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correction fluid

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A white, opaque fluid, applied to paper to mask textual errors; used especially to mask errors in typing so that corrections may be overtyped.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُصَحِّح (muṣaḥḥiḥ) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Arabic: مُزيل (muzīl) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Azerbaijani: ağardıcı — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Bulgarian: коректор (korektor) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Catalan: corrector líquid — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Chinese Cantonese: 塗改液 /涂改液 (tou4 goi2 jik6) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Chinese Cantonese: 白油 — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 改正液 (gǎizhèngyè) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 修正液 (xiūzhèngyè) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塗改液 /涂改液 (túgǎiyè) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 改錯液 /改错液 (gǎicuòyè) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糾正液 /纠正液 (jiūzhèngyè) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 立刻白 (lìkèbái) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Czech: korekční kapalina — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Danish: rettelak — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Danish: kvajeblæk — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Dutch: tipex — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Finnish: korjausneste — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Finnish: korjauslakka — fluid for masking textual errors
  • French: blanco — fluid for masking textual errors
  • French: tipex — fluid for masking textual errors
  • French: correcteur liquide — fluid for masking textual errors
  • German: Korrekturflüssigkeit — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Italian: bianchetto — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Japanese: 修正液 (shūseieki) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Korean: 수정액 (sujeong'aek) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Korean: 화이트 (hwaiteu) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Lithuanian: tryneklis — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Lithuanian: korektorius — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Persian: غلطگیر — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Polish: korektor — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Portuguese: corretivo líquido — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Portuguese: corretor líquido — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Russian: зама́зка (zamázka) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Russian: штрих-корре́ктор (štrix-korréktor) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Russian: корре́ктор (korréktor) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Serbo-Croatian: korektor — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Spanish: corrector líquido — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Spanish: típex — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Spanish: líquido corrector — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Swedish: tipp-ex — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Swedish: korrigeringsvätska — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Swedish: korrigeringsfärg — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Thai: น้ํายาลบคําผิด (náam-yaa-lóp-kam-pìt) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Thai: ลิควิด (lí-kwìt) — fluid for masking textual errors
  • Vietnamese: chất lỏng hiệu chỉnh — fluid for masking textual errors