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French
noun
Definitions
- enamel
- vitreous enamel
- glaze coating on pottery
- tincture (heraldry)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French esmal (enamel) derived from Frankish *smalt (melted fat).
Origin
Frankish
*smalt
Gloss
melted fat
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- smalt English
- smalto English
- smaltum Latin
- Emaille German
- Emaillefarbe German
- Schmelzflocken German
- Schmelzfluss German
- Schmelzpunkt German
- Schmelzsicherung German
- Schmelztopf German
- Schmelzwärme German
- schmelzen German
- umschmelzen German
- verschmelzen German
- zerschmelzen German
- email Hungarian
- zománc Hungarian
- smaltare Italian
- smalteria Italian
- smalto Italian
- emailleren Dutch, Flemish
- émaillage French
- émailler French
- émaillerie French
- смальта Russian
- эмаль Russian
- emalje Norwegian Bokmål
- *smaltijaną Proto-Germanic
- *smeltaną Proto-Germanic
- emalje Norwegian Nynorsk
- emalje Danish
- smelte Danish
- smeltevarme Danish
- smalt Czech
- esmailler Old French
- esmal Old French
- smelzan Old High German
- esmail Middle French
- *smalt gmw-pro
- *smalt Frankish
- smaltum ML