• (British) IPA: /ɪˈnæməl/
• (GA) IPA: /əˈnæməl/

enamel

1. An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
2. A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
3. The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
4. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

• French: émail, glaçure
• German: Email, Emaille
• Italian: smalto, lacca
• Portuguese: esmalte
• Russian: эма́ль
• Spanish: esmalte, enlozado

• French: émail
• Spanish: esmaltado, esmalte

• French: émail
• German: Zahnschmelz, Schmelz
• Italian: smalto
• Portuguese: esmalte
• Russian: эма́ль
• Spanish: esmalte

enamel (enamels, present participle enameling; past and past participle enameled)

1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
2. (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 9”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:

     Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.

3. (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.

   to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth

4. (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

• French: émailler
• German: emaillieren, schmalten
• Italian: smaltare
• Portuguese: esmaltar
• Russian: эмалирова́ть
• Spanish: esmaltar