esmalt

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

esmalt m (plural esmalts)

  1. enamel
  2. (heraldry) tincture

Derived terms

Further reading

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
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