Phrase guide

nail polish

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A cosmetic lacquer applied to the fingernails or toenails.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nail enamel, nail varnish

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cosmetic, enamel

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: naellak — cosmetic lacquer
  • Arabic: مَنَاكِير (manākīr) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Armenian: լաք (lakʻ) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Armenian: եղունգների լաք (eġungneri lakʻ) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Assamese: নখপালিচ (nokhpalis) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Azerbaijani: dırnaq lakı — cosmetic lacquer
  • Bengali: নখপালিশ (nokhpaliś) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Bulgarian: лак за нокти (lak za nokti) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 指甲油 (zhǐjiǎyóu) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Ngazidja Comorian: yina shizungu — cosmetic lacquer
  • Czech: lak na nehty — cosmetic lacquer
  • Danish: neglelak — cosmetic lacquer
  • Dutch: nagellak — cosmetic lacquer
  • Elfdalian: nagellakk — cosmetic lacquer
  • Esperanto: ungolako — cosmetic lacquer
  • Estonian: küünelakk — cosmetic lacquer
  • Faroese: neglalakk — cosmetic lacquer
  • Finnish: kynsilakka — cosmetic lacquer
  • French: vernis à ongles — cosmetic lacquer
  • Galician: laca de unllas — cosmetic lacquer
  • German: Nagellack — cosmetic lacquer
  • Hindi: नेल पॉलिश (nel pŏliś) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Hungarian: körömlakk — cosmetic lacquer
  • Icelandic: naglalakk — cosmetic lacquer
  • Irish: vearnais iongan — cosmetic lacquer
  • Italian: smalto per unghie — cosmetic lacquer
  • Japanese: ネイルエナメル (neiruenameru) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Japanese: ネイルカラー (neirukarā) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Japanese: ネイルポリッシュ (neiruporisshu) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Japanese: ネールポリッシュ (nēruporisshu) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Macedonian: лак за нокти (lak za nokti) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Maltese: kjutiks — cosmetic lacquer
  • Manx: varnish ingney — cosmetic lacquer
  • Mewari: नुकमेंदी (nukmendī) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Navajo: láshgaan bee yiilchíhí — cosmetic lacquer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: neglelakk — cosmetic lacquer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: naglelakk — cosmetic lacquer
  • Persian: لاک ناخُن (lâk-e nâxon) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Persian: لاک (lâk) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Polish: lakier do paznokci — cosmetic lacquer
  • Portuguese: verniz — cosmetic lacquer
  • Portuguese: esmalte — cosmetic lacquer
  • Portuguese: esmalte de unha — cosmetic lacquer
  • Romanian: ojă — cosmetic lacquer
  • Romanian: lac de unghii — cosmetic lacquer
  • Russian: лак (lak) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Russian: лак для ногте́й (lak dlja nogtéj) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Southern Sami: guehperelaahke — cosmetic lacquer
  • Sanskrit: नखराग (nakharāga) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Serbo-Croatian: лак за нокте — cosmetic lacquer
  • Serbo-Croatian: lak za nokte — cosmetic lacquer
  • Slovak: lak na nechty — cosmetic lacquer
  • Spanish: esmalte de uñas — cosmetic lacquer
  • Spanish: esmalte — cosmetic lacquer
  • Spanish: pintaúñas — cosmetic lacquer
  • Spanish: laca de uñas — cosmetic lacquer
  • Spanish: glas — cosmetic lacquer
  • Swahili: rangi ya kucha — cosmetic lacquer
  • Swedish: nagellack — cosmetic lacquer
  • Sylheti: ꠘꠃꠈꠙꠣꠟꠤꠡ (noukófaliś) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Thai: ยาทาเล็บ (yaataa lép) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Turkish: oje — cosmetic lacquer
  • Ukrainian: лак (lak) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Ukrainian: лак для ні́гтів (lak dlja níhtiv) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Urdu: نیل پالش (nel-pāliś) — cosmetic lacquer
  • Vietnamese: sơn móng — cosmetic lacquer