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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese esmalte, probably from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.
Pronunciation
Noun
esmalte m (plural esmaltes)
- enamel
- 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
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esmalte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esmalte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esmalte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esmalte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɨ, (Brazil) -awt͡ʃi
- Hyphenation: es‧mal‧te
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese esmalte, probably from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.
Noun
esmalte m (plural esmaltes)
- enamel
- glaze (coating on pottery)
- nail polish, nail varnish
Etymology 2
Verb
esmalte
- inflection of esmaltar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 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)
- enamel
- glaze (coating on pottery)
- nail polish, nail varnish
- Synonyms: pintaúñas, barniz, laca
- (heraldry) tincture
- Synonym: color
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
esmalte
- inflection of esmaltar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish esmalte.
Pronunciation
Noun
esmalte (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜋᜎ᜔ᜆᜒ)
- enamel