paraffin wax

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NounEdit

paraffin wax (countable and uncountable, plural paraffin waxes)

1. A waxy white solid hydrocarbon mixture used to make candles, wax paper, lubricants, and sealing materials.

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paraffin wax

• Basque: parafina
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石蠟 (zh), 石蜡 (zh) (shílà)

• Estonian: parafiin, küünlarasv, küünlavaha
• Finnish: parafiini (fi), parafiinivaha
• French: paraffine (fr) f
• German: Paraffin (de) n
• Japanese: 石蝋 (せきろう, sekirō), パラフィン (parafin)

• Korean: 석랍 (seongnap), 파라핀 (ko) (parapin)
• Polish: parafina (pl) f
• Portuguese: parafina f
• Romanian: parafină transparentă f
• Russian: парафи́н (ru) m (parafín)
• Spanish: parafina (es) f
• Swedish: paraffin (sv) n