vaseline

== English == === Alternative forms === Vaseline === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvæ.sə.liːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvæ.sə.lin/ === Noun === vaseline (countable and uncountable, plural vaselines) Petroleum jelly. Synonym: E905b (when used as a food additive) Any particular kind of petroleum jelly or of any similar lubricant. (informal) Ellipsis of Vaseline glass, or the coloring used in making it. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === vaseline (third-person singular simple present vaselines, present participle vaselining, simple past and past participle vaselined) (transitive) To lubricate with vaseline. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === leave-ins == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English vaseline. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaː.səˈli.nə/ Hyphenation: va‧se‧li‧ne Rhymes: -inə === Noun === vaseline f (plural vaselines, no diminutive) vaseline, petroleum jelly, petrolatum Synonym: petrolatum n == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English. Genericized trademark. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaz.lin/ === Noun === vaseline f (uncountable) vaseline ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: vazelin === Further reading === “vaseline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012