smalt

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noun

A deep blue pigment made from powdered glass mixed with cobalt oxide.

Similar
Dumont's blueeschel
OriginItalian smalto ← Medieval Latin smaltum ← Frankish *smalt →
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Meanings

nounsmalt (countable and uncountable, plural smalts)

plural smalts

  1. countableuncountableA deep blue pigment made from powdered glass mixed with cobalt oxide.

    Synonyms: Dumont's blue, eschel

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA deep blue pigment made from powdered glass mixed with cobalt oxide.

Similar
Dumont's blueeschel
Also see
dumont's blueeschel

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*smeltaną“to melt, smelt”
  2. Frankish*smalt
  3. Medieval Latinsmaltum
  4. Italiansmalto
  5. Englishsmalt

A borrowing from Italian smalto, from Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt, smelt”). A doublet of smalto.

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Translations

Finnish smaltti
  • smalttiblue pigment
French smalt
  • smaltblue pigment
German Schmalte
  • Schmalteblue pigment
Polish smalta, błękit królewski
  • smaltablue pigment
  • błękit królewskiblue pigment
Cite this entry
APA

smalt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smalt

MLA

“smalt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smalt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smalt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smalt.

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