petroleum jelly

English

Petroleum jelly

Noun

petroleum jelly (plural petroleum jellies)

A pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in lubricants and ointments.

Synonyms

Translations

pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum

Catalan: petrolat m
Chinese:
Mandarin: (scientific) 礦脂 (zh), 矿脂 (zh) (kuàngzhī), (Vaseline) 凡士林 (zh) (Fánshìlín)
Czech: vazelína (cs) f
Finnish: vaseliini (fi)
Irish: veasailín m

Italian: petrolato (it) m
Japanese: ワセリン (Waserin)
Russian: вазели́н (ru) m (vazelín)
Spanish: petrolato m
Turkish: vazelin (tr)

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