Meanings
plural nail polishes
- uncountableusuallyA cosmetic lacquer applied to the fingernails or toenails.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cosmetic lacquer applied to the fingernails or toenails.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans naellak
- naellakcosmetic lacquer
Arabic مَنَاكِير
- مَنَاكِير (manākīr)cosmetic lacquer
Bengali নখপালিশ
- নখপালিশ (nokhpaliś)cosmetic lacquer
Bulgarian лак за нокти
- лак за нокти (lak za nokti)cosmetic lacquer
Chinese Mandarin 指甲油
- 指甲油 (zhǐjiǎyóu)cosmetic lacquer
Czech lak na nehty
- lak na nehtycosmetic lacquer
Danish neglelak
- neglelakcosmetic lacquer
Dutch nagellak
- nagellakcosmetic lacquer
Esperanto ungolako
- ungolakocosmetic lacquer
Estonian küünelakk
- küünelakkcosmetic lacquer
Finnish kynsilakka
- kynsilakkacosmetic lacquer
French vernis à ongles
- vernis à onglescosmetic lacquer
German Nagellack
- Nagellackcosmetic lacquer
Hindi नेल पॉलिश
- नेल पॉलिश (nel pŏliś)cosmetic lacquer
Hungarian körömlakk
- körömlakkcosmetic lacquer
Icelandic naglalakk
- naglalakkcosmetic lacquer
Irish vearnais iongan
- vearnais iongancosmetic lacquer
Italian smalto per unghie
- smalto per unghiecosmetic lacquer
Japanese ネイルエナメル, ネイルカラー
- ネイルエナメル (neiruenameru)cosmetic lacquer
- ネイルカラー (neirukarā)cosmetic lacquer
- ネイルポリッシュ (neiruporisshu)cosmetic lacquer
- ネールポリッシュ (nēruporisshu)cosmetic lacquer
Norwegian Bokmål neglelakk
- neglelakkcosmetic lacquer
Persian لاک ناخُن, لاک
- لاک ناخُن (lâk-e nâxon)cosmetic lacquer
- لاک (lâk)cosmetic lacquer
Polish lakier do paznokci
- lakier do paznokcicosmetic lacquer
Portuguese verniz, esmalte
- vernizcosmetic lacquer
- esmaltecosmetic lacquer
- esmalte de unhacosmetic lacquer
Romanian ojă, lac de unghii
- ojăcosmetic lacquer
- lac de unghiicosmetic lacquer
Russian лак, лак для ногте́й
- лак (lak)cosmetic lacquer
- лак для ногте́й (lak dlja nogtéj)cosmetic lacquer
Slovak lak na nechty
- lak na nechtycosmetic lacquer
Spanish esmalte de uñas, esmalte
- esmalte de uñascosmetic lacquer
- esmaltecosmetic lacquer
- pintaúñascosmetic lacquer
- laca de uñascosmetic lacquer
- glascosmetic lacquer
Swahili rangi ya kucha
- rangi ya kuchacosmetic lacquer
Swedish nagellack
- nagellackcosmetic lacquer
Thai ยาทาเล็บ
- ยาทาเล็บ (yaataa lép)cosmetic lacquer
Turkish oje
- ojecosmetic lacquer
Ukrainian лак, лак для ні́гтів
- лак (lak)cosmetic lacquer
- лак для ні́гтів (lak dlja níhtiv)cosmetic lacquer
Urdu نیل پالش
- نیل پالش (nel-pāliś)cosmetic lacquer
Vietnamese sơn móng
- sơn móngcosmetic lacquer
Cite this entry
nail polish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nail%20polish
“nail polish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nail%20polish. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nail polish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nail%20polish.
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