esmalte

See also: esmalté

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esmalte, probably from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈmaltɪ]

Noun

esmalte m (plural esmaltes)

1. enamel
2. enamel-work
   • 1435, Á. Rodriguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, d. 139:

     hũu esmalte con escudo con çinco follas de figueira, que podera pesar hũu marquo et medio de prata pouquo mas ou menos;

     an enamel with a shield with five leaves of fig, that can weight a mark and a half of silver, give or take

Related terms

• esmaltar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esmalte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esmalte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esmalte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esmalte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [izˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi], /ezˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [ezˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [izˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi], /ezˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [ezˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʒˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [iʒˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi], /eʒˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [eʒˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ezˈmaw.te/ [ezˈmaʊ̯.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒˈmal.tɨ/ [(i)ʒˈmaɫ.tɨ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɨ, (Brazil) -awt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: es‧mal‧te

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esmalte, probably from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Noun

esmalte m (plural esmaltes)

1. enamel
2. glaze (coating on pottery)
3. nail polish, nail varnish

Etymology 2

Verb

esmalte

1. inflection of esmaltar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈmalte/ [ezˈmal̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -alte
• Syllabification: es‧mal‧te

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish esmalte, likely from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Noun

esmalte m (plural esmaltes)

1. enamel
2. glaze (coating on pottery)
3. nail polish, nail varnish

   Synonyms: pintaúñas, barniz, laca

4. (heraldry) tincture

   Synonym: color

Derived terms

• esmalte de uñas
• quitaesmalte

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: esmalte

Etymology 2

Verb

esmalte

1. inflection of esmaltar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “esmalte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esmalte.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔesˈmalte/ [ʔɛsˈmal.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -alte
• Syllabification: es‧mal‧te

Noun

esmalte (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜋᜎ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. enamel