metallurgy

From French métallurgie, from Ancient Greek μεταλλουργός (metallourgós, “worker in metal”), from μέταλλον (métallon, “metal”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

• IPA^(key): /meˈtælədʒi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmetələɹdʒi/

The /meˈtælədʒi/ pronunciation is the more common one in the UK and Commonwealth. The /ˈmetələrdʒi/ pronunciation is the more common one in the USA, and is the first-listed variant in various American dictionaries (e.g., Merriam-Webster Collegiate, American Heritage). Worldwide, both are accepted.

metallurgy (usually uncountable, plural metallurgies)

1. The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.

• metallurgical
• metallurgist