"borax" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: boraxes [plural], boraces [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag), which yielded Persian بوره (bure). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|boras}} Middle English boras, {{der|en|xno|boreis}} Anglo-Norman boreis, {{der|en|ML.|baurach||borax}} Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), {{der|en|ar|بَوْرَق}} Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), {{der|en|pal|bwlk'|tr=bōrag}} Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag), {{cog|fa|بوره|tr=bure}} Persian بوره (bure) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|es|boraces}} borax (usually uncountable, plural boraxes or boraces)
  1. A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (crystalline salt): peuja (Acehnese), boraks [masculine] (Albanian), بَوْرَق (bawraq) [masculine] (Arabic), բորակ (borak) (Armenian), bòrax [masculine] (Catalan), borakso (Esperanto), booraks (Estonian), booraksi (Finnish), borax [masculine] (French), Borax [neuter] (German), सुहागा (suhāgā) (Hindi), bórax (Hungarian), sodoborato (Ido), boraks (Indonesian), bleng (Indonesian), pijer (Indonesian), cetitet (Indonesian), bórás [masculine] (Irish), borace [masculine] (Italian), ホウ砂 (hōsha) (Japanese), 硼砂 (hōsha) (Japanese), bleng (Javanese), cetitèt (Javanese), бура (bura) [feminine] (Kyrgyz), santerna [feminine] (Latin), بوره (bure) (Persian), boraks [masculine] (Polish), bórax [masculine] (Portuguese), borax [neuter] (Romanian), borat de sodiu (Romanian), бура́ (burá) [feminine] (Russian), bórax [masculine] (Spanish), borraj [masculine] (Spanish), pijer (Sundanese), pinse (Tagalog), boraks (Turkish), hàn the (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-borax-en-noun-uhL5-U~7 Disambiguation of 'crystalline salt': 68 26 5
  2. (inorganic chemistry) The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallization; sodium tetraborate. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Inorganic compounds, Boron Translations ((chemistry) Na2B4O7): booraksi (Finnish), borax [masculine] (French), bórás [masculine] (Irish), boraks [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-borax-en-noun-xwzOH~Kg Disambiguation of Boron: 5 74 19 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 45 48 3 Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of '(chemistry) Na2B4O7': 2 95 2
  3. (sometimes attributive) Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design. Tags: attributive, sometimes, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-borax-en-noun-I~W~BDsX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 45 48 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 37 54 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: E285 when used as a preservative Derived forms: boracic, borax bead test, borise, borize, boron, poke borax

Verb [English]

Forms: boraxes [present, singular, third-person], boraxing [participle, present], boraxed [participle, past], boraxed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag), which yielded Persian بوره (bure). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|boras}} Middle English boras, {{der|en|xno|boreis}} Anglo-Norman boreis, {{der|en|ML.|baurach||borax}} Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), {{der|en|ar|بَوْرَق}} Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), {{der|en|pal|bwlk'|tr=bōrag}} Middle Persian bwlk' (bōrag), {{cog|fa|بوره|tr=bure}} Persian بوره (bure) Head templates: {{en-verb}} borax (third-person singular simple present boraxes, present participle boraxing, simple past and past participle boraxed)
  1. (transitive) To treat with borax. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-borax-en-verb-oxrvPXoS

Noun [Romanian]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], borax [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un borax [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], boraxul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], borax [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui borax [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], boraxului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], boraxule [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French borax. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|borax|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French borax, {{bor+|ro|fr|borax}} Borrowed from French borax Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|-}} borax n (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun-single|g=n|gpd=boraxelor|gpi=boraxe|gsd=boraxului|gsi=borax|n=sg|npd=boraxele|npi=boraxe|nsd=boraxul|nsi=borax|vp=boraxelor|vs=boraxule}}
  1. borax Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-borax-ro-noun-b9e4CxMw Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for borax meaning in All languages combined (12.9kB)

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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boraxului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boraxule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "borax n (uncountable)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gpd": "boraxelor",
        "gpi": "boraxe",
        "gsd": "boraxului",
        "gsi": "borax",
        "n": "sg",
        "npd": "boraxele",
        "npi": "boraxe",
        "nsd": "boraxul",
        "nsi": "borax",
        "vp": "boraxelor",
        "vs": "boraxule"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun-single"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French",
        "Romanian uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "borax"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "borax",
          "borax#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "borax"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Romanian]; cleaned text: n gender",
  "path": [
    "borax"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "borax",
  "trace": ""
}

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