Emaille

See also: émaillé and émaille

German

Alternative forms

• Email n (now specialist, otherwise less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from French émail, from Old French esmal, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-West Germanic *smalt. Doublet of Schmalz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈmaljə/, /eˈmaɪ̯ə/, /eˈmaɪ̯/

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• Rhymes: -aljə, -aɪ̯ə, -aɪ̯

Noun

Emaille f (genitive Emaille, plural Emaillen)

1. enamel; vitreous enamel; porcelain enamel

   Synonyms: Schmelzglas, Schmelzwerk, Glasfluss

Declension

Declension of Emaille [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Emaille	die	Emaillen
genitive	einer	der	Emaille	der	Emaillen
dative	einer	der	Emaille	den	Emaillen
accusative	eine	die	Emaille	die	Emaillen

Derived terms

• emaillieren

Related terms

• Emaillefarbe
• Emaillegeschirr
• Emaillegeschirr
• Emailleschüssel
• Emailletopf
• Emailleware

 

Further reading

• “Emaille” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Emaille” in Duden online