polish

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Variante de scriere Vezi și : Polish

engleză

(English)

Etimologie

Din engleza medie polishen, care provine din franceza medie poliss, polir < latină polīre.

Pronunție

  • AFI: /'pɒlɪʃ/ (Anglia)
  • AFI: /'pɑlɪʃ/ (SUA)


Substantiv

polish, (nenumărabil și numărabil; pl. polishes)

  1. lac
    A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.
  2. luciu, lustru, lustruire
    The floor was waxed to a high polish.
  3. (fig.) rafinament, eleganță
    The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk.

Sinonime

  • 1: wax
  • 2: finish, sheen, shine, shininess, smoothness
  • 3: class, elegance, panache, refinement, style

Cuvinte derivate

  • depolish
  • expolish
  • repolish

Cuvinte compuse

  • apple-polish
  • French polish
  • furniture polish
  • glacial polish
  • nail polish
  • polish remover
  • shoe polish
  • spit and polish
  • stove polish
  • varnish polish

Cuvinte apropiate

  • polissoir


Verb


Conjugarea verbului
to polish
Infinitiv to polish
Prezent simplu
pers. 3 sg.
polishes
Trecut simplu polished
Participiu trecut polished
Participiu prezent polishing
  1. a lustrui, a lăcui; a poliza, a șlefui
    He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
  2. (fig.) a se rafina, a se cizela
    The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
  3. a aplica cremă de ghete

Sinonime

Cuvinte derivate

  • polishable
  • polished
  • polisher
  • polishing
  • polishment
  • polishure
  • unpolish

Locuțiuni

  • polish off
  • polish up, polish up on

Vezi și

  • interpolish

Referințe

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