barniz

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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From Spanish barniz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baɾˈnis/, [baɾˈnis]
  • Hyphenation: bar‧niz

Noun

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barniz

  1. varnish

Spanish

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Etymology

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Variant of dialectal berniz, from Medieval Latin vernicem (sandarac, resin) from veronicem, from Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Ancient Greek βερενίκιον (bereníkion, soda), βερονίκιον (beroníkion), from Βερενίκη (Bereníkē). Cognate with English varnish.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /baɾˈniθ/ [baɾˈniθ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /baɾˈnis/ [baɾˈnis]
  • Rhymes: -iθ
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: bar‧niz

Noun

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barniz m (plural barnices)

  1. varnish, gloss
    Synonym: laca
    • 2023 September 18, Jacinto Antón, “Woody Allen: “La infidelidad sólo es buena en la ficción””, in El País[1]:
      Ese barniz suave que tienen últimamente sus películas, esa levedad pese a que puedan pasar cosas dramáticas, hasta asesinatos, ¿es cosa de la edad, de haber vivido y relativizar?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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