Masculine

verniz

Meaning

Concepts

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

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/veʁˈnis/

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”).

laquer

(goma-)laca

lakier

λάκα

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