castoreum

== English == === Alternative forms === castorium === Etymology === From Latin castoreum, from Ancient Greek καστόριον (kastórion). === Pronunciation === === Noun === castoreum (countable and uncountable, plural castoreums or castorea) The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes. Synonym: castor (archaic) A hat made from beaver fur. Synonyms: beaver, castor ==== Translations ==== === See also === Castoreum (genus of Mesophelliaceae) === References === Heusinger, Carl Friedrich (1852), Meletemata quaedam de antiquitatibus castorei et moschi (in Latin), Marburg: Elwert, 31 pp. === Anagrams === outscream == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch castorium, from Latin castoreum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɑs.toːˈreː.ʏm/, /ˌkɑsˈtoː.reː.ʏm/ Hyphenation: cas‧to‧re‧um === Noun === castoreum n (uncountable, no diminutive) castoreum (exudate from castor sacs) Synonym: bevergeil ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From castor + -eum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kasˈtɔ.re.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kasˈtɔː.re.um] === Noun === castoreum n (genitive castoreī); second declension castoreum, castor sac exudate ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “castoreum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “castoreum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press