schmieren

Signification

1. (weak) to smear
2. (weak) to butter (bread)
3. (weak) to grease, oil, lubricate
4. (weak) to bribe
5. (colloquial,weak) to scribble, to scrawl
6. (weak) to deface (with writing or imagery)

Coupé comme

schmie‧ren

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʃmiːʁən/

Étymologie

From Middle High German smirn, from older smirwen, from Old High German smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną, derived from *smerwą, whence dated German Schmer (“fat”).
The loss of -w- is mostly a Central German development; compare fahl and falb, etc. Cognate with Dutch smeren, English smear.