essential oil

essential oil

English

Etymology

Containing the essence of the plant's fragrance.

Noun

essential oil (plural essential oils)

1. A volatile oil, used to make perfumes and flavourings, especially one having the characteristic odour of the plant from which it is obtained.
   • 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, p. 102:

     The odours of many flowers so delightful to our sense of smell, as well as the disagreeable scents of others, are owing to the exhalation of their essential oils.

   • 2020 August 12, Adrian Horton, “The dark side of wellness: behind a Netflix series on a murky industry”, in The Guardian‎:

     The use of essential oils – aromatic substances derived from plants – has been around for centuries, and studies suggest certain oils offer minor benefits to sleep (lavender) or headaches (peppermint).

Translations

volatile oil used to make perfumes and flavourings

Armenian: եթերային յուղ (etʿerayin yuł) Catalan: oli essencial m Chinese: Mandarin: 精油 (zh) (jīngyóu) Danish: æterisk olie Dutch: etherische olie (nl) Estonian: eeterlik õli Finnish: eteerinen öljy French: huile essentielle (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: ätherisches Öl n Greek: αιθέριο έλαιο (el) n (aithério élaio) Hungarian: illóolaj (hu) Italian: essenza (it) f Japanese: 精油 (せいゆ, seiyu), エッセンシャルオイル (essensharu oiru) Korean: 정유(精油) (ko) (jeong'yu) Latvian: ēteriskā eļļa Lithuanian: eterinis aliejus Polish: olejek eteryczny (pl) m Portuguese: óleo essencial m Romanian: ulei esențial n Russian: эфи́рное ма́сло (ru) n (efírnoje máslo) Slovak: éterický olej, esenciálny olej Spanish: aceite esencial m Thai: น้ำมันหอมระเหย (nám-man-hɔ̌ɔm-rá-hə̌əi) Vietnamese: tinh dầu (vi) (精油)

Further reading

• essential oil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia