Phrase guide

shoe polish

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A product rubbed onto shoes to make them shine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blacking

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blacking

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: polish

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: skoenpolitoer — product used to make shoes shine
  • Breton: koaraj — product used to make shoes shine
  • Bulgarian: паста за обувки (pasta za obuvki) — product used to make shoes shine
  • Catalan: crema de sabates — product used to make shoes shine
  • Catalan: betum — product used to make shoes shine
  • Chichewa: mankhwala a nsapato — product used to make shoes shine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鞋油 (xiéyóu) — product used to make shoes shine
  • Czech: krém na boty — product used to make shoes shine
  • Dutch: schoensmeer — product used to make shoes shine
  • Esperanto: ŝupolurilo — product used to make shoes shine
  • Finnish: kengänkiillote — product used to make shoes shine
  • Finnish: kengänkiilloke — product used to make shoes shine
  • Finnish: lankki — product used to make shoes shine
  • Finnish: kenkälankki — product used to make shoes shine
  • French: cirage — product used to make shoes shine
  • German: Schuhcreme — product used to make shoes shine
  • German: Schuhpasta — product used to make shoes shine
  • German: Schuhpaste — product used to make shoes shine
  • German: Schuhwichse — product used to make shoes shine
  • Ido: cirajo — product used to make shoes shine
  • Indonesian: semir sepatu — product used to make shoes shine
  • Interlingua: cera de scarpas (lustrar) — product used to make shoes shine
  • Italian: lucido per scarpe — product used to make shoes shine
  • Japanese: 靴墨 (kutsuzumi) — product used to make shoes shine
  • Japanese: 靴クリーム (kutsu kurīmu) — product used to make shoes shine
  • Norman: bliatchîn — product used to make shoes shine
  • Norman: blyakyĩ — product used to make shoes shine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skokrem — product used to make shoes shine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skokrem — product used to make shoes shine
  • Persian: واکس (vâks) — product used to make shoes shine
  • Polish: pasta do butów — product used to make shoes shine
  • Polish: pasta — product used to make shoes shine
  • Portuguese: graxa — product used to make shoes shine
  • Portuguese: graxa de sapato — product used to make shoes shine
  • Russian: крем для о́буви (krem dlja óbuvi) — product used to make shoes shine
  • Russian: ва́кса (váksa) — product used to make shoes shine
  • Russian: гутали́н (gutalín) — product used to make shoes shine
  • Slovak: krém na topánky — product used to make shoes shine
  • Spanish: betún — product used to make shoes shine
  • Swahili: dawa ya viatu — product used to make shoes shine
  • Swedish: skokräm — product used to make shoes shine
  • Tagalog: biton — product used to make shoes shine
  • Turkish: lostra — product used to make shoes shine
  • Turkish: ayakkabı boyası — product used to make shoes shine
  • Ottoman Turkish: لوسترو (lustro, lostro) — product used to make shoes shine
  • Vietnamese: xi đánh giày — product used to make shoes shine