esmeril

esmeril

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek σμύρις (smúris), possibly via Italian smeriglio.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əz.məˈɾil/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ez.meˈɾil/

Noun

esmeril m (plural esmerils)

1. emery

Derived terms

• esmerilar
• paper esmeril

Further reading

• “esmeril” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Old French esmeril, from Old Italian smeriglio, ultimately from Ancient Greek σμύρις (smúris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ezmeˈɾil/

Noun

esmeril m (usually uncountable)

1. emery
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 25v.

     Et ſi la pulen con el poluo daquella piedra que llaman en arauigo azumberic que es ala que nos dezimos eſmeril. eſclareſce ya quanto ¬ fazes fremoſa.

     And if it is polished with the powder of the stone called azumberic in Arabic, the one we call emery, it brightens and becomes beautiful.

Descendants

• Spanish: esmeril

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Portuguese

A bench grinder working

Noun

esmeril m (plural esmeris)

1. grinder (tool with a spinning abrasive disc)
2. bench grinder

   Synonym: motoesmeril

Further reading

• “esmeril” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “esmeril” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “esmeril” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “esmeril” in Dicionário Online de Português.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esmeˈɾil/ [ez.meˈɾil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: es‧me‧ril

Noun

esmeril m (plural esmeriles)

1. emery

Derived terms

• esmeril de banco
• esmeril angular

Further reading

• “esmeril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esmeril (“emery”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: es‧me‧ril
• IPA^(key): /ʔesˈmeɾil/, [ʔesˈme.ɾɪl]

Noun

esmeril

1. emery