varnish

English

Etymology

French vernis, from Latin origin.

Noun

varnish (plural varnishes)

1. A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film.
2. Anything resembling such a paint.
3. By extension: A deceptively showy appearance.

Related terms

• nail varnish

Translations

paint

• Central Melanau: berenih
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 清漆 (cmn) (qīngqī)

• Danish: fernis (da) c, lak (da) c and n
• Finnish: lakka (fi), vernissa (fi)
• French: vernis (fr) m
• German: Lack (de) m, Firnis (de) m
• Hungarian: lakk (hu), politúr (hu), fénymáz (hu)

• Japanese: ワニス (ja) (wanisu), ニス (ja) (nisu)
• Malay: varnis (ms)
• Polish: lakier (pl) m
• Russian: лак (ru) (lak) m
• Spanish: barniz (es) m
• Swedish: lack (sv) c
• Turkish: vernik (tr)

anything resembling such a paint

• Danish: fernis (da) c, lak (da) c and n
• Finnish: lakka (fi)

• German: Firnis (de) m
• Hungarian: kence (hu)

a deceptively showy appearance

• Danish: fernis (da) c
• Finnish: pintakiilto (fi)

• Hungarian: máz (hu)

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• Dutch: vernis m, lak m
• French: vernis
• German: Lack m (1), Firnis, m
• Italian: vernice

• Portuguese: verniz m
• Slovak: lak m
• Spanish: barniz

Verb

varnish (third-person singular simple present varnishes, present participle varnishing, simple past and past participle varnished)

1. (intransitive) To apply varnish.
2. (transitive) To cover up with varnish.
3. (transitive) To gloss over a defect.

Translations

to apply varnish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塗漆 (cmn), 涂漆 (cmn) (túqí)

• Finnish: lakata (fi)
• French: vernir (fr)
• German: lackieren (de), firnissen (de)
• Japanese: 塗る (ja) (ぬる, nuru)

• Jèrriais: vèrni
• Polish: lakierować (pl)
• Russian: лакировать (ru) (lakirovátʹ) impf.
• Swedish: lacka (sv)
• Turkish: verniklemek (tr)

to cover up with varnish

• Finnish: lakata (fi)
• Hungarian: lakkoz (hu), politúroz (hu), fényez (hu)
• Polish: lakierować (pl)

• Russian: лакировать (ru) (lakirovátʹ) impf., покрывать лаком (ru) (pokryvátʹ lákom) impf.
• Swedish: lacka (sv)

to gloss over a defect

• Hungarian: szépítget (hu), takargat (hu)

• Russian: прикрашивать (ru) (prikrášivatʹ) impf.

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: vernissen, lakken

• Portuguese: envernizar
• Slovak: lakovať (1), zalakovať (2)

Anagrams

• hrivnas