English
Etymology
From Middle English terebentyne, terbentyne, turbentine, from Old French terbentine, turbentine, ultimately from Ancient Greek τέρμινθος (términthos, “terebinth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
turpentine (countable and uncountable, plural turpentines)
- A volatile essential oil obtained from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; it is a complex mixture of monoterpenes; it is used as a solvent and paint thinner.
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Translations
volatile essential oil
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Bengali: তার্পিন (tarpin)
- Burmese: တာရပင်ဆီ (tara.panghci)
- Catalan: aiguarràs (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 松節油／松节油 (zh) (sōngjiéyóu), 松节油 (zh) (sōngjiéyóu)
- Czech: terpentýn m
- Danish: terpentin c
- Dutch: terpentijn (nl) m
- Esperanto: terebinto (eo)
- Finnish: tärpätti (fi)
- French: essence de térébenthine (fr) f
- Georgian: კევი (ka) (ḳevi), სკიპიდარი (ka) (sḳiṗidari), ბელეკონი (ka) (beleḳoni)
- German: Terpentin (de) n
- Gujarati: ટરપિથ (ṭarpith)
- Hawaiian: kapenekine
- Hindi: तारपीन (hi) (tārpīn)
- Ido: terpentino (io)
- Irish: tuirpintín m, ola bhí f, ola thuirpintín f
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- Italian: acquaragia (it) f, trementina (it) f
- Japanese: テレビン油 (terebin'yu), 松脂油 (まつやにあぶら, matsuyaniabura)
- Kazakh: скипидар (skipidar)
- Maori: hinu paina
- Nahuatl: oxitl
- Nepali: तारपिन (tārapina)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: terpentin m or n
- Nynorsk: terpentin m or n
- Portuguese: terebintina (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਤਾਰਪੀਨ (tārpīn)
- Romanian: terebentină (ro) f
- Russian: скипида́р (ru) m (skipidár)
- Spanish: aguarrás (es) m, trementina (es)
- Swahili: terafini
- Swedish: terpentin (sv) n
- Tagalog: agwaras (tl), lunay
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Verb
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- (transitive) To drain resin from (a tree) for use in making turpentine.
