Emaille

See also: émaillé and émaille

German

Alternative forms
  • Email n (now specialist, otherwise less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from French émail, from Old French esmal, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-West Germanic *smalt. Doublet of Schmalz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eˈmaljə/, /eˈmaɪ̯ə/, /eˈmaɪ̯/
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  • Rhymes: -aljə, -aɪ̯ə, -aɪ̯

Noun

Emaille f (genitive Emaille, plural Emaillen)

  1. enamel; vitreous enamel; porcelain enamel
    Synonyms: Schmelzglas, Schmelzwerk, Glasfluss

Declension
Declension of Emaille [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Emaille die Emaillen
genitive einer der Emaille der Emaillen
dative einer der Emaille den Emaillen
accusative eine die Emaille die Emaillen

Derived terms
  • Emaillefarbe
  • Emaillegeschirr
  • Emaillegeschirr
  • Emailleschüssel
  • Emailletopf
  • Emailleware

Further reading
  • “Emaille” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Emaille” in Duden online
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