esmeril

From Old French esmeril, from Old Italian smeriglio, ultimately from Ancient Greek σμύρις (smúris).

• IPA^(key): [ez.meˈɾil]

esmeril m (usually uncountable)

1. emery
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 25v.

     Et ſi la pulen con el poluo daquella piedra que llaman en arauigo azumberic que es ala que nos dezimos eſmeril. eſclareſce ya quanto ¬ fazes fremoſa.

     And if it is polished with the powder of the stone called azumberic in Arabic, the one we call emery, it brightens and becomes beautiful.

• Spanish: esmeril

esmeril m (plural esmeris)

1. grinder (tool with a spinning abrasive disc)

esmeril m (plural esmeriles)

1. emery

Borrowed from Spanish esmeril (“emery”).

esmeril

1. emery