schmaltz
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See also: Schmaltz
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Yiddish שמאַלץ (shmalts) or German Schmalz. Doublet of smalt, smalto, and enamel.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʃmɒlts/, /ʃmɔːlts/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ʃmɔlts/, /ʃmɑlts/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ʃmɑlts/
- Rhymes: -ɒlts, -ɔːlts
Noun[edit]
schmaltz (uncountable)
- (uncountable) Liquid chicken fat.
- (uncountable) Excessively sentimental art or music.
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)meld-
- English terms borrowed from Yiddish
- English terms derived from Yiddish
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English doublets
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɒlts
- Rhymes:English/ɒlts/1 syllable
- Rhymes:English/ɔːlts
- Rhymes:English/ɔːlts/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Fats and oils