esmalte

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See also: esmalté

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esmalte, probably from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Pronunciation

Noun

esmalte m (plural esmaltes)

  1. enamel
  2. enamel-work
    • 1435, Á. Rodriguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, d. 139:
      hũu esmalte con escudo con çinco follas de figueira, que podera pesar hũu marquo et medio de prata pouquo mas ou menos;
      an enamel with a shield with five leaves of fig, that can weight a mark and a half of silver, give or take

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esmalte, probably from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Noun

esmalte m (plural esmaltes)

  1. enamel
  2. glaze (coating on pottery)
  3. nail polish, nail varnish

Etymology 2

Verb

esmalte

  1. inflection of esmaltar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈmalte/
  • Rhymes: -alte
  • Syllabification: es‧mal‧te

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish esmalte, likely from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Noun

esmalte m (plural esmaltes)

  1. enamel
  2. glaze (coating on pottery)
  3. nail polish, nail varnish
    Synonyms: pintaúñas, barniz, laca
  4. (heraldry) tincture
    Synonym: color
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Tagalog: esmalte

Etymology 2

Verb

esmalte

  1. inflection of esmaltar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esmalte.

Pronunciation

Noun

esmalte (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜋᜎ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. enamel