The violinist rubbed rosin down the hair of her bow before the concert started.
Source: tatoeba (12910378)
Rosin
//ˈɹɒz.ən//
Synonyms for "rosin" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (4)
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3 entriesderived
8 entriesetymologically related_to
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5 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 60 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kolofonium noun (solid form of resin)
Armenian
1 entries- կոլոփոն noun (solid form of resin)
Bashkir
1 entries- канифоль noun (solid form of resin)
Basque
1 entries- kolofonia noun (solid form of resin)
Belarusian
1 entries- каніфо́ль noun (solid form of resin)
Bulgarian
1 entries- колофо́н noun (solid form of resin)
Catalan
1 entries- colofònia noun (solid form of resin)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 松香 noun (solid form of resin)
Chuvash
1 entries- канифоль noun (solid form of resin)
Czech
1 entries- kalafuna noun (solid form of resin)
Danish
1 entries- kolofonium noun (solid form of resin)
Dutch
1 entries- colofonium noun (solid form of resin)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- канифоль noun (solid form of resin)
Esperanto
1 entries- kolofono noun (solid form of resin)
Estonian
1 entries- kolofoonium noun (solid form of resin)
Finnish
2 entries- hartsi noun (solid form of resin)
- kolofoni noun (solid form of resin)
French
1 entries- colophane noun (solid form of resin)
German
1 entries- Kolophonium noun (solid form of resin)
Greek
1 entries- κολοφώνιο noun (solid form of resin)
Hindi
2 entries- गंधराल noun (solid form of resin)
- रोज़िन noun (solid form of resin)
Hungarian
1 entries- gyanta noun (solid form of resin)
Ido
1 entries- kolofono noun (solid form of resin)
Indonesian
1 entries- gondorukem noun (solid form of resin)
Irish
1 entries- roisín noun (solid form of resin)
Italian
1 entries- colofonia noun (solid form of resin)
Japanese
1 entries- ロジン noun (solid form of resin)
Javanese
1 entries- gandarukem noun (solid form of resin)
Kannada
2 entries- ಕರ್ಪೂರ ರಾಳ noun (solid form of resin)
- ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾದ ರಾಳ noun (solid form of resin)
Kazakh
1 entries- канифоль noun (solid form of resin)
Korean
2 entries- 로진 noun (solid form of resin)
- 송진 noun (solid form of resin)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- канифоль noun (solid form of resin)
Latvian
1 entries- kolofonijs noun (solid form of resin)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kanifolija noun (solid form of resin)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kolofonium noun (solid form of resin)
Macedonian
1 entries- колофониум noun (solid form of resin)
Navajo
1 entries- jeeh sááʼ noun (solid form of resin)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kolofonium noun (solid form of resin)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kolofonium noun (solid form of resin)
Occitan
1 entries- colofònia noun (solid form of resin)
Ossetian
1 entries- канифоль noun (solid form of resin)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رچینه noun (solid form of resin)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- дянта noun (solid form of resin)
Polish
1 entries- kalafonia noun (solid form of resin)
Portuguese
2 entries- colofónia noun (solid form of resin)
- colofônia noun (solid form of resin)
Romanian
2 entries- colofoniu noun (solid form of resin)
- sacâz noun (solid form of resin)
Russian
1 entries- канифо́ль noun (solid form of resin)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kolòfōnīj noun (solid form of resin)
- коло̀фо̄нӣј noun (solid form of resin)
Slovak
1 entries- kolofónia noun (solid form of resin)
Slovene
1 entries- kolofonija noun (solid form of resin)
Spanish
1 entries- colofonia noun (solid form of resin)
Swedish
1 entries- kolofonium noun (solid form of resin)
Tagalog
1 entries- koloponya noun (solid form of resin)
Tajik
1 entries- канифол noun (solid form of resin)
Thai
1 entries- ชันสน noun (solid form of resin)
Turkish
1 entries- kolofan noun (solid form of resin)
Turkmen
1 entries- kanifol noun (solid form of resin)
Ukrainian
1 entries- каніфо́ль noun (solid form of resin)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- kolofonium noun (solid form of resin)
Welsh
1 entries- coloffoni noun (solid form of resin)
Yakut
1 entries- канифоль noun (solid form of resin)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom did a dab of rosin.
Source: tatoeba (13162283)
What's the difference between resin and rosin?
Source: tatoeba (13162285)
The action of the bow therefore depends almost entirely upon the application of rosin and upon its frictional properties. Violin rosin is a natural gum obtained from conifers such as larch that produce turpentine.
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