Grease

//ɡɹis//

Synonyms for "grease" (392 found)

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Closest matches (79)

Strong matches (117)

Related words (196)

Verb(97 words)
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Translations

223 translations across 76 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • yndyrë noun (animal fat)

Arabic

2 entries
  • شَحْم noun (animal fat)
  • شَحْم noun (oily or fatty matter)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ճարպ noun (animal fat)
  • քսուք noun (oily or fatty matter)

Asturian

4 entries
  • ensundia noun (animal fat)
  • entrellenzu noun (animal fat)
  • entrelliz noun (animal fat)
  • enxundia noun (animal fat)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • yağlamaq verb (to bribe)

Basque

1 entries
  • gantz noun (animal fat)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • жыр noun (animal fat)
  • зма́зка noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • тлушч noun (animal fat)

Bole

1 entries
  • giris noun (oily or fatty matter)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ма́сло noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • мазнина́ noun (animal fat)
  • мас noun (animal fat)
  • непра́на вълна́ noun (shorn but not yet cleansed wool)

Catalan

2 entries
  • greix noun (animal fat)
  • greixar verb (put grease or fat on something)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎪᎢ noun (animal fat)
  • ᎪᎢ noun (oily or fatty matter)

Cheyenne

1 entries
  • amėške noun (animal fat)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 油脂 noun (animal fat)
  • 潤滑油 /润滑油 noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • 潤滑脂 /润滑脂 noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • 脂肪 noun (animal fat)

Czech

4 entries
  • tuk noun (animal fat)
  • namazat verb (put grease or fat on something)
  • potřít verb (put grease or fat on something)
  • promazat verb (put grease or fat on something)

Danish

2 entries
  • fedt noun (animal fat)
  • ister noun (animal fat)

Dutch

4 entries
  • olie noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • smeer noun (animal fat)
  • vet noun (animal fat)
  • vet noun (oily or fatty matter)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • graso noun (animal fat)

Estonian

3 entries
  • määrdeaine noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • rasv noun (animal fat)
  • rasv noun (oily or fatty matter)

Finnish

4 entries
  • eläinrasva noun (animal fat)
  • kurarupi noun (inflammation of a horse's heels)
  • raakavilla noun (shorn but not yet cleansed wool)
  • rasva noun (oily or fatty matter)

French

4 entries
  • graisse noun (animal fat)
  • graisse noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • corrompre verb (to bribe)
  • graisser la patte verb (to bribe)

Friulian

2 entries
  • ongi verb (put grease or fat on something)
  • onzi verb (put grease or fat on something)

Galician

4 entries
  • enxunlla noun (animal fat)
  • graxa noun (animal fat)
  • graxa noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • lardo noun (animal fat)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ქონი noun (animal fat)
  • ცხიმი noun (animal fat)
  • გაზეთავს verb (put grease or fat on something)
  • გაქონავს verb (put grease or fat on something)

German

4 entries
  • Fett noun (animal fat)
  • Schmiere noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • Schmierfett noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • bestechen verb (to bribe)

Greek

1 entries
  • γρασάρω verb (put grease or fat on something)

Hausa

3 entries
  • giris noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • mai noun (animal fat)
  • mai noun (oily or fatty matter)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • שֶׁמֶן noun (animal fat)
  • שֶׁמֶן noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • שֻׁמָּן noun (oily or fatty matter)

Hindi

4 entries
  • ग्रीज noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • ग्रीज़ noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • ग्रीस noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • चरबी noun (animal fat)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • zsír noun (animal fat)
  • megken verb (to bribe)
  • megveszteget verb (to bribe)
  • olajoz verb (put grease or fat on something)

Ido

1 entries
  • graso noun (animal fat)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • jelantah noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • lemak noun (animal fat)

Irish

2 entries
  • bealadh noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • bealaigh verb (put grease or fat on something)

Italian

1 entries
  • grasso noun (animal fat)

Japanese

3 entries
  • グリース noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • 潤滑油 noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • 脂肪 noun (animal fat)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ខ្លាញ់ noun (animal fat)

Korean

4 entries
  • 기름 noun (animal fat)
  • 유지 noun (animal fat)
  • 윤활유 noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • 지방 noun (animal fat)

Latin

4 entries
  • arvīna noun (animal fat)
  • pingue noun (animal fat)
  • unguen noun (animal fat)
  • lūbricō verb (put grease or fat on something)

Latvian

2 entries
  • smērviela noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • tauki noun (animal fat)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • riebalai noun (animal fat)
  • taukai noun (animal fat)
  • tepalas noun (oily or fatty matter)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • маснотија noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • маст noun (animal fat)
  • сало noun (animal fat)
  • замастува verb (put grease or fat on something)

Malay

4 entries
  • gris noun (animal fat)
  • lemak noun (animal fat)
  • minyak noun (animal fat)
  • minyak noun (oily or fatty matter)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • өөх noun (animal fat)
  • тослох verb (put grease or fat on something)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • don noun (animal fat)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • fett noun (animal fat)
  • smørefett noun (animal fat)

Occitan

1 entries
  • grais noun (animal fat)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • bimide noun (animal fat)

Old Turkic

1 entries
  • 𐰖𐰍 noun (animal fat)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • روغن noun (animal fat)
  • روغن noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • یاغ noun (animal fat)
  • یاغ noun (oily or fatty matter)

Persian

1 entries
  • گریس noun (oily or fatty matter)

Polish

2 entries
  • smar noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • tłuszcz noun (animal fat)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • gordura noun (animal fat)
  • graxa noun (animal fat)
  • graxa noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • engraxar verb (put grease or fat on something)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • graṣ noun (animal fat)

Romanian

2 entries
  • grăsime noun (animal fat)
  • unge verb (put grease or fat on something)

Russian

4 entries
  • жир noun (animal fat)
  • ма́сло noun (animal fat)
  • мазь noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • са́ло noun (animal fat)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • saill noun (animal fat)

Slovak

1 entries
  • tuk noun (animal fat)

Spanish

4 entries
  • grasa noun (animal fat)
  • grasa noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • engrasar verb (put grease or fat on something)
  • impingar (disused) verb (put grease or fat on something)

Swahili

2 entries
  • grisi noun (animal fat)
  • grisi noun (oily or fatty matter)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fett noun (animal fat)
  • flott noun (animal fat)
  • ister noun (animal fat)
  • smörja verb (put grease or fat on something)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • grasa noun (animal fat)
  • grasa noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • grasahan verb (put grease or fat on something)

Tamil

2 entries
  • கொழுப்பு noun (animal fat)
  • பிசுக்கு noun (oily or fatty matter)

Tarifit

2 entries
  • tadunt noun (animal fat)
  • tadunt noun (oily or fatty matter)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కందెన noun (animal fat)

Thai

2 entries
  • จาระบี noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • มัน noun (animal fat)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ṣmare noun (animal fat)

Tok Pisin

3 entries
  • gris noun (animal fat)
  • gris noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • grisim verb (put grease or fat on something)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yağ noun (animal fat)

Tyap

1 entries
  • hya̱u noun (animal fat)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • жир noun (animal fat)
  • лій noun (animal fat)
  • мази́ло noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • мазь noun (oily or fatty matter)

Urdu

1 entries
  • چربی noun (animal fat)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • mỡ noun (animal fat)

Welsh

1 entries
  • saim noun (animal fat)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • biʼikʼah noun (oily or fatty matter)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • בוימל noun (animal fat)
  • שמאַלץ noun (animal fat)
  • שמאַלץ noun (oily or fatty matter)
  • שמירן verb (put grease or fat on something)

Yurok

1 entries
  • pemey noun (animal fat)

Zulu

1 entries
  • amafutha noun (animal fat)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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The machine was clogged with grease.

Source: tatoeba (20482)

That politician won't meet you unless you grease his palm.

Source: tatoeba (68051)

Unfortunately, you won't get anything done in that office unless you grease someone's palm.

Source: tatoeba (245233)

Step 1. Heat the vegetable oil (0.5L) (any grease or a mixture of oil and grease) in the pot on high heat, add sliced onions (400g), fry until the onions take a yellow color, then add meat (any kind) (1kg).

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Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.