émail

See also: email, Email, e-mail, and E-Mail

French

Etymology

Old French esmal, from Frankish *smalt, compare German schmelzen, Danish smelte (“to melt”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.maj/
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Noun

émail m (plural émaux)

enamel
vitreous enamel
glaze (coating on pottery)
tincture (heraldry)

Derived terms

émailleur

Related terms

Descendants

Danish: emalje
German: Email
Russian: эмаль f (emalʹ)

Further reading

“émail” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

maile, mailé
mêlai

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