"Metal" in Greek

In Greek, "Metal" (the noun, as in the material, in the singular form) is written using the Latin script as:

(n) Metallo

Using the Greek alphabet, it is written as:

(n) Μέταλλο

In Greek,  "Metal" (in the plural form) is written using the Latin script as:

(n) Metalla

Using the Greek alphabet, it is written as:

(n) Μέταλλα

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
"The material is metal."

To iliko einai metallo.

Το υλικό είναι μέταλλο.

 
"What kind of metal is it?"

Ti metallo einai?

Τι μέταλλο είναι;

 
"Is this plastic or metal?"

Einai plastiko i metallo?

Είναι πλαστικό ή μέταλλο;

 
"These frames are made of metal."

Aftoi oi skeletoi einai apo metallo.

Αυτοί οι σκελετοί είναι από μέταλλο.

 
"The metal chair got warm in the sun."

I metalliki karekla zestathike pou tin evlepe o ilios.

Η μεταλλική καρέκλα ζεστάθηκε που την έβλεπε ο ήλιος.

(Editor's note: In the above statement translation metalliki / μεταλλική was used which is "Metal" in the adjective, feminine form. (Feminine form was used because, in Greek, karekla / καρέκλα ("Chair" is a feminine-based noun).)
 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Metal” in Lebanese Arabic

"Metal" in Tunisian Arabic
 

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