resin

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English resyn, resyne, from Old French résine, from Latin resīna. Related to rosin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛzɪn/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛzɪn

Noun

resin (countable and uncountable, plural resins)

  1. A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.
  2. Any synthetic compound of similar properties.

Derived terms

Translations

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Verb

resin (third-person singular simple present resins, present participle resining, simple past and past participle resined)

  1. (transitive) To apply resin to.

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Resin”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

resin

  1. inflection of resar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Chuukese

Verb

resin

  1. to do something repeatedly

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English raisin.

Noun

resin f (collective, singulative resinen)

  1. raisins
    Synonym: figys howl