Names Of Metals

[phibunmike]

Hi,

Can someone help with names of metals ? So far it seems to me that:

"lek" can be either generic metal or else steel;

stainless steel is just called "stainless" (pronounced "stanlet");

"tong" can be either gold or bronze (or brass ? - my dictionary says bronze is "tong sam lit" and brass is "tong luang", but I have not heard these);

"ngern" is silver;

Are these correct ? And what others do you know ?

Thanks,

Mike

[In the Rai!]

Hi,

Can someone help with names of metals ? So far it seems to me that:

"lek" can be either generic metal or else steel;

stainless steel is just called "stainless" (pronounced "stanlet");

"tong" can be either gold or bronze (or brass ? - my dictionary says bronze is "tong sam lit" and brass is "tong luang", but I have not heard these);

"ngern" is silver;

Are these correct ? And what others do you know ?

Thanks,

Mike

อลูมิเนียม Aluminium

เหล็กกล้าไม่เป็นสนิม Stainless Steel

ทองแดง Copper

ทองเหลือง Brass

เงิน Silver

แพลทินัม Platinum

ทองขาว White gold

ทอง Gold

Thats about it from me..

In The Rai!

[taxexile]

dibuk ..... tin ดีบุก

[Rikker]

เหล็ก by itself is iron, and เหล็กกล้า is steel.

สังกะสี is zinc or galvanized iron, not something you'd think you'd talk about a lot, but it's what I would call "corrugated tin" on sight, the stuff often used for roofs of houses in poorer areas/slums.

ตะกั่ว is lead.

ทองสัมฤทธิ์ is bronze, or also ทองบรอนซ์.

ทอง is gold, but ทองคำ is more specifically yellow gold.

And yes, ทองเหลือง is brass, your dictionary is correct.

What other types of metal are we missing now?

And if anybody was wondering, โลหะ is the word for 'metal' in general.

[SpokenThai]

Here are some results given by: EngThaiSearch

Metals:

โลหะ - Lo Ha - metal

เหล็ก - Lek - iron

อลูมิเนียม - Ah Lu Min Yam - aluminum

ทองเหลือง - Tong Luang - brass

ทองสัมฤทธิ์ - Tong Sam Rit - bronze

ทองแดง - Tong Deng - copper

ทอง - Tong - gold

ทองคำ - Tong Kam - gold

ทองขาว - Tong Kao - white gold , platinum, nickel

ทองคำขาว - Tong Kam Kao - white gold , platinum

เหล็กกล้า - Lek Gla - iron , steel

ตะกั่ว - Ta Gua - Lead

นิเกิล - Ni Ken - nickel

เงิน - Ngan - silver

ดีบุก - Di Buk - tin

Metal related:

โลหะวิทยา - Lo Ha Wi Ta Ya - metallurgy

ช่างเหล็ก - Chang Lek - blacksmith

ช่างทอง - Chang Tong - goldsmith

แม่เหล็ก - Mae Lek - magnet

ทองแท้ - Tong Tae - pure gold

ทองใบ - Tong Bai - gold leaf

เครื่องเงิน - Kruang Ngan - silverware

เหล็กกล้าไม่ขึ้นสนิม - Lek Gla Mai Kun Sa Nim - stainless steel

เหล็กกล้าไม่เป็นสนิม - Lek Gla Mai Pen Sa Nim - stainless steel

เหล็กกล้าไร้สนิม - Lek Gla Rai Sa Nim - stainless steel

กระดาษอลูมิเนียม - Gra Dat Alu Min Yam - aluminum foil

กระดาษดีบุก - Gra Dat Di Buk - tin foil

เหล็กเส้น - Lek Sen - steel wire , iron wire

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[mosquitoman]

Another useful metal one from thai2english.com

เหล็กแผ่น - lèk pàen - sheet steel

MM

[phibunmike]

Thanks everyone.

Rikker and In The Rai, thank you also for forcing me to practice my Thai reading ! By not giving transliterations, you have given me a half hour of study

[Rikker]

Don't forget you can always copy and paste into thai2english.com, too.

[phibunmike]

Don't forget you can always copy and paste into thai2english.com, too.

Well, I did not know that, but I will pretend you didn't tell me so I have to work through it character by character....