Balsam

//ˈbɔl.səm//

Synonyms for "balsam" (128 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Noun(2 words)
balmbalsamine

Strong matches (38)

Noun(2 words)
impatiensjewelweed

Related words (64)

Noun(1 words)
touch-me-not

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More general

9 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

14 entries

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52 entries

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has context

1 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

12 entries

Translations

153 translations across 70 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • balsam noun (soothing ointment)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • βάλσαμον noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • βάλσαμον noun (plant or tree yielding such substance)

Arabic

2 entries
  • بَلْسَم noun (soothing ointment)
  • مَرْهَم noun (soothing ointment)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բալասան noun (soothing ointment)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • balzam noun (soothing ointment)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • бальза́м noun (soothing ointment)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • балса́м noun (soothing ointment)
  • мехле́м noun (soothing ointment)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဘမ်းပရုတ်ဆီ noun (soothing ointment)

Catalan

1 entries
  • bàlsam noun (soothing ointment)

Chinese

3 entries
  • 指甲花 noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)
  • 掌甲花 noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)
  • 鳳仙花 /凤仙花 noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 香油 noun (soothing ointment)
  • 香脂 noun (soothing ointment)
  • 香膏 noun (soothing ointment)
  • 鳳仙花 /凤仙花 noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)

Czech

3 entries
  • balzám noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • balzám noun (soothing ointment)
  • balzám noun (figurative: something soothing)

Danish

2 entries
  • balsam noun (soothing ointment)
  • balsamin noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)

Dutch

4 entries
  • balsem noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • balsem noun (soothing ointment)
  • balsem noun (figurative: something soothing)
  • balsemboom noun (plant or tree yielding such substance)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • balzamino noun (plant or tree yielding such substance)
  • balzamino noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)
  • balzamo noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • balzamo noun (soothing ointment)

Estonian

1 entries
  • palsam noun (soothing ointment)

Finnish

4 entries
  • palsami noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • palsami noun (soothing ointment)
  • palsami noun (figurative: something soothing)
  • palsami noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)

French

3 entries
  • balsamine noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)
  • baume noun (soothing ointment)
  • pommade noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)

Galician

4 entries
  • bálsamo noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • bálsamo noun (soothing ointment)
  • pomada noun (soothing ointment)
  • ungüento noun (soothing ointment)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ბალზამი noun (soothing ointment)

German

4 entries
  • Balsam noun (soothing ointment)
  • Balsam noun (figurative: something soothing)
  • Heilsalbe noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • Springkraut noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)

Greek

4 entries
  • βάλσαμο noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • βάλσαμο noun (soothing ointment)
  • βάλσαμο noun (figurative: something soothing)
  • βάλσαμο noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • צֳרִי noun (soothing ointment)

Hindi

4 entries
  • औषधि noun (soothing ointment)
  • बाम noun (soothing ointment)
  • मरहम noun (soothing ointment)
  • मलहम noun (soothing ointment)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • balzsam noun (soothing ointment)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Balsemin noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)

Ido

4 entries
  • balzamo noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • balzamo noun (plant or tree yielding such substance)
  • balzamo noun (soothing ointment)
  • balzamo noun (figurative: something soothing)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • balsem noun (soothing ointment)

Irish

4 entries
  • balsaimín noun (plant or tree yielding such substance)
  • balsam noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • balsam noun (plant or tree yielding such substance)
  • balsam noun (soothing ointment)

Italian

4 entries
  • balsamo noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • balsamo noun (soothing ointment)
  • balsamo noun (figurative: something soothing)
  • pomata noun (soothing ointment)

Japanese

4 entries
  • バルサム noun (soothing ointment)
  • ホウセンカ noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)
  • 傷薬 noun (soothing ointment)
  • 香油 noun (soothing ointment)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • бальзам noun (soothing ointment)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • tǖnyítshōukhó tāupūo noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)

Korean

4 entries
  • 발삼 noun (soothing ointment)
  • 봉선화 noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)
  • 봉숭아 noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)
  • 향유 noun (soothing ointment)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • бальзам noun (soothing ointment)

Latvian

1 entries
  • balzams noun (soothing ointment)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • balzamas noun (soothing ointment)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • балсам noun (soothing ointment)

Malay

2 entries
  • balasan noun (soothing ointment)
  • balsam noun (soothing ointment)

Middle English

4 entries
  • bawme noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • bawme noun (plant or tree yielding such substance)
  • bawme noun (soothing ointment)
  • bawme noun (figurative: something soothing)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • бальзам noun (soothing ointment)

Māori

4 entries
  • (hinu) panikiri noun (soothing ointment)
  • pama noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • pāma noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • pōtama noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)

Norman

1 entries
  • belsaminne noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • belsem noun (soothing ointment)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • balsam noun (soothing ointment)

Pashto

1 entries
  • مرهم noun (soothing ointment)

Persian

3 entries
  • بلسان noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • بلسان noun (soothing ointment)
  • مرهم noun (soothing ointment)

Polish

4 entries
  • balsam noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • balsam noun (soothing ointment)
  • balsam noun (figurative: something soothing)
  • niecierpek noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • balsamina noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)
  • bálsamo noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • bálsamo noun (soothing ointment)

Romanian

2 entries
  • balsam noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • balsam noun (soothing ointment)

Russian

1 entries
  • бальза́м noun (soothing ointment)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • bàlzam noun (soothing ointment)
  • ба̀лзам noun (soothing ointment)

Slovak

1 entries
  • balzam noun (soothing ointment)

Slovene

1 entries
  • balzam noun (soothing ointment)

Spanish

3 entries
  • balsamina noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)
  • bálsamo noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • bálsamo noun (soothing ointment)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • duyungson noun (soothing ointment)

Swedish

2 entries
  • balsam noun (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from some plants)
  • balsam noun (soothing ointment)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pampalubag-loob noun (figurative: something soothing)

Tajik

2 entries
  • баласон noun (soothing ointment)
  • марҳам noun (soothing ointment)

Tatar

1 entries
  • бәлзәм noun (soothing ointment)

Thai

2 entries
  • ยาหม่อง noun (soothing ointment)
  • หม่อง noun (soothing ointment)

Turkish

1 entries
  • balsam noun (soothing ointment)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • balzam noun (soothing ointment)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • бальза́м noun (soothing ointment)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مَرْہَم noun (soothing ointment)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مەلھەم noun (soothing ointment)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • balzam noun (soothing ointment)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nhựa thơm noun (soothing ointment)

Walloon

1 entries
  • ôlmint noun (soothing ointment)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ffromlys noun (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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The old man tasted the balsam with his tongue, and found it good.

Source: tatoeba (12302608)

Classical music is a sweet balsam for our sorrows

Source: wiktionary

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