emery

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• /ˈɛm(ə)ɹi/
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From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).

From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 埃默里 (Āimòlǐ) — male given name
• French: Émeric — male given name
• French: Aymeric — male given name
• German: Emmerich — male given name
• Hungarian: Imre — male given name
• Italian: Amerigo — male given name
• Polish: Emeryk — male given name
• Afrikaans: amaril — mineral
• Albanian: smeril — mineral
• Amharic: ሻሚራ (šamira) — mineral
• Arabic: سُنْبَاذَج (sunbāḏaj) — mineral
• Aramaic: שָׁמִירָא (šāmīrā) — mineral
• Aramaic: ܫܡܝܪܐ (šāmīrā) — mineral
• Armenian: զմռնիտ (zmṙnit) — mineral
• Armenian: հղկաքար (hġkakʻar) — mineral
• Middle Armenian: զմռնիտեան քար (zmṙnitean kʻar) — mineral
• Azerbaijani: سنباده (suṁbāda) — mineral
• Azerbaijani: sumbata — mineral
• Belarusian: нажда́к (naždák) — mineral
• Bulgarian: шми́ргел (šmírgel) — mineral
• Catalan: esmeril — mineral
• Czech: smirek — mineral
• Czech: smyrek — mineral
• Danish: smergel — mineral
• Dutch: amaril — mineral
• Esperanto: smirgo — mineral
• Finnish: smirgeli — mineral
• French: émeri — mineral
• German: Schmirgel — mineral
• Greek: σμύριδα (smýrida) — mineral
• Ancient Greek: σμύρις (smúris) — mineral
• Gujarati: રેખમાળ (rekhmāḷ) — mineral
• Hebrew: שָׁמִיר (šāmīr) — mineral
• Hindi: एमरी (emrī) — mineral
• Irish: éimear — mineral
• Italian: smeriglio — mineral
• Italian: spoltiglio — mineral
• Japanese: 金剛砂 (kongōsa) — mineral
• Karakalpak: qayraq qum — mineral
• Karakhanid: تُربِك (turbik) — mineral
• Karakhanid: ترپگ (törpik) — mineral
• Korean: 금강사 (geumgangsa) — mineral
• Central Kurdish: سماتە (simate) — mineral
• Northern Kurdish: zimpare — mineral
• Polish: szmergiel — mineral
• Portuguese: esmeril — mineral
• Russian: нажда́к (naždák) — mineral
• Serbo-Croatian: шмѝргл — mineral
• Serbo-Croatian: шмѝргла — mineral
• Serbo-Croatian: сми́рак — mineral
• Serbo-Croatian: šmìrgl — mineral
• Serbo-Croatian: šmìrgla — mineral
• Serbo-Croatian: smírak — mineral
• Slovak: šmirgeľ — mineral
• Spanish: esmeril — mineral
• Swedish: smärgel — mineral
• Tagalog: esmeril — mineral
• Tatar: ком кайрак (qom qayraq) — mineral
• Tatar: кайрак комы (qayraq qomı) — mineral
• Thai: กากกะรุน (gàak-gà-run) — mineral
• Thai: กากรุน (gàak-run) — mineral
• Turkish: zımpara — mineral
• Ottoman Turkish: زیمپارا (zumpara, zımpara) — mineral
• Ottoman Turkish: سمپاره (simpāré, sümpāré) — mineral
• Turkmen: gaýrak gumy — mineral
• Ukrainian: нажда́к (naždák) — mineral
• Uzbek: najdak — mineral
• Uzbek: qum qayroq — mineral
• Vietnamese: đá nhám — mineral
• Welsh: llathrlwch — mineral
• Welsh: emeri — mineral
• Catalan: esmerilar — To sand or polish with emery
• Esperanto: smirgi — To sand or polish with emery
• Polish: szlifować papierem ściernym — To sand or polish with emery
• Spanish: esmerilar — To sand or polish with emery
• Polish: pokrywać szmerglem — To coat with emery
• Polish: pokryć szmerglem — To coat with emery