barniz

Variant of dialectal berniz, from Medieval Latin vernix, vernice (“sandarac, resin”) from veronix, veronice, from Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Ancient Greek βερενίκιον (bereníkion, “soda”), βερονίκιον (beroníkion), from Βερενίκη (Bereníkē). Cognate with English varnish.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /baɾˈniθ/ [baɾˈniθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /baɾˈnis/ [baɾˈnis]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: bar‧niz

barniz m (plural barnices)

1. varnish, gloss

   Synonym: laca

• barnizar
• barnizador

• esmalte

• “barniz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• brizna