esmeril
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Old French esmeril, from Old Italian smeriglio, ultimately from Ancient Greek σμύρις (smúris).
Pronunciation
Noun
esmeril m (usually uncountable)
- 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.
- 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.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 25v.
Descendants
- Spanish: esmeril
Portuguese
Noun
esmeril m (plural esmeris)
- grinder (tool with a spinning abrasive disc)
Spanish
Noun
esmeril m (plural esmeriles)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish esmeril (“emery”).
Noun
esmeril
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