esmeril

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Old French esmeril, from Old Italian smeriglio, ultimately from Ancient Greek σμύρις (smúris).

Pronunciation

Noun

esmeril m (usually uncountable)

  1. emery
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 25v.
      Et ſi la pulen con el poluo daquella piedra que llaman en arauigo azumberic que es ala que nos dezimos eſmeril. eſclareſce ya quanto ¬ fazes fremoſa.
      And if it is polished with the powder of the stone called azumberic in Arabic, the one we call emery, it brightens and becomes beautiful.

Descendants

  • Spanish: esmeril

Portuguese

Noun

esmeril m (plural esmeris)

  1. grinder (tool with a spinning abrasive disc)

Spanish

Noun

esmeril m (plural esmeriles)

  1. emery

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esmeril (emery).

Noun

esmeril

  1. emery