Frankincense

//ˈfɹæŋkənˌsɛns//

Synonyms for "frankincense" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (3)

Related words (4)

Noun(1 words)

Related word relations

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Translations

85 translations across 62 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • λίβανος noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • λιβανωτός noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Arabic

1 entries
  • لُبَان noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Aramaic

4 entries
  • לְבוּנתָּא noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • לבונתה noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • ܠܒܘܢܐ noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • ܠܒܘܢܬܐ noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Armenian

3 entries
  • խեժ noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • խունկ noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • կնդրուկ noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • buxur noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Bengali

1 entries
  • লোবান noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • тамян noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လောဗန် noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Catalan

1 entries
  • encens noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 乳香 noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • tlenemāctli noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Coptic

3 entries
  • ⲁⲗⲃⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲧ noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • ⲗⲓⲃⲁⲛⲟⲥ noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • ⲗⲓⲃⲁⲛⲟⲩ noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Czech

1 entries
  • kadidlo noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Danish

1 entries
  • røgelse noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Demotic Egyptian

1 entries
  • ꜣlbwnṱ noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ވައިގުގޫ noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Dutch

1 entries
  • olibanum noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Faroese

1 entries
  • roykilsi noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Finnish

1 entries
  • olibaanihartsi noun (frankincense, olibanum)

French

1 entries
  • encens noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Georgian

1 entries
  • საკმეველი noun (frankincense, olibanum)

German

1 entries
  • Weihrauch noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Greek

1 entries
  • λιβάνι noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • લોબાન noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • לבונה noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कुंदारु noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • कुन्दुर noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • लोबान noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • लोहबान noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • tömjén noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • reykelsi noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Irish

1 entries
  • túis noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Italian

2 entries
  • franchincenso noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • olibano noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 乳香 noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Korean

1 entries
  • 유향 noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Lao

1 entries
  • ກຳຍານ noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Latin

1 entries
  • libanus noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • ливан noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • те́мјан noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Malay

1 entries
  • kemenyan noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • സാമ്പ്രാണി noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Maltese

1 entries
  • frankinċens noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Māori

1 entries
  • parakihe noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Old Armenian

1 entries
  • կնդրուկ noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Persian

1 entries
  • کندر noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • olíbano noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Punic

1 entries
  • 𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤕 noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Romanian

1 entries
  • tămâie noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Romansch

1 entries
  • intschains noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Russian

1 entries
  • ла́дан noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • कुन्दुर noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • कुन्दुरुक noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • सुगन्ध noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • सौराष्ट्री noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tàmjan noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • та̀мјан noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Shan

1 entries
  • လေႃႇပၢၼ်ႇ noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Slovak

1 entries
  • kadidlo noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Somali

1 entries
  • uunsi noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Spanish

1 entries
  • olíbano noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Swahili

1 entries
  • uvumba noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Swedish

2 entries
  • olibanum noun (frankincense, olibanum)
  • rökelse noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kamanyang noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Tamil

1 entries
  • சாம்பிராணி noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Thai

1 entries
  • กำยาน noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Turkish

1 entries
  • akgünlük noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ла́дан noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Urdu

1 entries
  • لوبان noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nhũ hương noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Welsh

1 entries
  • thus noun (frankincense, olibanum)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When the Three Wise Men rode from the East into the West on that "first, best Christmas night," they bore on their saddle-bows three caskets filled with gold and frankincense and myrrh, to be laid at the feet of the manger-cradled babe of Bethlehem.

Source: tatoeba (7564569)

Tom and Mary brought frankincense and myrrh.

Source: tatoeba (9258325)

What is frankincense, anyway? Some sort of monster?

Source: tatoeba (11078863)

For millennia, Somalilanders have risked their lives to harvest sap of the frankincense tree for international export to be used in churches, French perfumes and cosmetics. Frankincense grows wild in the Cal Madow Mountains of Somaliland's Sanaag region, but the old trade is under threat as trees die from increased demand for their resin.

Source: tatoeba (12209303)

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