lacquer

English

Alternative forms

• lacker (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French lacque (“a sort of sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca, lacca (“gum lac”), from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlæk.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæk.ɚ/

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• Homophone: lacker
• Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)

Noun

lacquer (countable and uncountable, plural lacquers)

1. A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.

Synonyms

• varnish

Derived terms

• lacquerable
• lacquer band
• lacquerer
• lacquerless
• lacquerlike
• lacquer tree
• lacquerware
• lacquerwork
• nail lacquer

 

Translations

glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating

• Arabic: وَرْنِيش m (warnīš)

  Egyptian Arabic: ورنيش m (warnīš), ^{(please verify)} لاكيه m (laké)

• Armenian: լաք (hy) (lakʻ)
• Belarusian: лак m (lak)
• Bulgarian: лак (bg) m (lak)
• Catalan: laca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漆 (zh) (qī), 蠟克／蜡克 (làkè), 清漆 (zh) (qīngqī)

• Czech: lak (cs) m
• Danish: lak c
• Dutch: lak (nl)
• Esperanto: lako
• Faroese: lakk n
• Finnish: lakka (fi)
• French: laque (fr) f
• Galician: laca (gl) f
• Georgian: ლაკი (laḳi)
• German: Lack (de) m
• Hungarian: lakk (hu)
• Indonesian: lak (id)
• Irish: laicear m
• Italian: lacca (it) f
• Japanese: ラッカー (rakkā), ワニス (ja) (wanisu)
• Korean: 래커 (raekeo), 바니시 (banisi)
• Macedonian: лак m (lak)
• Malay: lakuer
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lakk (no) m

  Nynorsk: lakk m

• Polish: lakier (pl) m
• Portuguese: laca (pt)
• Romanian: lac (ro) n
• Russian: лак (ru) m (lak)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ла̏к m

  Roman: lȁk (sh) m

• Slovak: lak m
• Slovene: lak (sl) m
• Spanish: barniz (es) m, laca (es) f
• Swedish: lack (sv) c
• Tagalog: laka
• Thai: แล็กเกอร์ (th) (lɛ́k-gə̂ə)
• Turkish: lak (tr)
• Ukrainian: лак m (lak)

Verb

lacquer (third-person singular simple present lacquers, present participle lacquering, simple past and past participle lacquered)

1. To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.

Translations

to apply a lacquer to something

• Bulgarian: лакирам (bg) (lakiram)
• Catalan: lacar (ca)
• Danish: lakere
• Dutch: lakken (nl)
• French: laquer (fr)
• Galician: lacar
• German: lackieren (de)
• Irish: laicearaigh
• Italian: laccare (it)
• Portuguese: lacar (pt), laquear (pt)
• Russian: лакирова́ть (ru) (lakirovátʹ)
• Spanish: lacar (es), laquear (es)
• Swedish: lackera (sv)

Further reading

• “lacquer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “lacquer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “lacquer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Racquel