different between smalt vs smalto

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian smalto, from Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltan? (“to melt, smelt”). Doublet of smalto.

Noun

smalt (countable and uncountable, plural smalts)

1. a deep blue pigment made from powdered glass mixed with cobalt oxide

Synonyms

• eschel

Translations

Anagrams

• malts

Czech

Etymology

From Italian smalto, from Proto-West Germanic *smalt. Cognate with German Schmelz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?smalt]
• Rhymes: -alt

Noun

smalt m

1. enamel (coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects)

Further reading

• smalt in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• smalt in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sm??lt/

Adjective

smalt

1. neuter singular of smal

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sm?lt/

Verb

smalt

1. past tense of smelle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sm??lt/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

smalt

1. neuter singular of smal

Swedish

Adjective

smalt

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of smal.

Verb

smalt

1. past tense of smälta.

Anagrams

• malts

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian smalto. Doublet of schmaltz, email, and smalt.

Noun

smalto (plural smalti)

1. A piece of coloured glass used in mosaic.

Anagrams

• Altoms, almost, stomal

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zmal.to/

Etymology 1

From Frankish *smalt, from Late Latin smaltum. Compare German schmelzen (“to melt”).

Noun

smalto m (plural smalti)

1. enamel (all senses)
2. glaze
3. (heraldry) tincture

Derived terms

• smaltare

Descendants

• ? Russian: ???????? (smál?ta)

Etymology 2

Verb

smalto

1. first-person singular present indicative of smaltare

Further reading

• smalto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana