veneer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /vəˈnɪɹ/
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: V AH0 N IH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From German Furnier, from furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer”), from French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”), from Middle French fornir, from Old French fornir, furnir (“to furnish”), from Old Frankish frumjan (“to provide”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan, frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at furnish.

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: фурнир (furnir) — thin covering of fine wood
• Catalan: fullola — thin covering of fine wood
• Chinese Mandarin: 飾面 /饰面 (shìmiàn) — thin covering of fine wood
• Czech: dýha — thin covering of fine wood
• Danish: finer — thin covering of fine wood
• Dutch: fineer — thin covering of fine wood
• Esperanto: furniro — thin covering of fine wood
• Finnish: viilu — thin covering of fine wood
• French: placage — thin covering of fine wood
• French: revêtement — thin covering of fine wood
• Georgian: ფანერა (panera) — thin covering of fine wood
• Georgian: ფირფიცარი (pirpicari) — thin covering of fine wood
• Georgian: ჭიქურა (č̣ikura) — thin covering of fine wood
• Georgian: სარკალა (sarḳala) — thin covering of fine wood
• German: Furnier — thin covering of fine wood
• German: Verblendung — thin covering of fine wood
• Greek: επικόλλημα (epikóllima) — thin covering of fine wood
• Hebrew: פורניר — thin covering of fine wood
• Hindi: परत (parat) — thin covering of fine wood
• Hungarian: furnér — thin covering of fine wood
• Hungarian: furnérlemez — thin covering of fine wood
• Irish: veinír — thin covering of fine wood
• Italian: impiallacciatura — thin covering of fine wood
• Italian: rivestimento decorativo — thin covering of fine wood
• Macedonian: фурнир (furnir) — thin covering of fine wood
• Manx: aachrackan — thin covering of fine wood
• Manx: aachoodagh — thin covering of fine wood
• Māori: papa tīhore — thin covering of fine wood
• Norwegian: finér — thin covering of fine wood
• Persian: روکش روکش چوبی — thin covering of fine wood
• Polish: fornir — thin covering of fine wood
• Portuguese: folheado — thin covering of fine wood
• Portuguese: laminado — thin covering of fine wood
• Portuguese: lâmina de madeira — thin covering of fine wood
• Romanian: furnir — thin covering of fine wood
• Russian: шпон (špon) — thin covering of fine wood
• Russian: односло́йная фане́ра (odnoslójnaja fanéra) — thin covering of fine wood
• Serbo-Croatian: фурнир — thin covering of fine wood
• Serbo-Croatian: оплатица — thin covering of fine wood
• Serbo-Croatian: furnir — thin covering of fine wood
• Serbo-Croatian: oplatica — thin covering of fine wood
• Slovak: dyha — thin covering of fine wood
• Spanish: chapa — thin covering of fine wood
• Spanish: chapa de madera — thin covering of fine wood
• Spanish: chapeado — thin covering of fine wood
• Spanish: contrachapado — thin covering of fine wood
• Spanish: enchapado — thin covering of fine wood
• Spanish: revestimiento — thin covering of fine wood
• Swedish: faner — thin covering of fine wood
• Turkish: ağaç kaplama — thin covering of fine wood
• Turkish: ahşap kaplama — thin covering of fine wood
• Turkish: kaplama tahtası — thin covering of fine wood
• Turkish: kaplama — thin covering of fine wood
• Welsh: argaen — thin covering of fine wood
• Bulgarian: облицовка (oblicovka) — covering or disguising appearance
• Catalan: vernís — covering or disguising appearance
• Czech: fasáda — covering or disguising appearance
• Czech: vnější lesk — covering or disguising appearance
• Czech: vnější nátěr — covering or disguising appearance
• Finnish: julkisivu — covering or disguising appearance
• French: vernis — covering or disguising appearance
• Georgian: დაფარვა (daparva) — covering or disguising appearance
• Georgian: გარეგნობის მიცემა (garegnobis micema) — covering or disguising appearance
• German: Fassade — covering or disguising appearance
• Greek: επικόλλημα (epikóllima) — covering or disguising appearance
• Greek: επίχρισμα (epíchrisma) — covering or disguising appearance
• Greek: επίφαση (epífasi) — covering or disguising appearance
• Hindi: दिखावा (dikhāvā) — covering or disguising appearance
• Hindi: नुमाइश (numāiś) — covering or disguising appearance
• Hungarian: máz — covering or disguising appearance
• Hungarian: felszín — covering or disguising appearance
• Hungarian: külső — covering or disguising appearance
• Hungarian: külszín — covering or disguising appearance
• Hungarian: látszat — covering or disguising appearance
• Hungarian: küllem — covering or disguising appearance
• Italian: facciata — covering or disguising appearance
• Italian: mascheratura — covering or disguising appearance
• Italian: copertura — covering or disguising appearance
• Italian: dissimulazione — covering or disguising appearance
• Norwegian: ferniss — covering or disguising appearance
• Russian: вне́шний лоск (vnéšnij losk) — covering or disguising appearance
• Russian: налёт (naljót) — covering or disguising appearance
• Russian: показу́ха (pokazúxa) — covering or disguising appearance
• Russian: ви́димость (vídimostʹ) — covering or disguising appearance
• Spanish: barniz — covering or disguising appearance
• Swedish: fasad — covering or disguising appearance
• Swedish: fernissa — covering or disguising appearance
• Bulgarian: фурнировам (furnirovam) — to apply veneer
• Catalan: envernissar — to apply veneer
• Catalan: recobrir — to apply veneer
• Catalan: revestir — to apply veneer
• Czech: dýhovat — to apply veneer
• Czech: odýhovat — to apply veneer
• Danish: finere — to apply veneer
• Esperanto: plaki — to apply veneer
• Finnish: viiluttaa — to apply veneer
• French: vernir — to apply veneer
• German: furnieren — to apply veneer
• German: verblenden — to apply veneer
• Greek: επικολλώ (epikolló) — to apply veneer
• Greek: επιχρίω (epichrío) — to apply veneer
• Italian: impiallacciare — to apply veneer
• Italian: rivestire — to apply veneer
• Italian: ricoprire — to apply veneer
• Italian: mascherare — to apply veneer
• Macedonian: обложи (obloži) — to apply veneer
• Macedonian: фурнира (furnira) — to apply veneer
• Manx: cur aachrackan er — to apply veneer
• Norwegian Bokmål: finere — to apply veneer
• Portuguese: folhear — to apply veneer
• Russian: облицовывать (oblicovyvatʹ) — to apply veneer
• Russian: придава́ть вне́шний лоск (pridavátʹ vnéšnij losk) — to apply veneer
• Russian: маскировать (maskirovatʹ) — to apply veneer
• Spanish: chapar — to apply veneer
• Spanish: chapear — to apply veneer
• Spanish: enchapar — to apply veneer
• Swedish: fanera — to apply veneer
• Turkish: kaplamak — to apply veneer
• Ottoman Turkish: یالدزلامق (yaldızlamak) — to disguise with apparent goodness