Meaning

2 senses

  1. To impregnate or treat with paraffin.

    paraffinieren

  2. To embed in paraffin wax.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. We'll buy some paraffin for them.

    ruМы купим им парафина. — marafon

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  2. We'll buy some paraffin.

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  3. They want paraffin.

    deDie wollen Paraffin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
treat with paraffin:

Origin

From Latin paraffinum, from parum (too little) + affinis (related, affinity). Therefore lo

From Latin paraffinum, from parum (too little) + affinis (related, affinity). Therefore low affinity or being chemically neutral.

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Forms

paraffins, paraffining, paraffined, paraffined
Base formparaffin · to paraffin
3rd person singularparaffins
Present participleparaffining
Past simpleparaffined
Past participleparaffined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyparaffin
he, she, itparaffins

Past simpleLesson

all personsparaffined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave paraffined
he, she, ithas paraffined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill paraffin

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
paradiseB1paradoxB2paradoxicalC2paradoxicallyC2paraglidingparagonparagraphA1
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