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Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish barniz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾˈnis/,
- Hyphenation: bar‧niz
Noun
barniz
- varnish
Spanish
Etymology
Variant of dialectal berniz, from Medieval Latin vernicem (“sandarac, resin”) from veronicem, from Byzantine Greek , from Ancient Greek βερενίκιον (bereníkion, “soda”), βερονίκιον (beroníkion), from Βερενίκη (Bereníkē). Cognate with English varnish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /baɾˈniθ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /baɾˈnis/
- Rhymes: -iθ
- Rhymes: -is
- Syllabification: bar‧niz
Noun
barniz m (plural barnices)
- varnish, gloss
- Synonym: laca
2023 September 18, Jacinto Antón, “Woody Allen: “La infidelidad sólo es buena en la ficción””, in El País:Ese barniz suave que tienen últimamente sus películas, esa levedad pese a que puedan pasar cosas dramáticas, hasta asesinatos, ¿es cosa de la edad, de haber vivido y relativizar?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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