Meanings
plural emulsions
- A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
Mayonnaise is an emulsion where egg is used to keep oil and water mixed.
1 more example
When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.
2016 February 1, Tom Whipple, “Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medicine”, in The Times- cookingA food preparation in which one or more ingredients are made into an emulsion.
a potato and cheese emulsion
- physicalchemistryA colloid in which both phases are liquid.
- artsThe coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.
present singular third person emulsions · participle present emulsioning · participle past emulsioned · past emulsioned
- transitiveTo paint with emulsion paint.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinēmulgeō“to milk out, extract”
- New Latinēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis
- Frenchémulsion
- Englishemulsion
Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“to milk out, extract”).
More words from French, New Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُسْتَحْلَب
- مُسْتَحْلَب (mustaḥlab)suspension of one liquid in another
Bulgarian емулсия
- емулсия (emulsija)suspension of one liquid in another
Catalan emulsió
- emulsiósuspension of one liquid in another
Chinese Mandarin 乳濁液 /乳浊液
- 乳濁液 /乳浊液 (rǔzhuóyè)suspension of one liquid in another
Czech emulze
- emulzesuspension of one liquid in another
Danish emulsion
- emulsionsuspension of one liquid in another
Dutch emulsie
- emulsiesuspension of one liquid in another
Finnish emulsio, emulsio
- emulsiocoating of photosensitive layer on a photographic film
- emulsiosuspension of one liquid in another
French émulsion
- émulsionsuspension of one liquid in another
German Emulsion
- Emulsionsuspension of one liquid in another
Greek γαλάκτωμα
- γαλάκτωμα (galáktoma)suspension of one liquid in another
Hindi पायस
- पायस (pāyas)suspension of one liquid in another
Hungarian emulzió
- emulziócoating of photosensitive layer on a photographic film
Icelandic ljósnæmislag, þeyta
- ljósnæmislagcoating of photosensitive layer on a photographic film
- þeytasuspension of one liquid in another
Indonesian emulsi
- emulsisuspension of one liquid in another
Irish eibleacht
- eibleachtsuspension of one liquid in another
Italian emulsione
- emulsionesuspension of one liquid in another
Malay emulsi
- emulsisuspension of one liquid in another
Norwegian Bokmål emulsjon
- emulsjonsuspension of one liquid in another
Polish emulsja
- emulsjasuspension of one liquid in another
Portuguese emulsão
- emulsãosuspension of one liquid in another
Romanian emulsie
- emulsiesuspension of one liquid in another
Russian эму́льсия
- эму́льсия (emúlʹsija)suspension of one liquid in another
Spanish emulsión
- emulsiónsuspension of one liquid in another
Swedish emulsion
- emulsionsuspension of one liquid in another
Tagalog lapunaw
- lapunawsuspension of one liquid in another
Welsh emylsiwn
- emylsiwnsuspension of one liquid in another
Cite this entry
emulsion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emulsion
“emulsion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emulsion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emulsion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emulsion.
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