vernis

From Middle Dutch vernis, from Old French vernis.

• IPA^(key): /vərˈnɪs/

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• Hyphenation: ver‧nis
• Rhymes: -ɪs

vernis n or m (plural vernissen, diminutive vernisje n)

1. varnish

• vernissen

• Afrikaans: vernis

• velnis (Lagarteiru)

From Old Galician-Portuguese vernes, from Latin Veneris diēs, variant of diēs Veneris (literally “Day of Venus”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾnis/

vernis m (plural vernis)

1. (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) Friday

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Inherited from Old French vernis, verniz, borrowed from Medieval Latin vernīx (accusative singular vernīcem), from veronīx, from Byzantine Greek βερενίκη, βερονίκη (bereníkē, beroníkē, “resin amber”), from Ancient Greek βερενίκιον (bereníkion, “soda”), βερονίκιον (beroníkion), possibly from Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “Berenice”) (now Benghazi). The derivation from the city may be a false etymology.

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.ni/

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• Homophones: verni, vernie, vernies, vernit

vernis m (plural vernis)

1. varnish
2. nail polish
3. veneer

vernis m pl

1. masculine plural of verni

• vernis à ongles

• vernir
• verni

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

• revins

vernīs

1. dative/ablative plural of verna

Borrowed from French vernis.

vernis n (uncountable)

1. varnish