different between enamel vs zellige

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??næm?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??næm?l/
• Rhymes: -æm?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- (“in-”) + amailler (“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmal (“enamel”), from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltijan? (“to smelt”). Compare German schmelzen, Danish smelte (“to melt”).

Noun

enamel (countable and uncountable, plural enamels)

1. An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
2. A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
3. The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
4. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

enamel (third-person singular simple present enamels, present participle (US) enameling or (UK) enamelling, simple past and past participle (US) enameled or (UK) enamelled)

1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
2. (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
3. (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.

4. (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

Derived terms

• enamelware
• porcelain enamel
• vitreous enamel

Translations

Anagrams

• Leeman, Manele, Melena, manele, melena

English

Alternative forms

• zellij
• zillij

Etymology

Arabic ???????? (zall?j)

Noun

zellige (plural zelliges)

1. (architecture) A form of terracotta tilework covered with enamel in the form of chips set into plaster, characteristic of Moroccan architecture.

French

Noun

zellige m (plural zelliges)

1. zellige

Further reading

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