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enamel en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪˈnæməl/ (General-American, UK)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  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.
    • Against the fence, in a line, were six chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant red geraniums, cared for as tenderly as if they belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
  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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
enamels Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

enamelless · cementoenamel · cervical enamel · enameller · tooth enamel · enamelin · enamelwork · enamelist · paper enamel · enamel paper · enamelware · stove enamel · cervicoenamel · vitreous enamel · nail enamel · enameler · enamelworker · enameloplasty · enamelworks · counterenamel · porcelain enamel · dentinoenamel · enameloma

Translations (119)

kmr mîna (covering on the tooth) · cs sklovina (covering on the tooth) · es esmaltado (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · fi kiille (covering on the tooth) · ru эма́ль (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · nb emalje (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · uk ема́ль (covering on the tooth) · el αδαμαντίνη (covering on the tooth) · mi kirimārō (covering on the tooth) · nn emalje (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · scn smartu (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · es enlozado (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · ja エナメル質 (covering on the tooth) · nb emalje (covering on the tooth) · yi עמאַליע (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · ja 琺瑯質 (covering on the tooth) · la enamelum (covering on the tooth) · io emalio (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · tr mine (covering on the tooth) · ro smalț (covering on the tooth) · sh glȇđ (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · ca esmalt (covering on the tooth) · de Schmelz (covering on the tooth) · sh glȇđ (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · mk глеѓ (covering on the tooth) · de Zahnschmelz (covering on the tooth) · ga cruan (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · gl esmalte (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · es esmalte (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · yue 琺瑯 /珐琅 (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · sh ѐмајл (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · pt esmalte (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · scn smartu (covering on the tooth) · tr mine (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · eo emajlo (covering on the tooth) · ro smalț (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · ota صیر (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · is smelt (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · da emalje (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · yue 琺瑯質 /珐琅质 (covering on the tooth) · is glerungur (covering on the tooth) · de Emaille (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · pl emalia (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · gd geiltrigeadh (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · uk ема́ль (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · uk ема́ль (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · io emalio (covering on the tooth) · mnc ᡶᠠᠯᠠᠰᡠ (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · sw enameli (covering on the tooth) · fr émail (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · el εμαγιέ (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · pl szkliwo (covering on the tooth) · bg емайл (covering on the tooth) · sh гле̑ђ (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · sv emalj (covering on the tooth) · fa مینا (covering on the tooth) · bg глеч (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · nn emalje (covering on the tooth) · sh ѐмајл (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · tr mine (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · sh ца̏клина (covering on the tooth) · nl glazuur (covering on the tooth) · ca esmalt (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · it smalto (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · es esmalte (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · hu zománc (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · ga cruan (covering on the tooth) · bg емайл (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · gl esmalte (covering on the tooth) · sh èmajl (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · hu fogzománc (covering on the tooth) · sh cȁklina (covering on the tooth) · fr émail (covering on the tooth) · ja 琺瑯 (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · io emalio (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · cmn 琺瑯 /珐琅 (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · it smalto (covering on the tooth) · pt esmalte (covering on the tooth) · fr glaçure (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · da emalje (covering on the tooth) · sh glȇđ (covering on the tooth) · el έγκαυστον (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · id email (covering on the tooth) · be шкліво (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · fi emali (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · ar مِينَاء (covering on the tooth) · fi hammaskiille (covering on the tooth) · cmn 琺瑯質 /珐琅质 (covering on the tooth) · sh гле̑ђ (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · cs smalt (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · arz مينا (covering on the tooth) · gl esmalte (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · fi emali (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · fa مینا (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · tr emaye (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · scn smartatu (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · de Email (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · ga amáille (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · hy էմալ (covering on the tooth) · hy արծնապակի (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · fr émail (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · gd cruan (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · sk smalt (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · eo emajlo (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · pl emalia (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · id email (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · el σμάλτο (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · ru эма́ль (covering on the tooth) · sh èmajl (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · scn lacca (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · ota مینه (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · sh гле̑ђ (covering on the tooth) · sk sklovina (covering on the tooth) · it lacca (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · sv tandemalj (covering on the tooth) · cs email (coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish) · es esmalte (covering on the tooth) · yi עמאַל (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects) · sv emalj (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects)

enamel en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪˈnæməl/ (General-American, UK)

Etymology

From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
    • Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde, Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte, In euery part exceding braue and rich. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
  2. (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
    • Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck. 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  3. (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
    • to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth
  4. (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
enamels Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
enameled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
enameled Tense=Past US lexicographic
enamelled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
enamelled Tense=Past UK lexicographic
enamelling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
enameling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic

Translations (33)

eo emajli (to coat with enamel) · pt esmaltar (to coat with enamel) · sv emaljera (to coat with enamel) · sk smaltovať (to coat with enamel) · is lakka (to coat with enamel) · ota مینهلمك (to coat with enamel) · el επισμαλτώνω (to coat with enamel) · hy արծնել (to coat with enamel) · fr émailler (to coat with enamel) · tr sırlamak (to coat with enamel) · sh gleđosati (to coat with enamel) · sh emajlírati (to coat with enamel) · ru эмалирова́ть (to coat with enamel) · it smaltare (to coat with enamel) · pl emaliować (to coat with enamel) · tr minelemek (to coat with enamel) · de schmalten (to coat with enamel) · io emaliizar (to coat with enamel) · gl esmaltar (to coat with enamel) · sh глеђосати (to coat with enamel) · tr emaylamak (to coat with enamel) · el βερνικώνω (to coat with enamel) · bg емайлирам (to coat with enamel) · de emaillieren (to coat with enamel) · es esmaltar (to coat with enamel) · ia emailliar (to coat with enamel) · fi emaloida (to coat with enamel) · he זיגג (to coat with enamel) · ca esmaltar (to coat with enamel) · hy արծնապատել (to coat with enamel) · ga cruan (to coat with enamel) · scn smartari (to coat with enamel) · sh емајли́рати (to coat with enamel)