incense

§English

§Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn'sĕns, IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɛns/

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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 (countable and uncountable, plural incenses)

1. A perfume 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)
• Asturian: inciensu m
• Bulgarian: тамя́н (bg) m (tamján)
• Catalan: encens m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 香 (zh) (xiāng)

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

• Japanese: 薫香 (くんこう, kunkō)
• Jèrriais: enchens m
• Korean: 향 (ko) (hyang)
• Latin: tus, thȳmiāma
• Maori: whakakakara
• Norwegian: virak m, røkelse m

  Nynorsk: virak m, røykjelse m, røykelse m

• Polish: kadzidło (pl) n
• Portuguese: incenso (pt) m
• Romanian: tămâie (ro) f
• Russian: ла́дан (ru) m (ládan), фимиа́м (ru) m (fimiám), кади́ло (ru) n (kadílo) (incense burner)
• Sanskrit: धूपं (dhūpaṁ)
• Sardinian: timagna f, timanza f, timonza f
• Serbo-Croatian: тамјан m, tamjan (sh) m
• Slovene: kadilo (sl) n
• Spanish: incienso (es) m, sahumerio (es) m, sahumo m
• Swahili: ubani (sw)
• Swedish: rökelse (sv) c (virak (sv) c)
• Turkish: tütsü (tr)

§Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭnsĕns', IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɛns/

• Audio (US)

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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.

5. (obsolete) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
   • Chapman

     Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense / Thy glorious heap of funeral.

§Translations

anger, infuriate

• Bulgarian: вбеся́вам (bg) (vbesjávam), разяря́вам (bg) (razjarjávam)
• Dutch: vertoornen
• Finnish: raivostuttaa

• Russian: серди́ть (ru) impf (serdítʹ), рассерди́ть (ru) pf (rasserdítʹ), беси́ть (ru) impf (besítʹ), взбеси́ть (ru) pf (vzbesítʹ), разъяря́ть impf (razʺjarjátʹ), разъяри́ть (ru) pf (razʺjarítʹ), разгне́вать (ru) pf (razgnévatʹ), разозли́ть (ru) pf (razozlítʹ)
• Swahili: ubani (sw)

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§Latin

§Participle

incense

1. vocative masculine singular of incensus