polish

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A substance used to polish.
2. (countable, uncountable) Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
3. (countable, uncountable) Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

Verb

1. (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
2. (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
3. (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
4. (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
5. (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

Concepts

polir

cirer

lustrer

🇵🇱

polonais

🇵🇱

frotter

astiquer

🇵🇱

poli

encaustiquer

🇵🇱

vernis

raffiner

brunir

brillant

cirage

🇵🇱

cire

gratter

lustre

nettoyer

perfectionner

vernir

affiner

polissage

raffinement

limer

lisser

lustrage

brunis

culture

masturber

moudre

savoir-vivre

parfaire

pâte

polissez

clarifier

brosser

polis

politesse

polonaise

poncer

branler

râper

récurer

tailler

polissons

aiguiser

polissent

brillance

slave

faire briller

polire

Synonymes

shine

burnish

grind

gloss

rub

smooth

refine

furbish

lustre

clean

varnish

glaze

brush

finish

refinement

brighten

wipe

scrub

scrape

luster

wax

smoothen

polishing

lacquer

perfect

buff

sharpen

glossiness

file

coat

🧥

plane

make shine

sleekness

down

improve

smoothness

cultivation

glitter

buffing

brush up

round

scour

comity

cleanse

brilliance

brightness

elaborate

nicety

lustrousness

niceness

Traductions

polieren

lucidare

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pulir

🇵🇱

polir

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poetsen

Politur

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γυαλίζω

lucido

لمع

polimento

🇵🇱

wichsen

lustrare

🇵🇱

glätten

oppoetsen

🇵🇱

bruñir

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: polishen

In summary

From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth.