rosin

Etymology

From Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine. See resin.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊzən

Noun

rosin (countable and uncountable, plural rosins)

1. (organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
2. Resin

Verb

rosin (third-person singular simple present rosins, present participle rosining, simple past and past participle rosined)

1. (transitive) To apply rosin to something.

   We waited expectantly as the guest violinist rosined his bow in preparation to playing.

Anagrams

• Irons, Orins, RINOs, Rison, Sinor, inros, irons, noirs, noris, ornis, roins, siron

Etymology

From Middle Low German rosin, rosine, from Old French rosin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rosin/, [ʁoˈsiˀn]
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

rosin c (singular definite rosinen, plural indefinite rosiner)

1. raisin

Etymology

From Latin racemus, via French raisin

Noun

rosin f, m (definite singular rosina or rosinen, indefinite plural rosiner, definite plural rosinene)

1. raisin

References

• “rosin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin racemus, via French raisin

Noun

rosin f (definite singular rosina, indefinite plural rosiner, definite plural rosinene)

1. raisin

References

• “rosin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

rosin (plural rosins)

1. raisin