tarnish

Etymology
From, a borrowing from , stem of , borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1) Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air.
 * 2) * 1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household
 * Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: потъмняване
 * Finnish: hapettuma, tummentuma
 * German: Anlaufen, Mattieren, Beschlagen
 * Ottoman Turkish: چرك
 * Polish: zaśniedzenie
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
 * 2)  To compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
 * 3)  To lose its lustre or attraction; to become dull.
 * 4)  To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it brings disrepute to it.
 * 1)  To lose its lustre or attraction; to become dull.
 * 2)  To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it brings disrepute to it.
 * 1)  To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it brings disrepute to it.
 * 1)  To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it brings disrepute to it.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: hapettua, tummua
 * French:
 * German:, matt werden,
 * Polish: śniedzieć, zaśniedzieć
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, де́лать ту́склым
 * Spanish:


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish: brukać, zbrukać
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: pošpiniť, špiniť, poškodiť, poškodzovať
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:, , ,