verniz
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese verniz, a borrowing from Medieval Latin vernīcem (“varnish”) < veronīx, from Byzantine Greek, from Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “a city in Lybia”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]verniz m (plural vernizes)
- varnish (type of paint that leaves a hard, glossy film)
- (uncountable) the glossy appearance of objects painted with varnish
- (figurative) varnish (a deceptively showy appearance)
- Synonym: máscara
- (Portugal) nail polish, nail varnish
- Synonym: (Brazil) esmalte
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verniz”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “verniz”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Categories:
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/is
- Rhymes:Portuguese/is/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/iʃ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/iʃ/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
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- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
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- European Portuguese
- pt:Cosmetics