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Bunsen burner

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small laboratory gas burner whose air supply may be controlled with an adjustable hole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bunsen, etna

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gas burner, gas jet

History

Etymology

Named after German chemist and inventor Robert Bunsen, who invented the burner.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَوْقِد بُنْسِن (mawqid bunsin) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Basque: Bunsen erregailu — small laboratory gas burner
  • Bengali: বুনসেন বার্নার (bunośen barnar) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Bulgarian: бунзенова горелка (bunzenova gorelka) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Catalan: cremador Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • Chinese Cantonese: 本生燈 /本生灯 — small laboratory gas burner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 本生燈 /本生灯 (běnshēngdēng) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Czech: Bunsenův kahan — small laboratory gas burner
  • Danish: bunsenbrænder — small laboratory gas burner
  • Dutch: bunsenbrander — small laboratory gas burner
  • Esperanto: brulilo de Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • Finnish: bunsenlamppu — small laboratory gas burner
  • Finnish: bunsenpoltin — small laboratory gas burner
  • French: bec Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • Galician: queimador Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • German: Bunsenbrenner — small laboratory gas burner
  • Greek: Μπούνσεν (Boúnsen) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Hebrew: מַבְעֵר בּוּנְזֶן (mav'ér búnzen) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Hindi: बुन्सेन बर्नर (bunsen barnar) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Hindi: बुन्सेन ज्वालक (bunsen jvālak) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Hungarian: Bunsen-égő — small laboratory gas burner
  • Icelandic: bunsenbrennari — small laboratory gas burner
  • Indonesian: pembakar Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • Irish: dóire Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • Italian: becco di Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • Japanese: ブンゼンバーナー (bunzenbānā) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Khmer: ឧបករណ៍ដុតប៊ុនសេន (ʼupaʼkɑɑ dot bunseen) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Korean: 분젠 버너 (bunjen beoneo) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Malay: penunu Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • Malayalam: ബുൻസൻ ദീപം (buṉsaṉ dīpaṁ) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bunsenbrenner — small laboratory gas burner
  • Persian: چراغ بونزن (čerâġ-e bunzen) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Polish: palnik Bunsena — small laboratory gas burner
  • Portuguese: bico de Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • Punjabi: بنسن چلا (bnsn clā) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Romanian: bec Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • Russian: бу́нзеновская горе́лка (búnzɛnovskaja gorélka) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Sinhalese: බන්සන් දාහකය (bansan dāhakaya) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Spanish: mechero — small laboratory gas burner
  • Spanish: quemador Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • Swedish: bunsenbrännare — small laboratory gas burner
  • Tagalog: apuyang Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • Tagalog: kalang Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner
  • Tamil: பன்சன் சுடரடுப்பு (paṉcaṉ cuṭaraṭuppu) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Thai: ตะเกียงบุนเซิน (dtà-giiang bun-sern) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Ukrainian: пальник Бунзена (palʹnyk Bunzena) — small laboratory gas burner
  • Vietnamese: Bunsen burner — small laboratory gas burner
  • Welsh: llosgydd Bunsen — small laboratory gas burner