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Definition 2024

paraffin_wax

paraffin wax

English

Noun

paraffin wax

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

Translations

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