål g|Danish
Dutch: staal n
Esperanto: �talo
Finnish: teräs
French: acier m
German: Stahl m
Greek: �άλ�βα� (xálivas) m, α��άλι (atsáli) n (from Medieval Venetian "azzal")
Hebrew: פ��� (pladah) f
Hindi: �स�पात (isp�t) m, फ़�लाद (fūl�d) f
Hungarian: acél
Icelandic: stál n
Italian: ferro m
Japanese: �� (����, k�tetsu)
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Korean: �철 (gangcheol)
Latvian: t�rauds m
Lithuanian: plienas g|Lithuanian
Maori: tīra
Norwegian: stål n
Persian: fa-Arab|���اد (ful�d)
Polish: stal f
Portuguese: aço m
Romanian: oţel n
Russian: ��ал� (stal�) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �елик m
:Roman: �elik#Serbian|�elik m
Slovak: oceľ f
Spanish: acero m
Swedish: stål n
Telugu: ����� (ukku)
Turkish: çelik
Urdu: ur-Arab|اسپات (isp�t) m, ur-Arab|���اد (fūl�d) f
Welsh: dur m
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Related terms
steel oneself
steelware
steely
stainless steel

Adjective
steel

1. made of steel

Translations

Danish: stål
Dutch: stalen
Finnish: teräksinen, teräsvalmisteinen
French: acier|d�acier, en acier
German: stählern
Greek: �αλ�βδινο� (xalívðinos) m, α��αλένιο� (atsalénios) m, α��άλινο� (atsálinos) m
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Hungarian: acél
Italian: di acciaio, d�acciaio, in acciaio
Polish: stal
Portuguese: aço
Russian: ��ал�ной (stal�nój)
Slovak: oceľový m, oceľová f, oceľové n
Swedish: stål-

Category:1000 English basic words

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/stel/

Noun
steel (Plural: stelen, diminutive: steeltje)

1. handle (of a broom, a pan)

Verb
steel

1. First person singular present tense of stelen
2. Singular imperative of stelen

Category:Alloys

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