Meanings
nouncorrection fluid (countable and uncountable, plural correction fluids)
plural correction fluids · alternative correcting fluid
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA white, opaque fluid, applied to paper to mask textual errors; used especially to mask errors in typing so that corrections may be overtyped.
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Translations
Arabic مُصَحِّح
- مُصَحِّح (muṣaḥḥiḥ)fluid for masking textual errors
Bulgarian коректор
- коректор (korektor)fluid for masking textual errors
Catalan corrector líquid
- corrector líquidfluid for masking textual errors
Chinese Cantonese 塗改液 /涂改液, 白油
- 塗改液 /涂改液 (tou⁴ goi² jik⁶)fluid for masking textual errors
- 白油fluid for masking textual errors
Chinese Mandarin 改正液, 修正液
- 改正液 (gǎizhèngyè)fluid for masking textual errors
- 修正液 (xiūzhèngyè)fluid for masking textual errors
- 塗改液 /涂改液 (túgǎiyè)fluid for masking textual errors
- 改錯液 /改错液 (gǎicuòyè)fluid for masking textual errors
- 糾正液 /纠正液 (jiūzhèngyè)fluid for masking textual errors
- 立刻白 (lìkèbái)fluid for masking textual errors
Czech korekční kapalina
- korekční kapalinafluid for masking textual errors
Danish rettelak, kvajeblæk
- rettelakfluid for masking textual errors
- kvajeblækfluid for masking textual errors
Dutch tipex
- tipexfluid for masking textual errors
Finnish korjausneste, korjauslakka
- korjausnestefluid for masking textual errors
- korjauslakkafluid for masking textual errors
French blanco, tipex
- blancofluid for masking textual errors
- tipexfluid for masking textual errors
- correcteur liquidefluid for masking textual errors
German Korrekturflüssigkeit
- Korrekturflüssigkeitfluid for masking textual errors
Italian bianchetto
- bianchettofluid for masking textual errors
Japanese 修正液
- 修正液 (shūseieki)fluid for masking textual errors
Korean 수정액, 화이트
- 수정액 (sujeong'aek)fluid for masking textual errors
- 화이트 (hwaiteu)fluid for masking textual errors
Lithuanian tryneklis, korektorius
- tryneklisfluid for masking textual errors
- korektoriusfluid for masking textual errors
Persian غلطگیر
- غلطگیرfluid for masking textual errors
Polish korektor
- korektorfluid for masking textual errors
Portuguese corretivo líquido, corretor líquido
- corretivo líquidofluid for masking textual errors
- corretor líquidofluid for masking textual errors
Russian зама́зка, штрих-корре́ктор
- зама́зка (zamázka)fluid for masking textual errors
- штрих-корре́ктор (štrix-korréktor)fluid for masking textual errors
- корре́ктор (korréktor)fluid for masking textual errors
Spanish corrector líquido, típex
- corrector líquidofluid for masking textual errors
- típexfluid for masking textual errors
- líquido correctorfluid for masking textual errors
Swedish tipp-ex, korrigeringsvätska
- tipp-exfluid for masking textual errors
- korrigeringsvätskafluid for masking textual errors
- korrigeringsfärgfluid for masking textual errors
Thai น้ำยาลบคำผิด, ลิควิด
- น้ำยาลบคำผิด (náam-yaa-lóp-kam-pìt)fluid for masking textual errors
- ลิควิด (lí-kwìt)fluid for masking textual errors
Vietnamese chất lỏng hiệu chỉnh
- chất lỏng hiệu chỉnhfluid for masking textual errors
Cite this entry
APA
correction fluid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correction%20fluid
MLA
“correction fluid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correction%20fluid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “correction fluid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correction%20fluid.
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