verniz
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese verniz, a borrowing from Medieval Latin vernīcem (“varnish”) < veronīx, from Byzantine Greek, from Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “a city in Lybia”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈnis/ [veɦˈnis]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /veɾˈnis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʁˈniʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veɻˈnis/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾˈniʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨɾˈniʃ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal) -iʃ
- Hyphenation: ver‧niz
Noun
verniz m (plural vernizes)
- varnish (type of paint that leaves a hard, glossy film)
- (uncountable) the glossy appearance of objects painted with varnish
- (figurative) varnish (a deceptively showy appearance)
- Synonym: máscara
- (Portugal) nail polish, nail varnish
- Synonym: (Brazil) esmalte
Derived terms
- envernizar
- verniz de unha
- verniz-da-china
- verniz-do-japão
- vernizagem
- vernizar
Related terms
- envernizadela
- envernizado
- envernizador
- envernizadura
- envernizamento
- vernizeira
Further reading
- “verniz”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “verniz”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025