adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to fat, sebum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sebaceous
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /səˈbeɪ.ʃəs/
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rhymes with -eɪʃəs
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CMU ARPABET: S AH0 B EY1 SH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Oozing fat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Tallowy, waxy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
Examples
- a sebaceous plant secretion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- greasy hamburgers
- oily fried potatoes
- oleaginous seeds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: greasy, oily, oleaginous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sebaceus (whence -aceous), from Latin sebum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”), which Proto-Germanic *saipǭ ("soap") is also derived from.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мастен (masten) — of or relating to fat, sebum
- Catalan: sebaci — of or relating to fat, sebum
- Esperanto: seba — of or relating to fat, sebum
- Finnish: rasvainen — of or relating to fat, sebum
- German: Talg- — of or relating to fat, sebum
- German: Fett- — of or relating to fat, sebum
- German: talgig — of or relating to fat, sebum
- Ido: sebala — of or relating to fat, sebum
- Irish: geireach — of or relating to fat, sebum
- Polish: łojowy — of or relating to fat, sebum
- Portuguese: sebáceo — of or relating to fat, sebum
- Romanian: sebaceu — of or relating to fat, sebum
- Spanish: sebáceo — of or relating to fat, sebum
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