verniz

Significat (Anglès)

1. (masculine) varnish (type of paint that leaves a hard, glossy film)
2. (masculine, uncountable) the glossy appearance of objects painted with varnish
3. (figuratively, masculine) varnish (a deceptively showy appearance)
4. (Portugal, masculine) nail polish, nail varnish

Conceptes

vernís

laca

xapatge

Sinònims

lacas

vernizes

esmalte

(goma-)laca

laca

folheado

Traduccions

vernis

varnish

vernice

barniz

Firnis

Lack

veneer

lak

λάκα

barnices

rivestimento

Nagellack

laque

ورنيشات

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/veʁˈnis/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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”).