incense

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn'sĕns, IPA: /ˈɪnsɛns/, SAMPA: /"InsEns/

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Noun

Wikipedia incense (uncountable)

1. A perfume often used in the rites of various religions.

Translations

A perfume often used in the rites of various religions

Armenian: խունկ (xunk) Chinese (Mandarin): 香, xīang — Danish: røgelse (da) c. Dutch: wierook (nl) m. Esperanto: incenso (eo) Estonian: viiruk (et) Finnish: suitsuke (fi) French: encens (fr) m. German: Weihrauch (de) m. Greek: λιβάνι (el) n. Hebrew: קטורת (he) Italian: incenso m., olibano m.

Japanese: 薫香 (くんこう, kunkō) Korean: 향 (ko) Latin: tus (la) Polish: kadzidło n. Portuguese: incenso (pt) m. Russian: ладан (ru) m., фимиам (ru) m. Sanskrit: धूपं, (dhUpam) Slovene: kadilo (sl) n. Sora: tamjan Spanish: incienso (es) m., sahumerio (es) m., sahumo (es) m. Swahili: ubani (sw) Turkish: tütsü (tr)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭnsĕns', IPA: /ɪnˈsɛns/, SAMPA: /In"sEns/

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Verb

incense (third-person singular simple present incenses, present participle incensing, simple past and past participle incensed)

1. (transitive) To anger or infuriate.

   I think it would incense him to learn the truth.

Translations

anger, infuriate

Dutch: vertoornen Finnish: raivostuttaa (fi)

Swahili: ubani (sw)

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Latin

Participle

incense

1. vocative masculine singular of incensus