enamel

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
2. (countable, uncountable) A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
3. (countable, uncountable) The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
4. (countable, uncountable) A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

Verb

1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
2. (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
3. (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
4. (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

Concepten

email

glazuur

emailleren

brandverf

lak

lakken

tandglazuur

verglazen

schakeren

Synoniemen

glaze

varnish

enamelled

tooth enamel

enamelled

enameled

coat

🧥

veneer

enameled

glass

cover

lacquer

decorate

dental enamel

stain

syrup

vitrify

wax

gussy up

enamelled metal ware

enamelum

cover dental by fluoride

staintint

vitreous enamel

glass lining

lacquer enamel

substantia adamantina dentis

odonthyalus

glassed steel

coating

dye

enameling

enamel paint

glazed

gloss

glost

med

mica

mottle

paint

shellac

speckle

Vertalingen

émail

smalto

esmalte

Email

esmalte

Emaille

esmalt

Schmelz

σμάλτο

Zahnschmelz

émailler

αδαμαντίνη

emaillieren

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪˈnæməl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: enamel

Overgenomen van Middelengels: enamelen

In summary

From Middle English enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- (“in-”) + amailler (“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmal (“enamel”), from Early Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt, smelt”).