correction fluid

English

Correction fluid pen

Correction fluid with brush

Alternative forms

• correcting fluid

Noun

correction fluid (countable and uncountable, plural correction fluids)

1. A white, opaque fluid, applied to paper to mask textual errors; used especially to mask errors in typing so that corrections may be overtyped

Usage notes

• Known by the trade names Tipp-Ex in Britain, Wite-Out in the United States and Twink in New Zealand.

Synonyms

• Tippex (UK)
• whiteout (US)
• Twink (New Zealand)
• liquid paper (US)

Derived terms

• corflu

Related terms

• correction tape

Translations

fluid for masking textual errors

• Catalan: corrector líquid m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 塗改液／涂改液 (tou⁴ goi² jik⁶), 涂改液 (tou⁴ goi² jik⁶), 白油 (baak⁶ jau^4-2)

  Mandarin: 改正液 (gǎizhèngyè), 修正液 (xiūzhèngyè), 塗改液／涂改液 (túgǎiyè), 涂改液 (túgǎiyè), 改錯液／改错液 (gǎicuòyè), 改错液 (gǎicuòyè), 糾正液／纠正液 (jiūzhèngyè), 纠正液 (jiūzhèngyè), 立刻白 (lìkèbái)

• Danish: rettelak c, kvajeblæk n (informal)
• Dutch: tipex m or f
• Finnish: korjausneste
• French: blanco (fr) m, tipex (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Korrekturflüssigkeit f
• Italian: bianchetto (it) m
• Japanese: 修正液 (しゅうせいえき, shūseieki)
• Polish: korektor (pl) m
• Portuguese: corretivo (pt) líquido (pt), corretor (pt) líquido (pt)
• Russian: зама́зка (ru) f (zamázka), штрих-корре́ктор m (štrix-korréktor), корре́ктор (ru) m (korréktor)
• Swedish: tipp-ex n (trademark), korrigeringsvätska c, korrigeringsfärg c
• Thai: น้ำยาลบคำผิด (náam-yaa-lóp-kam-pìt)