esmalt

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əzˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əzˈmalt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ezˈmalt]

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Noun

esmalt m (plural esmalts)

1. enamel
2. (heraldry) tincture

Derived terms

• esmalt d'ungles
• esmaltar

Further reading

• “esmalt”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “esmalt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Estonian

Etymology

From esma- +‎ -lt.

Adverb

esmalt (not comparable)

1. at first, firstly

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• esmaut, armaut

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Noun

esmalt m (oblique plural esmalts, nominative singular esmalts, nominative plural esmalt)

1. enamel

Descendants

• Occitan: esmaut, esmalt, esmart

Borrowings:

• → Italy:
  • Italian: smalto
    • → Czech: smalt
    • → English: smalto
    • → Russian: сма́льта (smálʹta)
    • → Sardinian: ismaltu (probably)
  • Sicilian: smartu
• → Iberia:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: esmalte
    • Galician: esmalte
    • Portuguese: esmalte
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: esmalte
  • Old Spanish: esmalte
    • Spanish: esmalte