veneer
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veneer
- /vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/ UK
- /vəˈnɪɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
noun veneers
- A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material. Compartment and corridor partitions are of blockboard, with appropriate decorative veneers to suit the varied interior decoration.
- An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the veneer of culture. “Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer.”
- A layer of material placed over a tooth.
verb veneers · veneering · veneered
- To apply veneer to. to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany
- To disguise with apparent goodness. [O]ne / Discuss'd his tutor, rough to common men / But honeying at the whisper of a lord; / And one the Master, as a rogue in grain / Veneer'd with sanctimonious theory.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: facing, plywood, varnish, coating, glaze, facade, paint, layer, block, lining, polishing, tier, overlap, coat, overlay, gloss
Translations
Every language
noun thin covering of fine wood
| Español | chapa (“de madera”/lignaria), chapeado, contrachapado, enchapado, revestimiento |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 飾面 /饰面 shìmiàn |
| हिन्दी | परत parat |
| Português | folheado, laminado, lâmina de madeira |
| Français | placage, revêtement |
| Deutsch | Furnier, Verblendung |
| Italiano | impiallacciatura, rivestimento decorativo |
| Ελληνικά | επικόλλημα epikóllima |
| Română | furnir |
| Русский | шпон špon, односло́йная фане́ра odnoslójnaja fanéra |
| עברית | פורניר |
noun covering or disguising appearance
| हिन्दी | दिखावा dikhāvā, नुमाइश numāiś |
|---|---|
| Français | vernis |
| Deutsch | Fassade |
| Italiano | facciata, mascheratura, copertura, dissimulazione |
| Ελληνικά | επικόλλημα epikóllima, επίχρισμα epíchrisma, επίφαση epífasi |
| Русский | вне́шний лоск vnéšnij losk, налёт naljót, показу́ха pokazúxa, ви́димость vídimostʹ |
| العربية | قِنَاع qināʕ |
noun dentistry
| Español | carilla |
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verb to apply veneer
| Español | chapar, chapear, enchapar |
|---|---|
| Português | folhear |
| Français | vernir |
| Deutsch | furnieren, verblenden |
| Italiano | impiallacciare, rivestire, ricoprire, mascherare |
| Ελληνικά | επικολλώ epikolló, επιχρίω epichrío |
| Русский | облицовывать oblicovyvatʹ, придава́ть вне́шний лоск pridavátʹ vnéšnij losk, маскировать maskirovatʹ |
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title = {veneer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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