resin

English

resin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛzɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛzɪn

Noun

resin (countable and uncountable, plural resins)

2. A viscous hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees.
3. Any of various yellowish viscous liquids or soft solids of plant origin; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications; chemically they are mostly hydrocarbons, often polycyclic.
4. Any synthetic compound of similar properties.

Derived terms

• acaroid resin
• acrylic resin
• epoxy resin
• fossil resin
• gum resin
• Highgate resin
• ion exchange resin
• melamine resin
• nonresin
• oleoresin
• phenolic resin
• polyresin
• polyvinyl resin
• resinaceous
• resin acid
• resinate
• resinic
• resiniferous
• resinification
• resiniform
• resinify
• resinite
• resinless
• resinlike
• resinoid
• resinous
• resinously
• resiny
• thermoplastic resin
• urea-formaldehyde resin

 

Translations

secretion of plants

• Albanian: shindër, rrëshirë (sq)
• Arabic: رَاتِينَج‎ (ar) m (rātīnaj), صُرْع‎ m (ṣurʿ)
• Armenian: խեժ (hy) (xež)
• Azerbaijani: qətran
• Bashkir: сайыр (sayïr)
• Basque: erretxina
• Belarusian: смала́ f (smalá)
• Brunei Malay: salang
• Bulgarian: смола́ (bg) f (smolá)
• Catalan: resina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 树脂 (zh) (shùzhī)

• Czech: pryskyřice (cs) f
• Danish: harpiks (da) c
• Dutch: hars (nl) m or n
• Faroese: harpeis n
• Finnish: pihka (fi)
• French: résine (fr) f
• Galician: resina (gl) f, recina f
• Georgian: ფისი (pisi)
• German: Harz (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ῥητίνη f (rhētínē)

• Hindi: राल (hi) f (rāl)
• Hungarian: gyanta (hu)
• Irish: roisín m
• Italian: resina (it) f
• 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:

  Jawi: دامر‎ / سالڠ‎

  Rumi: damar / salang

• Maori: kāpia
• Middle English: resyn
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvae (no) m, harpiks m

  Nynorsk: kvae f, kvåe f, harpiks m

• 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
• 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

  Roman: smòla (sh) f

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

  Upper Sorbian: smoła f

• Spanish: resina (es) f
• Swedish: kåda (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagta (tl), kalamak, lunay
• Thai: ยาง (th) (yaang), ยางไม้
• Turkish: reçine (tr)
• Ukrainian: смола́ f (smolá)
• Venetian: rasa f
• Vietnamese: nhựa (vi), mủ (vi)
• Welsh: ystor m
• Westrobothnian: ko f, kåor f

viscous liquid of plant origin

• Albanian: shindër, rrëshirë (sq) f
• Armenian: խեժ (hy) (xež)
• Aromanian: arushinã f, ritsinã f
• Asturian: resina f
• Bashkir: сайыр (sayïr)
• Brunei Malay: salang
• Bulgarian: смола (bg) (smola)
• Catalan: resina (ca) f, reïna (ca) f
• Esperanto: rezino
• Finnish: hartsi (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: rèsina f
• French: résine (fr) f
• Friulian: rèsine f
• Galician: resina (gl) f, recina f
• German: Harz (de) n
• Hindi: राल (hi) f (rāl)
• Hungarian: gyanta (hu)
• Ido: rezino (io)
• Irish: roisín m
• Italian: resina (it) f
• Kumyk: чайыр (çayır)
• Latin: resina f
• Latvian: sveķi m pl

• Lithuanian: sakai (lt) m pl
• Malay:

  Jawi: دامر‎ / سالڠ‎

  Rumi: damar / salang

• Maori: kāpia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvae (no) m

  Nynorsk: kvae f, kvåe f

• Occitan: rosina f
• Persian: انگم‎ (fa) (angom), رزین‎ (fa) (rezin)
• Polish: żywica (pl) f
• Portuguese: resina (pt) f
• Romanian: rășină (ro) f
• Russian: смола́ (ru) f (smolá)
• Sicilian: rìsina (scn) f
• Slovak: živica f
• Slovene: smola (sl) f
• Spanish: resina (es) f
• Swedish: kåda (sv) c
• Tagalog: kalamak, sahing (tl)
• Thai: ยาง (th) (yaang)
• Venetian: raxa f, mugo m, moco m, caraxa f
• Vietnamese: nhựa (vi), mủ (vi)

similar synthetic compound

• Armenian: խեժ (hy) (xež)
• Catalan: resina (ca) f
• Dutch: kunsthars (nl) m or n
• Finnish: hartsi (fi), tekohartsi
• French: résine (fr) f
• German: Kunstharz (de) n
• 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, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. 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 (1997–2022), “Resin”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.

Anagrams

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

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Catalan

Verb

resin

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

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Chuukese

Verb

resin

1. to do something repeatedly