resin

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resin

Etymology

From Old French résine, from Latin resīna

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹɛzɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɛzɪn

Noun

resin (countable and uncountable; plural resins)

1. A viscous hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees.
2. Any of various yellowish viscous liquids or soft solids of plant origin; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications; chemically they are mostly hydrocarbons, often polycyclic.
3. Any synthetic compound of similar properties.

Derived terms

• resinate
• resinous

Translations

secretion of plants

• Brunei: salang
• Catalan: resina (ca) f
• Czech: pryskyřice (cs) f
• Dutch: hars (nl) m and n
• Finnish: pihka (fi)
• French: aufef (fr) f
• German: Harz (de)
• Hungarian: gyanta (hu)
• Khmer: ជ័រឈើ (km) (coa cʰəə)

• Luxembourgish: Haarz (lb) m
• Malay:

  Rumi: damar (ms) / salang (ms)

  Jawi: دامر (ms) / سالڠ (ms)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvae (nb) m, harpiks (nb) m

  Nynorsk: kvae (nn) f, kvåe (nn) f, harpiks (nn) m

• Polish: żywica (pl) f
• Turkish: reçine (tr)

viscous liquid of plant origin

• Albanian: rrëshirë (sq) f
• Aromanian: ritsinã (rup) f
• Brunei: salang
• Catalan: resina (ca) f
• Esperanto: rezino (eo)
• Finnish: hartsi (fi)
• French: résine (fr) f
• German: Harz (de) n
• Hungarian: gyanta (hu)
• Ido: rezino (io)
• Italian: resina (it) f
• Latin: resina (la) f

• Malay:

  Rumi: damar (ms) / salang (ms)

  Jawi: دامر (ms) / سالڠ (ms)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvae (no) m

  Nynorsk: kvae (nn) f, kvåe (nn) f

• Polish: żywica (pl) f
• Romanian: rășină (ro) f
• Russian: смола (ru) (smola) f
• Slovene: smola (sl) f
• Spanish: resina (es) f
• Swedish: kåda (sv) c

similar synthetic compound

• Catalan: resina (ca) f
• Dutch: kunsthars (nl) m and n
• Finnish: hartsi (fi), tekohartsi (fi)
• French: résine (fr) f

• Polish: żywica (pl) f
• Romanian: rășină (ro) f
• Swedish: harts (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Estonian: vaik (et)
• Hindi: राल (hi) (rāl) f
• Irish: roisín (ga) m

• Italian: resina (it) f
• Latin: resina (la) f

Anagrams

• reins
• rinse
• risen
• serin
• siren

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Verb

resin

1. Third-person plural present subjunctive form of resar.
2. Third-person plural imperative form of resar.