enamel

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enamel

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tooth enamel

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Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈnæməl/

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• Rhymes: -æməl

Etymology 1

From Middle English enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- (“in-”) + amailler (“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmal (“enamel”), from Early Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt, smelt”).

Noun

enamel (countable and uncountable, plural enamels)

1. An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
2. A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
4. The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
5. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

Derived terms

• cementoenamel
• cervical enamel
• cervicoenamel
• counterenamel
• dentinoenamel
• enameler
• enamelin
• enamelist
• enameller
• enamelless
• enameloma
• enameloplasty
• enamel paper
• enamelware
• enamelwork
• enamelworker
• enamelworks
• nail enamel
• paper enamel
• porcelain enamel
• stove enamel
• tooth enamel
• vitreous enamel

 

Translations

opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects

Armenian: արծնապակի (hy) (arcnapaki) Bulgarian: емайл (bg) m (emajl) Catalan: esmalt (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 琺瑯／珐琅 (faat3 long4) Mandarin: 琺瑯／珐琅 (zh) (fàláng) Czech: smalt (cs) m Danish: emalje c Esperanto: emajlo Finnish: emali (fi) French: émail (fr) m, glaçure (fr) f Galician: esmalte (gl) m German: Email (de) n, Emaille (de) f Greek: έγκαυστον n (égkafston), σμάλτο (el) n (smálto) (colloquial), εμαγιέ (el) n (emagié) (colloquial) Hungarian: zománc (hu) Icelandic: smelt n Ido: emalio (io) Irish: cruan (ga) m, amáille f (literary), cruan (ga) m Italian: smalto (it) m, lacca (it) f Japanese: 琺瑯 (ja) (ほうろう, hōrō) Manchu: ᡶᠠᠯᠠᠰᡠ (falasu) Norwegian: Bokmål: emalje m Nynorsk: emalje m Ottoman Turkish: مینه (mine), صیر (sır) Persian: مینا (fa) (minâ) Polish: emalia (pl) f Portuguese: esmalte (pt) m Romanian: smalț (ro) n Russian: эма́ль (ru) f (emálʹ) Scottish Gaelic: cruan m, geiltrigeadh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ѐмајл m, гле̏ђ f Roman: èmajl (sh), glȅđ (sh) Sicilian: smartu, lacca Slovak: smalt Spanish: esmalte (es) m, enlozado (es) Swedish: emalj (sv) c Turkish: emaye (tr) Ukrainian: ема́ль f (emálʹ) Yiddish: עמאַל f (emal), עמאַליע f (emalye)

coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish

Bulgarian: глеч (bg) f (gleč) Finnish: emali (fi) French: émail (fr) m Galician: esmalte (gl) Ido: emalio (io) Polish: emalia (pl) f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ѐмајл m, гле̏ђ f Roman: èmajl (sh), glȅđ (sh) Sicilian: smartatu Spanish: esmaltado (es) m, esmalte (es) m Ukrainian: ема́ль f (emálʹ)

covering on the tooth

Arabic: مِينَاء f (mīnāʔ) Egyptian Arabic: مينا f (minaa) Armenian: էմալ (hy) (ēmal) Bulgarian: емайл (bg) m (emajl) Catalan: esmalt (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 琺瑯質／珐琅质 (faat3 long4 zat1) Mandarin: 琺瑯質／珐琅质 (fàlángzhì) Czech: sklovina f Danish: emalje c Dutch: glazuur (nl) n Esperanto: emajlo Finnish: kiille (fi), hammaskiille (fi) French: émail (fr) m Galician: esmalte (gl) German: Zahnschmelz (de) m, Schmelz (de) m Greek: αδαμαντίνη (el) f (adamantíni) Hungarian: fogzománc (hu) Icelandic: glerungur (is) m Ido: emalio (io) Italian: smalto (it) m Japanese: 琺瑯質 (ほうろうしつ, hōrōshitsu), エナメル質 (エナメルしつ, enamerushitsu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: mîna (ku) f Macedonian: глеѓ f (gleǵ) Maori: kirimārō Norwegian: Bokmål: emalje m Nynorsk: emalje m Persian: مینا (fa) (minâ) Polish: szkliwo (pl) m Portuguese: esmalte (pt) m Romanian: smalț (ro) n Russian: эма́ль (ru) f (emálʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ца̏клина f, гле̏ђ f Roman: cȁklina (sh) f, glȅđ (sh) f Sicilian: smartu Slovak: sklovina Spanish: esmalte (es) m Swedish: emalj (sv) c, tandemalj (sv) c Turkish: mine (tr) Ukrainian: ема́ль f (emálʹ)

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Etymology 2

From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

enamel (third-person singular simple present enamels, present participle (US) enameling or (UK) enamelling, simple past and past participle (US) enameled or (UK) enamelled)

1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

     Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde,
     Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes
     Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte,
     In euery part exceding braue and rich.

2. (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.

3. (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.

   to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth

4. (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

Translations

to coat with enamel

Armenian: արծնել (hy) (arcnel), արծնապատել (hy) (arcnapatel) Bulgarian: емайлирам (bg) (emajliram) Catalan: esmaltar (ca) Esperanto: emajli Finnish: emaloida (fi) French: émailler (fr) Galician: esmaltar German: emaillieren (de), schmalten (de) Greek: βερνικώνω (el) (vernikóno), επισμαλτώνω (el) (epismaltóno) Hebrew: זיגג (zigég) Icelandic: lakka Ido: emaliizar (io) Interlingua: emailliar Irish: cruan (ga) m Italian: smaltare (it) Ottoman Turkish: مینه‌لمك (minelemek) Portuguese: esmaltar (pt) Russian: эмалирова́ть (ru) (emalirovátʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: емајли́рати, глеђосати Roman: emajlírati (sh), gleđosati (sh) Sicilian: smartari Slovak: smaltovať Spanish: esmaltar (es) Swedish: emaljera (sv) Turkish: sırlamak (tr), emaylamak (tr), minelemek (tr)

References

• “enamel”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “enamel”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• Leeman, Manele, Melena, manele, melena