lacquer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈlæk.ɚ/ (US)
- /ˈlæk.ə/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from French lacque (“a sort of sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca, lacca (“gum lac”), from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lac.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.
Cellosolves are used as solvents for lacquers, for sealing cellophane wrapping, and in hydraulic-brake fluid.
1960, Francis E. Condon, Herbert Meislich, Introduction to Organic Chemistry, page 274:In place of traditional methods in which materials such as gesso, yellow ocher, powdered earth, liquid glue, and Japan tallow were used to obtain a gloss, and transparent lacquer was rubbed into the wood to protect it, materials such as artificially produced varoids and lacquer came into widespread use.
1992, Tadashi Inumaru, Mitsukuni Yoshida, The Traditional Crafts of Japan: Wood and bamboo:It is a solvent for nitrocellulose and vinyl chloride-acetate resins and may function as an antiblush agent in lacquers.
1954, Arthur K. Doolittle, The technology of solvents and plasticizers:Had he deemed it "wisest, best," Mr. O'Donagough was not without the means of furnishing a splendid mansion in very showy style, and yet not leaving a single morsel of lacker, or or-molu, unpaid for.
1840, Frances Trollope, “Practical Information Carefully Obtained, and Promptly Acted upon— […]”, in The Widow Married; […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lacquers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| lacker | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
lacquerwork · lacquerware · lacquer tree · lacquerist · lacquerless · lacquerista · lacquerable · nail lacquer · lacquerlike · lacquerer · lacquer band
Synonyms
Translations (47)
tr lak (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · es barniz (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · ca laca (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · ko 바니시 (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · ko 래커 (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · sh ла̏к (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · es lacre (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · ro lac (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · ga laicear (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · sh lȁk (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · sv lack (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · cmn 清漆 (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · arz ورنيش (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · nl lak (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · da lak (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · tl laka (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · bg лак (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · fr laque (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · pl lakier (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · be лак (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · cs lak (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · ja ラッカー (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · de Lack (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · cmn 蠟克 /蜡克 (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · ms lakuer (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · nb lakk (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · uk лак (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · mk лак (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · hu lakk (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · th แล็กเกอร์ (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · id lak (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · cmn 漆 (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · es laca (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · ja ワニス (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · ar وَرْنِيش (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · pt laca (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · ru лак (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · nn lakk (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · hy լաք (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · it lacca (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · sk lak (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · eo lako (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · ka ლაკი (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · gl laca (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · fo lakk (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · sl lak (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) · fi lakka (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating)