incense

English

Pronunciation

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

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Etymology

From Old French encens (“sweet-smelling substance”) from Late Latin incensum (“burnt incense”, literally “something burnt”), neuter past participle of incendō (“I set on fire”). Compare incendiary.

Noun

Wikipedia incense (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

• incense boat
• incense cedar

Translations

A perfume often used in the rites of various religions

• Armenian: խունկ (xunk)
• Bulgarian: тамян (bg) (tamyán) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 香 (cmn) (xīang)

• Czech: kadidlo (cs) n
• Danish: røgelse (da) c, virak (da) c (dated)
• Dutch: wierook (nl) m
• Esperanto: incenso (eo)
• Estonian: viiruk (et)
• Finnish: suitsuke (fi)
• French: encens (fr) m
• German: Weihrauch (de) m
• Greek: λιβάνι (el) (liváni) n
• Hebrew: קטורת (he)
• Icelandic: reykelsi (is) n
• Italian: incenso m, olibano m

• Japanese: 薫香 (ja) (くんこう, kunkō)
• Jèrriais: enchens m
• Korean: 향 (ko)
• Latin: tus (la)
• Norwegian: virak (no) m, røkelse (no) m

  Nynorsk: virak (nn) m, røykjelse (nn) m, røykelse (nn) m

• Polish: kadzidło n
• Portuguese: incenso (pt) m
• Russian: ладан (ru) (ladan) m, фимиам (ru) (fimiam) m
• Sanskrit: धूपं, (dhUpam)
• Slovene: kadilo (sl) n
• Sora: tamjan
• Spanish: incienso (es) m, sahumerio (es) m, sahumo (es) m
• Swahili: ubani (sw)
• Swedish: rökelse (sv) c (virak (sv) c)
• Turkish: tütsü (tr)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭnsĕns', IPA: /ɪnˈsɛns/, X-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.

2. (archaic) To incite, stimulate.
3. (transitive) To offer incense to.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

4. (transitive) To perfume with, or as with, incense.
   • Marston

     Incensed with wanton sweetes.

Translations

anger, infuriate

• Bulgarian: вбесявам, разярявам (bg) (vbesyávam, razyaryávam)
• Dutch: vertoornen
• Finnish: raivostuttaa (fi)

• Russian: сердить (ru) (serditʹ)
• Swahili: ubani (sw)

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Latin

Participle

incense

1. vocative masculine singular of incensus