silverware

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

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Proto-Germanic *silubrą

Proto-West Germanic *silubr

Old English seolfor

Middle English silver

English silver

Proto-Germanic *warō

Proto-West Germanic *waru

Old English waru

Middle English ware

English -ware

English silverware

From silver + -ware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlvə(ɹ)ˌwɛə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

silverware (countable and uncountable, plural silverwares)

1. Anything manufactured from silver.

   Synonym: (uncommon) silvercraft

2. Anything with a silvery colour. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (US, Atlantic Canada) Knives, forks and spoons (whether made from silver or not).

   Synonyms: (UK, Australia, Canada) cutlery, (US) flatware

4. (sports) Trophies, success in a competition.
   • February 2008, BBC Sport - Ramos takes centre stage

     How different it was at Wembley as Ramos confirmed his reputation as a relentless pursuer of silverware by giving Spurs their first trophy in nine years.

   • 2011 January 22, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     The performance was a sign of real intent for Arsenal as they continue their pursuit for silverware on four fronts - and with Van Persie firing on all cylinders, the odds look good on them winning a first trophy since 2005.

Synonyms

• see also Thesaurus:cutlery

Translations

anything made from silver

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 銀器 / 银器 (zh) (yínqì)

• Danish: sølvtøj (da) n
• Finnish: hopeaesine, hopeatyö, hopeaesineet pl
• German: Silberware (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sølvtøy n

  Nynorsk: sylvtøy n, sølvtøy n

• Polish: wyroby srebrne nvir pl
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: срі́бні ви́роби (sríbni výroby)
• Yiddish: זילבערוואַרג n (zilbervarg)

(US) knives, forks and spoons

• Albanian: argjendurina (sq) ?
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刀，叉和勺子 (dāo, chā hé sháozi)

• Czech: příbor (cs) m
• Dutch: tafelzilver (nl) n, bestek (nl) n
• Finnish: aterimet (fi) pl
• French: argenterie (fr) f, couverts (fr) m pl
• German: Tafelsilber (de) n, Essbesteck (de) n
• Greek: ασημικά (el) n pl (asimiká), αργυρά σκεύη n pl (argyrá skévi)
• Hungarian: evőeszközök (hu) pl
• Italian: argenteria (it) f
• Japanese: 銀器 (ja) (ぎんき, ginki)
• Korean: 은제품 (eunjepum)
• Polish: sztućce nvir pl
• Portuguese: talher (pt) m
• Russian: столо́вые прибо́ры m pl (stolóvyje pribóry), прибо́ры (ru) m pl (pribóry)
• Slovak: príbor m (singular only)
• Spanish: cubiertos (es) m pl, servicio (es)
• Ukrainian: столо́ві прибо́ри (stolóvi prybóry), кухо́нне прила́ддя n (kuxónne pryláddja)
• Yiddish: זילבערוואַרג n (zilbervarg)