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English
Etymology
From German Furnier , from furnieren ( “ to inlay, cover with a veneer ” ) , from French fournir ( “ to furnish, accomplish ” ) , from Middle French fornir , from Old French fornir , furnir ( “ to furnish ” ) , from Old Frankish frumjan ( “ to provide ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną ( “ to further, promote ” ) . Cognate with Old High German frumjan , frummen ( “ to accomplish, execute, provide ” ) , Old English fremian ( “ to promote, perform ” ) . More at furnish .
Pronunciation
Noun
veneer (countable and uncountable , plural veneers )
A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.
1951 May, “British Railways Standard Coaches”, in Railway Magazine , pages 327-328 :Compartment and corridor partitions are of blockboard, with appropriate decorative veneers to suit the varied interior decoration.
1963 , Margery Allingham , “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery , London: Chatto & Windus , →OCLC :A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, [ …] .
An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings , the veneer of culture .
2014 December 5, “Joy From the World ”, in The New York Times Magazine , retrieved 6 December 2014 :“Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer .”
Derived terms
Translations
thin covering of fine wood
Bulgarian: фурнир m ( furnir )
Catalan: fullola (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 飾面 / 饰面 (zh) ( shìmiàn )
Czech: dýha (cs) f
Danish: finer c
Dutch: fineer (nl) n
Esperanto: furniro
Finnish: viilu (fi)
French: placage (fr) m , revêtement (fr) m
Georgian: ფანერა ( panera ) , ფირფიცარი ( pirpicari ) , ჭიქურა ( č̣ikura ) , სარკალა ( sarḳala )
German: Furnier (de) n , Verblendung (de) f
Greek: επικόλλημα (el) n ( epikóllima )
Hebrew: פורניר (he) m
Hindi: परत (hi) f ( parat )
Hungarian: furnér (hu) , furnérlemez (hu)
Irish: veinír f
Italian: impiallacciatura (it) , rivestimento decorativo m
Macedonian: фурнир m ( furnir )
Manx: aachrackan m , aachoodagh m
Maori: papa tīhore
Norwegian: finér m
Persian: روکش (fa) روکش چوبی
Polish: fornir (pl) m
Portuguese: folheado (pt) m , laminado (pt) m , lâmina de madeira f
Russian: шпон (ru) m ( špon ) , односло́йная фане́ра f ( odnoslójnaja fanéra )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фурнир m , оплатица f
Roman: furnir (sh) m , oplatica (sh) f
Slovak: dyha (sk) f
Spanish: chapa (es) f , chapa de madera f , chapeado (es) m , contrachapado m
Swedish: faner (sv) n
Turkish: ağaç kaplama (tr) , ahşap kaplama , kaplama tahtası
Welsh: argaen f
covering or disguising appearance
Bulgarian: облицовка (bg) f ( oblicovka )
Catalan: vernís (ca)
Czech: fasáda (cs) f , vnější lesk m , vnější nátěr m
Finnish: julkisivu (fi)
French: vernis (fr) m
Georgian: დაფარვა ( daparva ) , გარეგნობის მიცემა ( garegnobis micema )
German: Fassade (de) f
Greek: επικόλλημα (el) n ( epikóllima ) , επίχρισμα (el) n ( epíchrisma ) , ( metaphorical ) επίφαση (el) f ( epífasi )
Hindi: दिखावा (hi) m ( dikhāvā ) , नुमाइश (hi) f ( numāiś )
Hungarian: máz (hu) , felszín (hu) , külső (hu) , külszín (hu) , látszat (hu) , küllem (hu)
Italian: facciata (it) f , mascheratura f , copertura (it) f , dissimulazione (it) f
Norwegian: ferniss (no) n
Russian: вне́шний лоск m ( vnéšnij losk ) , ( somewhat ) налёт (ru) m ( naljót ) , ( informal, colloquial ) показу́ха (ru) f ( pokazúxa ) , ви́димость (ru) f ( vídimostʹ )
Spanish: barniz (es) m
Swedish: fasad (sv)
Verb
veneer (third-person singular simple present veneers , present participle veneering , simple past and past participle veneered )
( transitive , woodworking ) To apply veneer to.
to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany
1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine , page 36 :The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut.
( transitive , figurative ) To disguise with apparent goodness .
1981 December 19, Andrew C. Irish, “Support For Gay Nurses”, in Gay Community News , volume 9, number 22 , page 4:The currently advocated Family Protection Act, which thinly veneers its discriminatory attitudes about strict social conformity and the disallowance of individual choice with a stated concern for today's social fabric.
Coordinate terms
Translations
to apply veneer
Bulgarian: фурнировам ( furnirovam )
Catalan: envernissar (ca) , recobrir (ca) , revestir (ca)
Czech: dýhovat impf , odýhovat pf
Danish: finere
Esperanto: plaki
Finnish: viiluttaa (fi)
French: vernir (fr)
German: furnieren (de) , verblenden (de)
Greek: επικολλώ (el) ( epikolló ) , επιχρίω (el) ( epichrío )
Italian: impiallacciare , rivestire (it) , ricoprire (it) , mascherare (it)
Macedonian: обложи ( obloži ) , фурнира ( furnira )
Manx: cur aachrackan er
Norwegian:
Bokmål: finere
Portuguese: folhear (pt)
Russian: облицовывать (ru) ( oblicovyvatʹ ) , придава́ть вне́шний лоск ( pridavátʹ vnéšnij losk ) , маскировать (ru) ( maskirovatʹ )
Spanish: chapar (es) , chapear (es) , enchapar (es)
Swedish: fanera (sv)
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