Phrase guide

sesame oil

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Oil extracted from sesame seeds (often after roasting) and used to flavor foods.

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

Broader terms: seed oil, vegetable oil, oil

2

noun

Meaning 2

oil obtained from sesame seeds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vegetable oil, oil

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زَيْت سِمْسِم (zayt simsim) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Arabic: زَيْت السِمْسِم (zayt as-simsim) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Arabic: شِيرَج (šīraj) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Arabic: سِيرَج (sīraj) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Bulgarian: сусамово олио (susamovo olio) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Bulgarian: сусамово масло (susamovo maslo) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Burmese: နှမ်းဆီ (hnam:hci) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Chinese: 烏麻油 /乌麻油 (o͘-môa-iû) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芝麻油 (zhīmayóu) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 麻油 (máyóu) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香油 (xiāngyóu) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Danish: sesamolie — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Daur: чигаа балий тос (čigaa balij tos) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Dutch: sesamolie — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Finnish: seesamiöljy — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • French: huile de sésame — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • German: Sesamöl — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • German: Sesamsamenöl — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Greek: σησαμέλαιο (sisamélaio) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Greek: σουσαμόλαδο (sousamólado) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Hindi: तिल का तेल (til kā tel) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Hungarian: szezámolaj — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Italian: olio di sesamo — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Japanese: 胡麻油 (goma abura) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Korean: 참기름 (chamgireum) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Korean: 진유 (jinyu) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Latvian: sezama eļļa — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Malayalam: നല്ലെണ്ണ (nalleṇṇa) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Malayalam: എള്ളെണ്ണ (eḷḷeṇṇa) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Manchu: ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ ᠨᡳᠮᡝᠩᡤᡳ (malanggū nimenggi) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Māori: hinu hehame — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Mon: ကၠေၚ်လ္ၚဲ (kleṅlṅoa) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Polish: olej sezamowy — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Portuguese: óleo de gergelim — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Portuguese: óleo de sésamo — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Portuguese: azeite de sésamo — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Punjabi: ਤਿਲ ਦਾ ਤੇਲ (til dā tel) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Russian: кунжу́тное ма́сло (kunžútnoje máslo) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Russian: сеза́мовое ма́сло (sezámovoje máslo) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Spanish: aceite de sésamo — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Swahili: mafuta ya ufuta — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Swedish: sesamolja — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Tagalog: langis ng linga — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Tagalog: lana — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Tamil: நல்லெண்ணெய் (nalleṇṇey) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Thai: น้ํามันงา (nám-man-ngaa) — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Turkish: susam yağı — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Vietnamese: dầu mè — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Volapük: sesamaleül — oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Volapük: sesamasidaleül — oil extracted from sesame seeds