# esmalte
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esmalte, probably from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [esˈmaltɪ]

### Noun

esmalte m (plural esmaltes)
* enamel
* enamel-work
** 1435, Á. Rodriguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, d. 139:
    hũu esmalte con escudo con çinco follas de figueira, que podera pesar hũu marquo et medio de prata pouquo mas ou menos;an enamel with a shield with five leaves of fig, that can weight a mark and a half of silver, give or take

#### Related terms

* esmaltar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esmalte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esmalte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esmalte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esmalte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /izˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [izˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi], /ezˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [ezˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /izˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [izˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi], /ezˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [ezˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʒˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [iʒˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi], /eʒˈmaw.t͡ʃi/ [eʒˈmaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ezˈmaw.te/ [ezˈmaʊ̯.te]
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʒˈmal.tɨ/ [(i)ʒˈmaɫ.tɨ]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɨ, (Brazil) -awt͡ʃi
* Hyphenation: es‧mal‧te

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esmalte, probably from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

#### Noun

esmalte m (plural esmaltes)
* enamel
* glaze (coating on pottery)
* nail polish, nail varnish

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

esmalte
* inflection of esmaltar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈmalte/ [ezˈmal̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -alte
* Syllabification: es‧mal‧te

### Etymology 1

From Old Spanish esmalte, likely from Old Occitan esmalt, from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.

#### Noun

esmalte m (plural esmaltes)
* enamel
* glaze (coating on pottery)
* nail polish, nail varnish
    Synonyms: pintaúñas, barniz, laca
* (heraldry) tincture
    Synonym: color

##### Derived terms

* esmalte de uñas
* quitaesmalte

##### Descendants

* → Tagalog: esmalte

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

esmalte
* inflection of esmaltar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “esmalte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esmalte.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔesˈmalte/ [ʔɛsˈmal.t̪ɛ]
* Rhymes: -alte
* Syllabification: es‧mal‧te

### Noun

esmalte (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜋᜎ᜔ᜆᜒ)
* enamel