smalt

See also: smält and smalț

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian smalto, from Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“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

• Dumont's blue
• eschel

Translations

blue pigment

• Finnish: smaltti (fi)
• French: smalt (fr)
• German: Schmalte (de) f
• Polish: smalta f, błękit królewski m

Anagrams

• malts

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian smalto. Cognate with German Schmelz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsmalt]
• Rhymes: -alt

Noun

smalt m inan

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

Declension

Declension of smalt (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	smalt	smalty
genitive	smaltu	smaltů
dative	smaltu	smaltům
accusative	smalt	smalty
vocative	smalte	smalty
locative	smaltu	smaltech
instrumental	smaltem	smalty

Further reading

• “smalt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “smalt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smal/

• Audio:

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Noun

smalt m (plural smalts)

1. smalt

Further reading

• “smalt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɑːlt/

Adjective

smalt

1. neuter singular of smal

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɑlt/

Verb

smalt

1. past tense of smelle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɑːlt/

Adjective

smalt

1. neuter singular of smal

Romanian

Noun

smalt n (plural smalturi)

1. Alternative form of smalț

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	smalt	smaltul		smalturi	smalturile
genitive-dative	smalt	smaltului		smalturi	smalturilor
vocative	smaltule			smalturilor

Swedish

Adjective

smalt

1. indefinite neuter singular of smal

Verb

smalt

1. past indicative of smälta

Anagrams

• malts