They want paraffin.
Source: tatoeba (3366437)
Paraffin
//ˈpɛɹ.ə.fɪn//
Synonyms for "paraffin" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
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20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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10 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պարաֆին noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Belarusian
1 entries- парафі́н noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Bulgarian
1 entries- парафи́н noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Catalan
2 entries- parafina noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
- parafinar verb (treat with paraffin)
Dutch
1 entries- paraffine noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Estonian
1 entries- alkaan noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Finnish
2 entries- alkaani noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
- parafinoida verb (treat with paraffin)
French
2 entries- paraffine noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
- paraffiner verb (treat with paraffin)
Georgian
1 entries- პარაფინი noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
German
1 entries- paraffinieren verb (treat with paraffin)
Greek
1 entries- παραφίνη noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Hungarian
1 entries- paraffin noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Italian
2 entries- paraffina noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
- paraffinare verb (treat with paraffin)
Japanese
1 entries- パラフィン noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Korean
1 entries- 파라핀 noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Polish
3 entries- alkan noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
- parafina noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
- parafinować verb (treat with paraffin)
Romanian
1 entries- parafina verb (treat with paraffin)
Russian
1 entries- парафи́н noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Spanish
1 entries- parafina noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Swedish
1 entries- paraffin noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Tagalog
2 entries- malapagkit noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
- parapina noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Thai
1 entries- พาราฟิน noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Ukrainian
1 entries- парафі́н noun (alkane hydrocarbon)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
We'll buy some paraffin.
Source: tatoeba (3366438)
We'll buy some paraffin for them.
Source: tatoeba (3366439)
She poured paraffin on the dry floors and on the pandanus-mats, and then she set fire.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.
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