resin

English

Alternative forms

• rosin

Etymology

From Middle English resyn, resyne, from Old French résine, from Latin resīna. Doublet of rosin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛzɪn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛzɪn

Noun

resin (countable and uncountable, plural resins)

2. A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.

   Pine trees produce a sticky resin.

   • 1997 August 9, Edward Rothstein, “A Comeback for the Viola. No Joking.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 February 2021:

     But those who attack violists shouldn't throw resin. Once the ergonomic viola catches on what instrument will be immune?

3. Any synthetic compound of similar properties.

   The artist used synthetic resin in her sculptures.

Derived terms

• acaroid resin
• acrylic resin
• azuresin
• epoxy resin
• fossil resin
• glucoresin
• glycoresin
• gum resin
• Highgate resin
• historesin
• ion exchange resin
• melamine resin
• nonresin
• oleoresin
• phenol formaldehyde resin
• phenolic resin
• polyresin
• polyvinyl resin
• resinaceous
• resin acid
• resinate
• resin bee
• resiner
• resinic
• resinicolous
• resiniferous
• resinification
• resiniform
• resinify
• resinise
• resinite
• resinization
• resinize
• resinless
• resinlike
• resino-electric
• resinography
• resinoid
• resinosis
• resinous
• resinously
• resiny
• resorcin
• resorcinol
• thermoplastic resin

Related terms

• rosin

Translations

secretion of plants

• Afrikaans: hars (af)
• Albanian: shindër, rrëshirë (sq)
• Altai:

  Southern Altai: саҥыс (saŋïs)

• Arabic: رَاتِينَج (ar) m (rātīnaj), صُرْع m (ṣurʕ), صَمْغ m (ṣamḡ)

  Egyptian Arabic: صمغ m (ṣamḡ)

• Armenian: խեժ (hy) (xež)
• Aromanian: arushinã f, ritsinã f
• Asturian: resina f
• Azerbaijani: qətran
• Bashkir: сайыр (sayır)
• Basque: erretxina
• Belarusian: смала́ f (smalá)
• Bulgarian: смола́ (bg) f (smolá)
• Catalan: resina (ca) f, reïna (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樹脂 / 树脂 (zh) (shùzhī)

• Czech: pryskyřice (cs) f
• Danish: harpiks (da) c
• Dutch: hars (nl) m or n
• Esperanto: rezino
• Faroese: harpeis n
• Finnish: pihka (fi), hartsi (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: rèsina f
• French: résine (fr) f
• Friulian: rèsine f
• Galician: resina (gl) f, recina f
• Georgian: ფისი (pisi)
• German: Harz (de) n
• Greek: ρετσίνι (el) n (retsíni), ρητίνη (el) f (ritíni)

  Ancient Greek: ῥητίνη f (rhētínē)

• Hindi: राल (hi) f (rāl)
• Hungarian: gyanta (hu)
• Ido: rezino (io)
• Ingrian: ruka, pihka
• Irish: roisín m
• Italian: resina (it) f
• Kazakh: шайыр (kk) (cayır)
• Ket: дик
• Khmer: ជ័រឈើ (coa cʰəə)
• Kumyk: чайыр (çayır)
• Latin: rēsīna f
• Latvian: sveķi m pl
• Lithuanian: sakai (lt) m pl
• Luxembourgish: Haarz m
• Macedonian: смола f (smola)
• Malay:

  Brunei Malay: salang

  Jawi: دامر / سالڠ

  Rumi: damar / salang

• Māori: kāpia
• Middle English: resyn
• Nogai: сагыз (sagız)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvae (no) m, harpiks m

  Nynorsk: kvae f, kvåe f, harpiks m

• Occitan: rosina (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: смола f (smola)

• Old East Slavic: смола f (smola)
• Persian: انگم (fa) (angom), رزین (fa) (rezin)
• Plautdietsch: Kjeen n
• Polish: żywica (pl) f
• Portuguese: resina (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਰਾਲ f (rāl)
• Romanian: rășină (ro) f
• Russian: смола́ (ru) f (smolá), смоль (ru) f (smolʹ)
• Sanskrit: निर्यास (sa) m (niryāsa), द्रव्य (sa) n (dravya)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: смо̀ла f

  Latin: smòla (sh) f

• Sicilian: rìsina (scn) f
• Slovak: smola (sk) f, živica f
• Slovene: smola (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: smoła f

• Spanish: resina (es) f, zopisa (es) f (pine)
• Swedish: kåda (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagta (tl), kalamak, lunay, sahing (tl)
• Tajik: шилим (šilim)
• Tamil: பிசின் (ta) (piciṉ)
• Tarifit: aserɣaɣ m
• Thai: ยาง (th) (yaang), ยางไม้
• Turkish: reçine (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: ساقز (sakız), رچینه (reçine), راتینج (ratinec)

• Ukrainian: смола́ f (smolá)
• Venetan: rasa f, mugo m, moco m, caraxa f
• Vietnamese: nhựa (vi), mủ (vi)
• Welsh: ystor m

similar synthetic compound

• Armenian: խեժ (hy) (xež)
• Bulgarian: смола (bg) f (smola)
• Catalan: resina (ca) f
• Dutch: kunsthars (nl) m or n
• Finnish: hartsi (fi), tekohartsi
• French: résine (fr) f
• German: Kunstharz (de) n
• Greek: ρητίνη (el) f (ritíni)
• Hindi: राल (hi) f (rāl)
• Irish: roisín m
• Persian: انگم (fa) (angom), رزین (fa) (rezin)
• Polish: żywica (pl) f
• Portuguese: resina (pt) f
• Romanian: rășină (ro) f
• Spanish: resina (es) f
• Swedish: harts (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} vaik
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} roisín m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} resina (it) f
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} resina f

Verb

resin (third-person singular simple present resins, present participle resining, simple past and past participle resined)

1. (transitive) To apply resin to.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Resin”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.

Anagrams

• Rines, ESRIN, Neris, Siren, NIESR, Reins, rines, Siner, Isner, siren, Risen, reins, risen, rinse, serin

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈre.zin]

Verb

resin

1. inflection of resar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Chuukese

Verb

resin

1. to do something repeatedly

Cornish

Resinen

Etymology

Borrowed from English raisin.

Noun

resin (collective, singulative resinen f)

1. raisins

   Synonym: figys howl