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English

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violin/bow rosin (1)
 
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Etymology

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From Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine. See resin.

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Noun

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rosin (countable and uncountable, plural rosins)

  1. (organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
    • 1998, Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas Rossing, The Physics of Musical Instruments, 2nd edition, Springer Science & Business, →ISBN, page 284:
      The action of the bow therefore depends almost entirely upon the application of rosin and upon its frictional properties. Violin rosin is a natural gum obtained from conifers such as larch that produce turpentine.
  2. Resin.

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Verb

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rosin (third-person singular simple present rosins, present participle rosining, simple past and past participle rosined)

  1. (transitive) To apply rosin to (something); to rub or cover with rosin.
    We waited expectantly as the guest violinist rosined his bow in preparation for playing.
    • 1979, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, in Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward, James W. Marshall (lyrics), Million Mile Reflections, performed by Charlie Daniels Band:
      The devil opened up his case and he said, "I'll start this show."
      And fire flew from his fingertips as he rosined up his bow.

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  1. ^ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “3. The Consonants”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 8, page 99.
  2. ^ Stanley, Oma (1937) “III. The Consonants”, in The Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2), New York: Columbia University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 11, page 74.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German rosin, rosine, from Old French rosin, from Latin racemus.

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rosin c (singular definite rosinen, plural indefinite rosiner)

  1. raisin

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Estonian

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rosinad

Etymology

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From either Middle Low German rosîn(e) or German Rosine, from Old French raisin (whence also French raisin and English raisin), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrosin/, [ˈrosʲin]
  • Rhymes: -osin
  • Hyphenation: ro‧sin

Noun

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rosin (genitive rosina, partitive rosinat)

  1. raisin (dried grape)

Declension

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Declension of rosin (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative rosin rosinad
accusative nom.
gen. rosina
genitive rosinate
partitive rosinat rosinaid
illative rosinasse rosinatesse
rosinaisse
inessive rosinas rosinates
rosinais
elative rosinast rosinatest
rosinaist
allative rosinale rosinatele
rosinaile
adessive rosinal rosinatel
rosinail
ablative rosinalt rosinatelt
rosinailt
translative rosinaks rosinateks
rosinaiks
terminative rosinani rosinateni
essive rosinana rosinatena
abessive rosinata rosinateta
comitative rosinaga rosinatega

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References

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  • rosin in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • rosin”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • Jüri Viikberg (2016) “rosin”, in [ASL] Alamsaksa laensõnad eesti keeles [Low German Loanwords in the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online dictionary)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin racemus, via French raisin.

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rosin f or m (definite singular rosina or rosinen, indefinite plural rosiner, definite plural rosinene)

  1. raisin

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin racemus, via French raisin.

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rosin f (definite singular rosina, indefinite plural rosiner, definite plural rosinene)

  1. raisin

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Volapük

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Noun

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rosin (nominative plural rosins)

  1. raisin

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