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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈvæsəliːn/ Forms: vaselines [plural]
Etymology: Coined by American chemist Robert Augustus Chesebrough in 1872, from German Wasser (“water”) + Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil”) + -ine. Etymology templates: {{coinage|en|Robert Augustus Chesebrough|in=1872|nat=American|occ=chemist|w=Robert Chesebrough}} Coined by American chemist Robert Augustus Chesebrough in 1872, {{af|en|Wasser|ἔλαιον|-ine|lang1=de|lang2=grc|t1=water|t2=oil}} German Wasser (“water”) + Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil”) + -ine Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vaseline (countable and uncountable, plural vaselines)
  1. Petroleum jelly. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (petroleum jelly): ڤازلين (vazlīn) [masculine] (Arabic), فازلين (fazlīn) [masculine] (Arabic), 凡士林 (fánshìlín) (Chinese Mandarin), vaseliini (Finnish), vaseline [feminine] (French), ვაზელინი (vazelini) (Georgian), Vaseline [feminine] (German), Vaselin [neuter] (German), punnerusaaq (Greenlandic), vaselin (Indonesian), veasailín [masculine] (Irish), petrolato [masculine] (Italian), vasellina [feminine] (Italian), ワセリン (waserin) (Japanese), vazulina (Kabuverdianu), वॅसेलीन (vĕselīn) [neuter] (Marathi), akʼah łitsooígíí (Navajo), وازلین (vâzelin) (Persian), wazelina [feminine] (Polish), vaselină [feminine] (Romanian), вазели́н (vazelín) [masculine] (Russian), vaselin [neuter] (Swedish), baselina (Tagalog), วาสลีน (wáat-sà-liin) (Thai), vazelin (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-vaseline-en-noun-xfQYcAyj Disambiguation of 'petroleum jelly': 61 29 11
  2. Any particular kind of petroleum jelly or of any similar lubricant. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vaseline-en-noun-Cdk~ycHf
  3. (informal) Short for Vaseline glass. or the colouring used in making it. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, uncountable Alternative form of: Vaseline glass (extra: or the colouring used in making it)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: E905b when used as a food additive Derived forms: Vaseline glass

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈvæsəliːn/ Forms: vaselines [present, singular, third-person], vaselining [participle, present], vaselined [participle, past], vaselined [past]
Etymology: Coined by American chemist Robert Augustus Chesebrough in 1872, from German Wasser (“water”) + Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil”) + -ine. Etymology templates: {{coinage|en|Robert Augustus Chesebrough|in=1872|nat=American|occ=chemist|w=Robert Chesebrough}} Coined by American chemist Robert Augustus Chesebrough in 1872, {{af|en|Wasser|ἔλαιον|-ine|lang1=de|lang2=grc|t1=water|t2=oil}} German Wasser (“water”) + Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil”) + -ine Head templates: {{en-verb}} vaseline (third-person singular simple present vaselines, present participle vaselining, simple past and past participle vaselined)
  1. To lubricate with vaseline. Translations (to lubricate with vaseline): voidella vaseliinilla (Finnish)
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Noun [French]

IPA: /vaz.lin/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-vaseline.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from English. Genericized trademark. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|en|-}} Borrowed from English Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|-}} vaseline f (uncountable)
  1. vaseline Tags: feminine, uncountable

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "tl",
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