English
Noun
wax (countable and uncountable; plural waxes)
- Any oily, water-resistant substance that is an ester of glycerol and two fatty acids.
- Beeswax.
- Earwax.
Synonyms
Translations
The translations below are for the main sense. For translations of this word in the senses of beeswax and earwax, see these words instead.
- Breton: koar m
- Catalan: cera f
- Dutch: was m
- Esperanto: vakso
- Finnish: vaha
- French: cire f
- German: Wachs n
- Greek: κερί n
- Indonesian: lilin / malam
- Italian: cera f
- Japanese: 蝋 (ろう, rō)
- Korean: 밀랍 [蜜蠟] (milrap)
- Polish: wosk m
- Portuguese: cera f
- Romanian: ceară f
- Spanish: cera f
- Turkish: mum
Adjective
wax (no comparative or superlative forms)
- Made of wax.
Synonyms
Translations
- Breton: koar
- Dutch: wassen
- Esperanto: vaksa
- Finnish: vaha- ; vahasta tehty
- French: de cire
- German: wachs ?
- Italian: di cera
- Polish: woskowy m, woskowa f, woskowe n
- Romanian: de ceară
- Spanish: de cera
Transitive verb
to wax (present participle waxing, past tense and past participle waxed)
- To apply wax to (something), usually to make it shiny.
Synonyms
Translations
- Breton: koarañ
- Dutch: wassen, was aanbrengen , met was insmeren
- Esperanto: vaksi ?
- Finnish: vahata
- French: cirer
- German: Wachsen ?
- Polish: woskować
- Romanian: cera
Intransitive verb
to wax (present participle waxing, past tense and past participle waxed)
- (poetical or literary) To grow.
- (of the moon) To appear larger each night as it goes from being a new moon to a full moon.
- To become.
- to wax lyrical
Antonym
Translations
- French: croître (1, 2), devenir (3)
- Italian: crescere (1, 2), diventare (3), divenire (3)
See also
