Phrase guide

coconut oil

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

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  • General-American: /ˌkoʊ.kə.nʌt ˈɔɪ(ə)l/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊ.kə.nʌt ˈɔɪ(ə)l/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of cooking oil extracted from the kernel or meat of matured coconuts harvested from the coconut palm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

oil from coconuts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: copra oil

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vegetable oil, oil

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دُهْن النَارَجِيل (duhn an-nārajīl) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Arabic: دُهْن جَوْز الْهِنْد (duhn jawz al-hind) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Arabic: كَلْكَلَانَج (kalkalānaj) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Bulgarian: кокосово масло (kokosovo maslo) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Burmese: အုန်းဆီ (un:hci) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 椰子油 (yēziyóu) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 椰油 (yēyóu) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Danish: kokosolie — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Dutch: kokosolie — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Finnish: kookosöljy — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • French: huile de noix de coco — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • French: huile de coco — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Galician: aceite de coco — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • German: Kokosöl — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Hindi: नारियल का तेल (nāriyal kā tel) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Hungarian: kókuszolaj — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Italian: olio di cocco — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Japanese: 椰子油 (yashiyu) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Korean: 야자유 (yajayu) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Malayalam: വെളിച്ചെണ്ണ (veḷicceṇṇa) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Māori: hinu niu — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Persian: روغن نارگیل (rowġan-e nârgil) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Polish: olej kokosowy — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Romanian: ulei de cocos — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Russian: коко́совое ма́сло (kokósovoje máslo) — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Spanish: aceite de coco — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Swahili: mafuta ya nazi — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Swedish: kokosfett — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Swedish: kokosolja — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Tagalog: langis ng niyog — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts
  • Turkish: Hindistan cevizi yağı — type of cooking oil extracted from coconuts