English Etymology Beeswax From bee s' wax bees' wax)
Pronunciation Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL . IPA (key ) : /ˈbizwæks/ Noun bees wax usually uncountable , plural beeswaxes
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb ; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
( colloquial , mildly humorous ) Business ”, as in such phrases as mind your own beeswax none of your beeswax Synonyms Derived terms Translations wax secreted by bees
Armenian: մեղրամոմ (hy) ( meġramom )
Bashkir: балауыҙ ( balawıź )
Bulgarian: пчелен восък ( pčelen vosǎk )
Catalan: cera d'abelles f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蜜蠟 ／ 蜜蜡 (zh) ( mìlà ) , 蜜蜡 (zh) ( mìlà )
Classical Nahuatl: xīcohcuitlatl
Crimean Tatar: balavuz
Czech: včelí vosk m
Danish: bivoks (da)
Dupaningan Agta: lilen
Dutch: bijenwas (nl) m
Esperanto: abelvakso
Estonian: mesilasvaha
Finnish: mehiläisvaha (fi)
French: cire d’abeille (fr) f
Galician: cera de abella f borra de abella f buio (gl) m morria f
German: Bienenwachs (de) n
Greek: μελισσόκηρος m ( melissókiros ) , μελισσοκέρι (el) n ( melissokéri )
Ancient: κηρός m ( kērós )
Hindi: मोम (hi) m ( mom )
Hungarian: méhviasz (hu)
Icelandic: bývax n
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Italian: cera d'api
Japanese: 蜜蝋 ( みつろう , mitsurō)
Khmer: ក្រមួនឃ្មុំ ( kror moun khmom )
Korean: 밀랍 (ko) ( millap )
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Latin: cera f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Latvian: vasks (lv) m
Malay: lilin lebah
Navajo: tsísʼná bijeeh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bivoks (no) m or n
Nynorsk: bivoks m or n
Persian: موم (fa) ( mum )
Polish: wosk pszczeli m inan
Portuguese: cera de abelha f
Romanian: ceară de albine (ro) f
Russian: пчели́ный воск m ( pčelínyj vosk )
Scottish Gaelic: cèir f cèir-sheillean f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: восковаринa f пчелињи восак m
Latin: voskovarina (sh) f pčelinji vosak m
Slovak: včelí vosk m
Spanish: cera de abeja f
Sudovian: vaskan
Swedish: bivax (sv) n
Tagalog: pagkit
Thai: ขี้ผึ้ง ( kîi-pʉ̂ng )
Tibetan: པྲ་ཚིལ ( pra tshil )
Turkish: bal mumu (tr)
Vietnamese: sáp ong lạp (vi)
Volapük: bienaväk (vo)
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( transitive ) polish with beeswax. 
