"castoreum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˌkɑs.toːˈreː.ʏm/
Etymology: From Middle Dutch castorium, from Latin castoreum. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|castorium}} Middle Dutch castorium, {{der|nl|la|castoreum}} Latin castoreum Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-|-}} castoreum n (uncountable)
  1. castoreum (exudate from castor sacs) Tags: neuter, uncountable Categories (topical): Scents Synonyms: bevergeil
    Sense id: en-castoreum-nl-noun-fYGCPdOH Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

Forms: castoreums [plural]
Etymology: From Latin castoreum, from Ancient Greek καστόριον (kastórion). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|castoreum}} Latin castoreum, {{der|en|grc|καστόριον}} Ancient Greek καστόριον (kastórion) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} castoreum (countable and uncountable, plural castoreums)
  1. The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Headwear, Scents Synonyms (castor): exudate Translations (castor sac exudate): καστόρειον (kastóreion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), καστόριον (kastórion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), جُنْدُبَادَسْتَر (jundubādastar) [masculine] (Arabic), خُصْيْة الْبَحْر (ḵuṣya al-baḥr) [feminine] (Arabic), ܩܣܛܘܪܝܘܢ (/⁠qasṭōryōn⁠/) [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), касто́реум (kastóreum) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bevergeil [neuter] (Dutch), castoreum [neuter] (Dutch), majavanhausta (Finnish), hauste (Finnish), castoréum [masculine] (French), Bibergeil [neuter] (German), Castoreum [neuter] (German), castoreo [masculine] (Italian), castoreum [neuter] (Latin), кастореум (kastoreum) [masculine] (Macedonian), جند بیدستر (cünd-i bidester) (Ottoman Turkish), گندبیدستر (gonde-bidastar) (Persian), strój bobrowy [masculine] (Polish), kastoreum [masculine] (Polish), castóreo [masculine] (Portuguese), бобро́вая струя́ (bobróvaja strujá) [feminine] (Russian), касто́реум (kastóreum) [masculine] (Russian), kastoreum [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kastoréum [masculine] (Slovene), castóreo [masculine] (Spanish), bävergäll [common-gender] (Swedish), кондыз агынтысы (qondız ağıntısı) (Tatar), бобро́ва струя́ (bobróva strujá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), касто́реум (kastóreum) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-castoreum-en-noun-hmdudVEh Disambiguation of Headwear: 79 21 Disambiguation of Scents: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'castor': 84 16 Disambiguation of 'castor sac exudate': 94 6
  2. (archaic) A hat made from beaver fur. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Synonyms (hat): beaver, castor
    Sense id: en-castoreum-en-noun-hd5pKbwm Disambiguation of 'hat': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: castorium Related terms: Castoreum (english: genus of Mesophelliaceae)

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /kasˈto.re.um/ [Classical], [käs̠ˈt̪ɔreʊ̃ˑ] [Classical], /kasˈto.re.um/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [käsˈt̪ɔːreum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: castor + -eum. Etymology templates: {{affix|la|castor|-eus|alt2=-eum}} castor + -eum Head templates: {{la-noun|castoreum<2>}} castoreum n (genitive castoreī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|castoreum<2>}} Forms: castoreī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], castoreum [nominative, singular], castorea [nominative, plural], castoreī [genitive, singular], castoreōrum [genitive, plural], castoreō [dative, singular], castoreīs [dative, plural], castoreum [accusative, singular], castorea [accusative, plural], castoreō [ablative, singular], castoreīs [ablative, plural], castoreum [singular, vocative], castorea [plural, vocative]
  1. castoreum, castor sac exudate Tags: declension-2, neuter Categories (topical): Scents

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        ]
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        "Classical"
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}
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Christian V. Stevens, Roland Verhé, Renewable Bioresources: Scope and Modification for Non-Food Applications, page 257",
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        "countable",
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      "sense": "hat",
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      "word": "castorium"
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jundubādastar",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جُنْدُبَادَسْتَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ḵuṣya al-baḥr",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خُصْيْة الْبَحْر"
    },
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      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܩܣܛܘܪܝܘܢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kastóreum",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "касто́реум"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bevergeil"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "word": "majavanhausta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "word": "hauste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castoréum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bibergeil"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Castoreum"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "καστόρειον"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castoreo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "castoreum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кастореум"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gonde-bidastar",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "word": "گندبیدستر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kastoreum"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castóreo"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бобро́вая струя́"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kastóreum",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "касто́реум"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kastoreum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kastoréum"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "castóreo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bävergäll"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "qondız ağıntısı",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "word": "кондыз агынтысы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "cünd-i bidester",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "word": "جند بیدستر"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bobróva strujá",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бобро́ва струя́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kastóreum",
      "sense": "castor sac exudate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "касто́реум"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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}

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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "castorea",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "castoreō",
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "castoreīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Classical"
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        "Classical"
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      "ipa": "/kasˈto.re.um/",
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    {
      "ipa": "[käsˈt̪ɔːreum]",
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}

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