barniz

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish barniz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈnis/, [baɾˈnis]
• Hyphenation: bar‧niz

Noun

barniz

1. varnish

Spanish

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Etymology

Variant of dialectal berniz, from Medieval Latin vernicem (“sandarac, resin”) from veronicem, from Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Ancient Greek βερενίκιον (bereníkion, “soda”), βερονίκιον (beroníkion), from Βερενίκη (Bereníkē). Cognate with English varnish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈniθ/ [baɾˈniθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /baɾˈnis/ [baɾˈnis] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: bar‧niz

Noun

barniz m (plural barnices)

1. varnish, gloss

   Synonym: laca

   • 2023 September 18, Jacinto Antón, “Woody Allen: “La infidelidad sólo es buena en la ficción””, in El País‎:

     Ese barniz suave que tienen últimamente sus películas, esa levedad pese a que puedan pasar cosas dramáticas, hasta asesinatos, ¿es cosa de la edad, de haber vivido y relativizar?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• barnizador
• barnizar

See also

• esmalte

Further reading

• “barniz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• brinza, brizna