turpentine

turpentine

English

Etymology

From Middle English terebentyne, terbentyne, turbentine, from Old French terbentine, turbentine, ultimately from Ancient Greek τέρμινθος (términthos, “terebinth”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː.pənˌtaɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝ.pənˌtaɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)pəntaɪn

Noun

turpentine (countable and uncountable, plural turpentines)

1. Any oleoresin secreted by the wood or bark of certain trees.
2. A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner.

   Synonyms: spirit of turpentine, spirits of turpentine, oil of turpentine, terebenthene, terebinthine, turps, tarpin

Derived terms

• Aleppo turpentine
• Bourdeaux turpentine
• brush turpentine (Choricarpia leptopetala, Rhodamnia rubescens)
• Canada turpentine
• Carpathian turpentine
• Chian turpentine
• common turpentine
• crude turpentine
• Cyprian turpentine, Cyprus turpentine
• French turpentine
• gum turpentine
• Hungarian turpentine
• larch turpentine
• mineral turpentine
• oil of turpentine, oils of turpentine
• Russian turpentine
• scrub turpentine (Canarium australianum, Rhodamnia rubescens)
• Scio turpentine
• spirit of turpentine, spirits of turpentine
• Strasbourg turpentine
• sulfate turpentine
• turpentine beetle (Dendroctonus spp.)
• turpentine borer (Buprestis apricans)
• turpentine broom (Thamnosma montana)
• turpentine bush
• turpentine camphor
• turpentine grass (Cymbopogon spp.)
• turpentine moth (Tortricidae spp.)
• turpentine tree
• turpentine weed (Gutierrezia sarothrae etc.)
• turpentinic
• Venetian turpentine, Venice turpentine
• white turpentine

Related terms

• terebic
• terebinth
• terpene

Translations

volatile essential oil

Arabic: تِرْبَنْتِين‎ (tirbantīn), نَفْط‎ m (nafṭ) (dated) Armenian: բեւեկն (hy) (bewekn) Bengali: তার্পিন (tarpin) Bulgarian: терпентин m (terpentin) Burmese: တာရပင်ဆီ (tara.panghci) Catalan: aiguarràs (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 松節油／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 Greek: τερεβινθίνη (el) f (terevinthíni), τερεβινθέλαιο (el) n (terevinthélaio), νέφτι (el) n (néfti) Gujarati: ટરપિથ (ṭarpith) Hawaiian: kapenekine Hindi: तारपीन (hi) (tārpīn) Ido: terpentino (io) Irish: tuirpintín m, ola bhí f, ola thuirpintín f 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 Ottoman Turkish: نفت یاغی‎ (neft yağı), روغن نفت‎ (revgan-ı neft, ruğan-ı neft), ترمنتین‎ (terementin), ترمنتی‎ (terementi) Persian: تربانتین‎ (fa) (terebântin) Polish: terpentyna (pl) f 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 Turkish: terebentin (tr), terementi (tr), terementin

See also

• white spirit
• naval stores

Verb

turpentine (third-person singular simple present turpentines, present participle turpentining, simple past and past participle turpentined)

1. (transitive) To drain resin from (a tree) for use in making turpentine.

References

• turpentine at OneLook Dictionary Search