different between zaffre vs smalt

English

Alternative forms

• zaffer
• zaffree
• zaffar
• zaffir

Etymology

From Italian zaffera, from Latin sapphirus (“sapphire”). Doublet of sapphire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zæf?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æf?(?)

Noun

zaffre (countable and uncountable, plural zaffres)

1. A blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore.
2. A cobalt blue colour, like that of the pigment.

Translations

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}

Anagrams

• affzer, zaffer

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