Yiddish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French émail (probably via Russian эма́ль (emálʹ) and/or Ukrainian ема́ль (emálʹ)), from Old French esmal, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-West Germanic *smalt. Doublet of שמאַלץ (shmalts).

Noun

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עמאַל (emalf

  1. enamel

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