precious metal

English

Gold, likely the most famous precious metal.

Rhodium, a metal more expensive than gold.

Noun

precious metal (countable and uncountable, plural precious metals)

1. A rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium.
   • 2021 February 9, Hiroko Tabuchi, “Thieves Nationwide Are Slithering Under Cars, Swiping Catalytic Converters”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The reason for the ruckus: A thief in the night had made off with the car’s catalytic converter, a critical emissions-control device that contains precious metals more valuable than gold.

Translations

metallic element with high economic value

• Catalan: metall preciós m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貴重金屬／贵重金属 (guìzhòng jīnshǔ), 貴金屬／贵金属 (zh) (guìjīnshǔ)

• Czech: drahý kov (cs) m
• Danish: ædelmetal (da) n
• Finnish: arvometalli (fi)
• French: métal précieux (fr) m
• Galician: metal precioso m
• German: Edelmetall (de) n
• Hungarian: nemesfém (hu)
• Japanese: 貴金属 (ja) (ききんぞく, kikinzoku)
• Korean: 귀금속 (gwigeumsok)
• Latvian: dārgmetāls m
• Malay: logam berharga, logam bernilai
• Navajo: béésh ílį́įnii
• Occitan: metal preciós m
• Polish: kruszec (pl) m, metal szlachetny m
• Portuguese: metal precioso m
• Romanian: metal prețios (ro) n
• Russian: драгоце́нный мета́лл (ru) m (dragocénnyj metáll)
• Spanish: metal precioso m
• Swedish: ädelmetall (sv)
• Thai: โลหะมีค่า
• Vietnamese: kim loại quý, kim khí quý

See also

• noble metal