Talmi
See also: talmi and tálmi
German
Alternative forms
- (literal sense): Talmior, Tallois, Talmigold, Talmi-Gold, Talloisgold
Etymology
Pseudo-Gallicism created as a trade name in Austria or Bavaria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtʰälmi]
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Noun
Talmi n (strong, genitive Talmis, no plural), sometimes also m
- (Austria, Bavaria) talmi, an alloy of mostly zinc and copper and occasionally some tin and lead and about a percent of gold used for jewellery of low price and great durability
- (figurative, often in compound) anything with a fake appearance of value
- 1930–1943, Robert Musil, “Graf Leinsdorf erzielt einen unerwarteten politischen Erfolg”, in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften [The Man Without Qualities], book 1, Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, published 1957:
- Vielleicht war Deutschland geistig das am wenigsten einheitliche Land, wo jeder etwas für seine Abneigung finden konnte; es war das Land, dessen alte Kultur am ehesten unter die Räder der neuen Zeit geraten und zu großartigen Worten für Talmi und Kommerz zerschnitten worden war;
- Maybe Germany was the least uniform country, where anyone could find aught to be displeased; ’twas the country whose old culture could fall under the wheels of the new era and be cut apart for jargoons and hustles;
Declension
Derived terms
- talmihaft
- Talmikette
- Talmikultur
- Talmischmuck
Descendants
- → Danish: talmi, talmiguld
- → English: talmi, talmi gold, talmi-gold
- → Polish: talmi, talmi-złoto, talmizłoto, złoto talmi, talmigold
- → Swedish: talmi, talmiguld
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