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Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: seal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
surğuc
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Belarusian:
сургу́ч
(surhúč)
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Belarusian:
ляк
(ljak)
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Bulgarian:
черве́н во́сък
(červén vósǎk)
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Chinese Mandarin:
封蠟 /封蜡
(fēnglà)
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Chinese Mandarin:
火漆
(huǒqī)
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Dutch:
zegelwas
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Esperanto:
sigelvakso
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Finnish:
sinettivaha
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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French:
cire à cacheter
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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German:
Siegellack
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Greek:
βουλοκέρι
(voulokéri)
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Hungarian:
spanyolviasz
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Hungarian:
pecsétviasz
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Icelandic:
þéttingarvax
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Japanese:
封蝋
(fūrō)
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Korean:
봉랍
(bongnap)
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Nogai:
лав
(lav)
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Polish:
lak
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Portuguese:
lacre
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Russian:
сургу́ч
(surgúč)
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Scottish Gaelic:
cèir-sheulachaidh
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Spanish:
lacre
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Tagalog:
lakre
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Telugu:
లక్క
(lakka)
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Turkish:
mühür mumu
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
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Ukrainian:
сургу́ч
(surhúč)
— wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
