linseed oil

English

Noun

linseed oil (countable and uncountable, plural linseed oils)

1. An oil, extracted from flax seeds (and usually then boiled), used as a drying agent in paints, varnishes, etc.

   Hypernyms: seed oil, < vegetable oil, < oil

   Coordinate terms: flaxseed oil (see notes), olive oil, palm oil; more

Usage notes

The same oil, when raw and used in food, is called flaxseed oil.

Translations

oil extracted from flax seeds

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞麻仁油／亚麻仁油

• Czech: lněný olej m
• Danish: linolie c
• Dutch: lijnzaadolie (nl) f, lijnolie (nl) f
• Esperanto: linoleo
• Estonian: linaõli
• Finnish: pellavaöljy (fi)
• French: huile de lin (fr) f
• Galician: aceite de liñaza (gl) m
• Georgian: სელის ზეთი (selis zeti)
• German: Leinsamenöl (de) n, Leinöl (de) n
• Gujarati: બેલતેલ (beltel)
• Hungarian: lenmagolaj (hu), lenolaj (hu)
• Ingrian: pellovasseemenvoi
• Irish: ola rois f
• Italian: olio di lino m
• Maori: hinu harakeke
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: linolje m or f

  Nynorsk: linolje m or f

• Russian: льняно́е ма́сло n (lʹnjanóje máslo)
• Swedish: linolja (sv) c
• Volapük: linumaleül (vo)