Phrase guide

sunflower oil

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A vegetable oil, pressed from sunflower seeds, and used in cooking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sun oil

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

oil from sunflower seeds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sunflower-seed oil

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vegetable oil, oil

History

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: көнбағыш майы (könbağış mayı) — vegetable oil
  • Bashkir: симешкә майы (simeşkə mayı) — vegetable oil
  • Bulgarian: слънчогле́дово о́лио (slǎnčoglédovo ólio) — vegetable oil
  • Burmese: နေကြာဆီ (ne-krahci) — vegetable oil
  • Catalan: oli de gira-sol — vegetable oil
  • Chinese Cantonese: 葵花籽油 (kwai4 faa1 zi2 jau4) — vegetable oil
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葵花籽油 (kuíhuāzǐyóu) — vegetable oil
  • Chinese Mandarin: 向日葵油 (xiàngrìkuíyóu) — vegetable oil
  • Crimean Tatar: künaylan yağı — vegetable oil
  • Czech: slunečnicový olej — vegetable oil
  • Dutch: zonnebloemolie — vegetable oil
  • Faroese: sólblómuolja — vegetable oil
  • Finnish: auringonkukkaöljy — vegetable oil
  • French: huile de tournesol — vegetable oil
  • Galician: aceite de xirasol — vegetable oil
  • Georgian: მზესუმზირის ზეთი (mzesumziris zeti) — vegetable oil
  • German: Sonnenblumenöl — vegetable oil
  • Greek: ηλιέλαιο (iliélaio) — vegetable oil
  • Italian: olio di semi di girasole — vegetable oil
  • Italian: olio di girasole — vegetable oil
  • Japanese: ひまわり油 — vegetable oil
  • Korean: 해바라기유 (haebaragiyu) — vegetable oil
  • Korean: 해바라기씨유 (haebaragissiyu) — vegetable oil
  • Korean: 해바라기기름 (haebaragigireum) — vegetable oil
  • Northern Kurdish: rûnê gulberojê — vegetable oil
  • Malay: minyak bunga matahari — vegetable oil
  • Pannonian Rusyn: слунечнїков олєй (slunečnjikov oljej) — vegetable oil
  • Persian: روغن آفتابگردان (rowġan-e âftâbgardân) — vegetable oil
  • Polish: olej słonecznikowy — vegetable oil
  • Portuguese: óleo de girassol — vegetable oil
  • Romanian: ulei de floarea-soarelui — vegetable oil
  • Romanian: ulei de floarea soarelui — vegetable oil
  • Russian: подсо́лнечное ма́сло (podsólnečnoje máslo) — vegetable oil
  • Serbo-Croatian: suncokretovo ulje — vegetable oil
  • Spanish: aceite de girasol — vegetable oil
  • Swedish: solrosolja — vegetable oil
  • Turkish: ayçiçeği yağı — vegetable oil
  • Turkish: ayçiçek yağı — vegetable oil
  • Ukrainian: со́няшникова олі́я (sónjašnykova olíja) — vegetable oil