varnish

Etymology
From, , from , from , from , a town in Cyrenaica, now called Benghazi.

Noun

 * 1) A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film.
 * 2) Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance.
 * 3)  A deceptively showy appearance.
 * 4)  a passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time.
 * 1)  a passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time.
 * 1)  a passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: وَرْنِيش
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: lak
 * Belarusian: лак
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Central Melanau: berenih
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: fernis, lak
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ლაკი
 * German: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ingrian: öljy
 * Interlingua: vernisse
 * Irish: vearnais
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: лак
 * Korean: 니스, 옻, 바니시
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian: laka
 * Lithuanian: lakas
 * Malay: varnis
 * Manx: lossanagh, varnish
 * Maori: wānihi
 * Mokilese: parnij, warnis
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: ferniss, lakk
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: ورنیك, روغن
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ла̏к
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: lak
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: barnis, alyamas
 * Tajik: лак
 * Thai: น้ำมันชักเงา
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: lak
 * Ukrainian: лак
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: vernize
 * Vietnamese:, véc ni
 * Welsh: farnis, farnais


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: fernis, lak
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Slovak: lesk
 * Venetian: vernize


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: fernis
 * Finnish: pintakiilto
 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese:


 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To apply varnish.
 * 2)  To cover up with varnish.
 * 3)  To make something superficially or deceptively attractive
 * 4)  To gloss over a defect.
 * 1)  To gloss over a defect.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ლაქის წასმა, ლაკირება
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ingrian: öljytä
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: wānihi
 * Norman: vèrni
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: envernizar
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: lakovať
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ლაკირება
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ingrian: öljytä
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: envernizar
 * Russian:, покрыва́ть ла́ком
 * Slovak: nalakovať, zalakovať
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Georgian: შენიღბვა, შელამაზება, დაფარვა
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Portuguese: envernizar
 * Russian:


 * Dutch: ,

Etymology
Borrowed from.