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terebinth

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

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɛɹəbɪnθ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A Mediterranean tree (Pistacia terebinthus and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Pistacia terebinthus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

History

Etymology

From Middle English therebynte, from Old French terebinthe, from Latin terebinthus, from Ancient Greek τερέβινθος (terébinthos), from Pre-Greek. Related to turpentine and terpene.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Akkadian: 𒌑𒁍𒌓𒉡 (buṭnu) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Albanian: bafër — a Mediterranean tree
  • Albanian: bathër — a Mediterranean tree
  • Amharic: ቡጥም (buṭəm) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Arabic: بُطْم (buṭm) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Aramaic: ܒܛܡܬܐ (bəṭməṯā) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: בוטמא (buṭma) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: בטמא (buṭma, beṭma) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: בוטנא (buṭnā) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: בטנא (buṭnā, beṭna) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Aramaic: בטמה (/⁠*buṭma⁠/) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Armenian: բեւեկնի (bewekni) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Armenian: բտմի (btmi) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Bulgarian: кукуч (kukuč) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Catalan: terebint — a Mediterranean tree
  • Czech: řečík terebintový — a Mediterranean tree
  • Finnish: tärpättipistaasi — a Mediterranean tree
  • French: térébinthe — a Mediterranean tree
  • Galician: terebinto — a Mediterranean tree
  • Ge'ez: ቡጥም (buṭm) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Ge'ez: ብጥም (bəṭm) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Georgian: ბელეკონი (beleḳoni) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Old Georgian: ტერემინთო (ṭereminto) — a Mediterranean tree
  • German: Terebinthe — a Mediterranean tree
  • German: Terpentin-Pistazie — a Mediterranean tree
  • Greek: τερέβινθος (terévinthos) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Ancient Greek: τερέβινθος (terébinthos) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Ancient Greek: τέρμινθος (términthos) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Hebrew: אֵלָה (ēlā) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Indonesian: tarbantin — a Mediterranean tree
  • Italian: terebinto — a Mediterranean tree
  • Northern Kurdish: bêmk — a Mediterranean tree
  • Māori: terepini — a Mediterranean tree
  • Portuguese: terebinto — a Mediterranean tree
  • Russian: терпенти́новое де́рево (terpentínovoje dérevo) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: смр̀дљика — a Mediterranean tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: smr̀dljika — a Mediterranean tree
  • Spanish: terebinto — a Mediterranean tree
  • Swedish: terebint — a Mediterranean tree
  • Tigrinya: ቡጥም (buṭəm) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Turkish: katran ağacı — a Mediterranean tree
  • Turkish: menengiç — a Mediterranean tree
  • Ottoman Turkish: قطران آغاجی (katran ağacı) — a Mediterranean tree
  • Welsh: coeden dyrpant — a Mediterranean tree