esmalt

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [əzˈmal]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əzˈmalt]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ezˈmalt]

Noun

esmalt m (plural esmalts)

enamel
(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 (not comparable)

at first, firstly

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

esmaut, armaut

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

Noun

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

enamel

Descendants

Occitan: esmaut, esmalt, esmart

Borrowings:

→ Italy:
- Italian: smalto
  - → Czech: smalt
  - → English: smalto
  - → Russian: сма́льта (smálʹta)
  - → Sardinian: ismaltu (probably)
- Sicilian: smartu
→ Iberia:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: esmalte
  - Galician: esmalte
  - Portuguese: esmalte
- Old Leonese: [Term?]
  - Asturian: esmalte
- Old Spanish: esmalte
  - Spanish: esmalte

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