noun
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of vaseline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Vaseline
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvæ.sə.liːn/
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General-American: /ˈvæ.sə.lin/
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noun
Meaning 2
Petroleum jelly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: E905b
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any particular kind of petroleum jelly or of any similar lubricant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Ellipsis of Vaseline glass, or the coloring used in making it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To lubricate with vaseline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Even at this late date, vaselining will preserve the best of these leathers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a trademarked brand of petroleum jelly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: petrolatum, petroleum jelly, mineral jelly
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old High German waȥȥar Middle High German wazzer German Wasser Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English vaseline From German Wasser (“water”) + Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil”) + -ine. Genericized trademark of the Vaseline brand of petroleum jelly introduced by American chemist Robert Augustus Chesebrough in 1872.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: ڤازلين (vazlīn) — petroleum jelly
- Arabic: فازلين (fazlīn) — petroleum jelly
- Belarusian: вазелі́н (vazjelín) — petroleum jelly
- Chinese Mandarin: 凡士林 (fánshìlín) — petroleum jelly
- Crimean Tatar: vazelin — petroleum jelly
- Czech: vazelína — petroleum jelly
- Dutch: vaseline — petroleum jelly
- Esperanto: vazelino — petroleum jelly
- Finnish: vaseliini — petroleum jelly
- French: vaseline — petroleum jelly
- Georgian: ვაზელინი (vazelini) — petroleum jelly
- German: Vaseline — petroleum jelly
- German: Vaselin — petroleum jelly
- Greenlandic: punnerusaaq — petroleum jelly
- Indonesian: vaselin — petroleum jelly
- Irish: veasailín — petroleum jelly
- Italian: petrolato — petroleum jelly
- Italian: vasellina — petroleum jelly
- Japanese: ワセリン (waserin) — petroleum jelly
- Kabuverdianu: vazulina — petroleum jelly
- Macedonian: вазелин (vazelin) — petroleum jelly
- Marathi: वॅसेलीन (vĕselīn) — petroleum jelly
- Navajo: akʼah łitsooígíí — petroleum jelly
- Persian: وازلین (vâzelin) — petroleum jelly
- Polish: wazelina — petroleum jelly
- Romanian: vaselină — petroleum jelly
- Russian: вазели́н (vazelín) — petroleum jelly
- Swedish: vaselin — petroleum jelly
- Tagalog: baselina — petroleum jelly
- Tatar: вазелин (wazelin) — petroleum jelly
- Thai: วาสลีน (wáat-sà-liin) — petroleum jelly
- Turkish: vazelin — petroleum jelly
- Ukrainian: вазелі́н (vazelín) — petroleum jelly
- Finnish: voidella vaseliinilla — to lubricate with vaseline