Talmi
See also: talmi and tálmi
German
Alternative forms
- (literal sense): Talmior, Tallois, Talmigold, Talmi-Gold, Talloisgold
Etymology
Pseudo-Gallicism created as a trade name in Austria or Bavaria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtʰälmi]
Noun
Talmi n (strong, genitive Talmis, no plural), sometimes also m
- (Austria, Bavaria) talmi, an alloy of mostly zinc and copper and occasionally some tin and lead and about a percent of gold used for jewellery of low price and great durability
- (figuratively, often in compound) anything with a fake appearance of value
- 1930, Musil, Robert, Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften, Book 1, Chapter 107: Graf Leinsdorf erzielt einen unerwarteten politischen Erfolg:
- Vielleicht war Deutschland geistig das am wenigsten einheitliche Land, wo jeder etwas für seine Abneigung finden konnte; es war das Land, dessen alte Kultur am ehesten unter die Räder der neuen Zeit geraten und zu großartigen Worten für Talmi und Kommerz zerschnitten worden war;
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Declension
Derived terms
- talmihaft
- Talmikette
- Talmikultur
- Talmischmuck
Descendants
- → Danish: talmi, talmiguld
- → English: talmi, talmi gold, talmi-gold
- → Polish: talmi, talmi-złoto, talmizłoto, złoto talmi, talmigold
- → Swedish: talmi, talmiguld
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