enamel

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- ‎(“in-”) + amailler ‎(“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler ‎(“to enamel”), from esmal ‎(“enamel”), from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltjan ‎(“to smelt”). Compare German schmelzen, Danish smelte ‎(“to melt”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈnæməl/
• Rhymes: -æməl

NounEdit

enamel ‎(countable and uncountable, plural enamels)

1. An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
2. A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
3. The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
4. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

TranslationsEdit

opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects

• Bulgarian: емайл (bg) m ‎(emajl)
• Catalan: esmalt m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 琺瑯, 珐琅 ‎(faat³ long⁴)

  Mandarin: 琺瑯, 珐琅 (zh) ‎(fàláng)

• Czech: smalt m
• Danish: emalje c
• Esperanto: emajlo
• Finnish: emali (fi)
• French: émail (fr) m, glaçure (fr) f
• German: Email (de) n, Emaille (de) f
• Greek: έγκαυστον n ‎(énkafston), (colloquial) σμάλτο (el) n ‎(smálto), (colloquial) εμαγιέ (el) n ‎(emagié)
• Icelandic: lakk n
• Ido: emalio (io)
• Irish: cruan (ga) m, amáille f (literary)

• Italian: smalto (it) m, lacca (it) f
• Japanese: 琺瑯 (ja) ‎(ほうろう, hōrō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: emalje m

  Nynorsk: emalje m

• Portuguese: esmalte (pt) m
• Russian: эма́ль (ru) f ‎(emálʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: cruan m, geiltrigeadh m
• Serbo-Croatian: emajl (sh), gleđ (sh)
• Spanish: esmalte (es) m, enlozado (es)
• Swedish: emalj (sv) c
• Turkish: emaye (tr)
• Ukrainian: емаль f ‎(emál’)

coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish

• Bulgarian: глеч (bg) f ‎(gleč)
• Finnish: emali (fi)
• French: émail (fr) m
• Ido: emalio (io)

• Polish: emalia f
• Serbo-Croatian: emajl (sh), gleđ (sh)
• Spanish: esmaltado (es) m, esmalte (es) m
• Ukrainian: емаль f ‎(emál’)

covering on the tooth

• Arabic: مِينَاء f ‎(mīnāʾ)

  Egyptian Arabic: مينا f ‎(minaa)

• Bulgarian: емайл (bg) m ‎(emajl)
• Catalan: esmalt m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 琺瑯質, 珐琅质 ‎(faat³ long⁴ zat¹)

  Mandarin: 琺瑯質, 珐琅质 (zh) ‎(fàlángzhì)

• Czech: sklovina f
• Danish: emalje c
• Esperanto: emajlo
• Finnish: kiille (fi), hammaskiille (fi)
• French: émail (fr) m
• German: Zahnschmelz (de) m, Schmelz m
• Greek: αδαμαντίνη (el) f ‎(adamantíni)
• Icelandic: glerungur (is) m
• Ido: emalio (io)

• Italian: smalto (it) m
• Japanese: 琺瑯質 ‎(ほうろうしつ, hōrōshitsu), エナメル質 ‎(エナメルしつ, enamerushitsu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: emalje m

  Nynorsk: emalje m

• Persian: مینا (fa) ‎(minâ)
• Polish: szkliwo (pl) m
• Portuguese: esmalte (pt) m
• Russian: эма́ль (ru) f ‎(emálʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цаклина f, глеђ f

  Roman: caklina (sh) f, gleđ (sh) f

• Spanish: esmalte (es) m
• Swedish: emalj (sv) c
• Turkish: mine (tr)
• Ukrainian: емаль f ‎(emál’)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} emajlo
• French: ^{(please verify)} émail m
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אמייל

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} email

VerbEdit

enamel ‎(third-person singular simple present enamels, present participle (US) enameling or (UK) enamelling, simple past and past participle (US) enameled or (UK) enamelled)

1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
2. (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
   • Milton

     Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.

3. (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.

   to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth

4. (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

TranslationsEdit

to coat with enamel

• Bulgarian: емайлирам (bg) ‎(emajliram)
• Catalan: esmaltar (ca)
• Esperanto: emajli
• Finnish: emaloida (fi)
• French: émailler (fr)
• German: emaillieren (de)
• Greek: βερνικώνω (el) ‎(vernikóno), επισμαλτώνω ‎(epismaltóno)
• Hebrew: זיגג ‎(zigég)
• Icelandic: lakka
• Ido: emaliizar (io)

• Interlingua: emailliar
• Irish: cruan (ga) m
• Italian: smaltare (it)
• Portuguese: esmaltar (pt)
• Russian: эмалирова́ть (ru) ‎(emalirovátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:

  Roman: emajlirati (sh), gleđosati (sh)

• Spanish: esmaltar (es)
• Swedish: emaljera (sv)
• Turkish: sırlamak (tr), emaylamak (tr)

Derived termsEdit

• enamelware
• porcelain enamel
• vitreous enamel

AnagramsEdit

• manele, melena