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سبيكة

English translation: ingot

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Arabic term or phrase:سبيكة
English translation:ingot
Entered by: Lamis Maalouf

22:09 Jan 3, 2010
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: سبيكة
سبيكة من الذهب
atefwasfy
Local time: 01:19
ingot
Explanation:
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Note added at 5 mins (2010-01-03 22:14:33 GMT)
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingot
Selected response from:

Lamis Maalouf
United States
Local time: 17:19
Grading comment
Thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +10ingot
Lamis Maalouf
5 +5God bar
Saleh Ayyub
5 +4ingot
Jafar Filfil
5 +2gold bullion
Tarik Boussetta
4 +1alloy
elsayed fayed


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
ingot


Explanation:
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Note added at 5 mins (2010-01-03 22:14:33 GMT)
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingot


    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/enar/bar
Lamis Maalouf
United States
Local time: 17:19
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 60
Grading comment
Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jafar Filfil: You were faster
3 mins
  -> Only this time :) You didn't need to remove your answer. It is obvious that you didn't see this one. Regards.
agree  Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh
35 mins
agree  Mohamed Abdel-Moneim
48 mins
agree  Tarik Boussetta: :)
52 mins
agree  sktrans
1 hr
agree  Mohamed Kamel
8 hrs
agree  hassan zekry
10 hrs
agree  Aymene Zermane
11 hrs
agree  Steve Booth
12 hrs
agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
14 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
ingot


Explanation:
ingot = سبيكة
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.net/translation/Arabic...

سبيكة ذهب = ingot gold

Jafar Filfil
Bulgaria
Local time: 01:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohamed Kamel
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Mohamed for the agreement. Also, thanks for unhiding my answer. I decided to hide it because Lamis was faster than me. :)
agree  hassan zekry
10 hrs
  -> Many thanks Mr. Hassan :))
agree  Steve Booth
12 hrs
  -> Many thanks Steve :))
agree  Lamis Maalouf: Glad it is restored. Isn't it nice to have Mr. Kamel on board?
16 hrs
  -> :} Many thanks Lamis, you are so kind. :) And yes, having my brother Mohamed on board is really nice.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
alloy


Explanation:
Alloy of gold

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Note added at 10 mins (2010-01-03 22:19:41 GMT)
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http://jewelrymaking.allinfoabout.com/features/goldalloys.ht...


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alloys#Alloys_of_gold
elsayed fayed
Egypt
Local time: 01:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  yzmohasseb
5 hrs
  -> Many thanks
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
gold bullion


Explanation:
gold bullion

Tarik Boussetta
Local time: 23:19
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 18
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohamed Kamel: Also right.
9 hrs
  -> Thx Mohamed;)
agree  Steve Booth
11 hrs
  -> Thx Steve;)
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
God bar


Explanation:
Saleh

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Note added at 9 mins (2010-01-03 22:18:59 GMT)
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سبيكة: means bar

Saleh

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Note added at 13 hrs (2010-01-04 11:10:30 GMT)
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Search for Gold bar, the occurrences are: 103 000 000 occurrences
while
Search for Gold ingot, the occurrences are: 163000 occurrences only

So, Gold bar is more commonly used

Hope this would help,

Regards,

Saleh




    Reference: http://www.sptechs.com/emarket/sell64947.html
Saleh Ayyub
New Zealand
Local time: 10:19
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jafar Filfil: This is also right
3 mins
  -> Thanks Jafar :)
agree  Tarik Boussetta
49 mins
agree  Mohamed Kamel: Gold bar
8 hrs
agree  Steve Booth
12 hrs
agree  Zeinab Asfour
23 hrs
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