esmalt

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt (“melted fat”). Cognate with English smalt.

Pronunciation

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

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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “esmalt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Estonian

Etymology

From esma- +‎ -lt.

Adverb

esmalt

1. at first, firstly

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• esmaut, armaut

Etymology

From Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt (“melted fat”).

Noun

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

1. enamel

Descendants

• Occitan:
  • Gascon: esmaut
  • Languedocien: esmaut, esmalt, esmart
  • Provençal: esmaut
  • Vivaro-Alpin: esmaut
• → Asturian: esmalte
• → Galician: esmalte
• → Portuguese: esmalte
• → Spanish: esmalte