Meanings
nounresin (countable and uncountable, plural resins)
plural resins · alternative rosin
- countableuncountableA viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.
Pine trees produce a sticky resin.
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But those who attack violists shouldn't throw resin. Once the ergonomic viola catches on what instrument will be immune?
1997 August 9, Edward Rothstein, “A Comeback for the Viola. No Joking.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
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Origin
- Ancient Greekῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nē)
- Latinrēsīna
- Old Frenchrésine
- Middle Englishresyn
- Englishresin
From Middle English resyn, resyne, from Old French résine, from Latin resīna. Doublet of rosin.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans hars
- harssecretion of plants
Ancient Greek ῥητίνη
- ῥητίνη (rhētínē)secretion of plants
Arabic رَاتِينَج, صُرْع
- رَاتِينَج (rātīnaj)secretion of plants
- صُرْع (ṣurʕ)secretion of plants
- صَمْغ (ṣamḡ)secretion of plants
Basque erretxina
- erretxinasecretion of plants
Bulgarian смола́, смола
- смола́ (smolá)secretion of plants
- смола (smola)similar synthetic compound
Catalan resina, reïna
- resinasecretion of plants
- reïnasecretion of plants
- resinasimilar synthetic compound
Chinese Mandarin 樹脂 /树脂
- 樹脂 /树脂 (shùzhī)secretion of plants
Czech pryskyřice
- pryskyřicesecretion of plants
Danish harpiks
- harpikssecretion of plants
Dutch hars, kunsthars
- harssecretion of plants
- kunstharssimilar synthetic compound
Esperanto rezino
- rezinosecretion of plants
Finnish pihka, hartsi
- pihkasecretion of plants
- hartsisecretion of plants
- hartsisimilar synthetic compound
- tekohartsisimilar synthetic compound
French résine, résine
- résinesecretion of plants
- résinesimilar synthetic compound
German Harz, Kunstharz
- Harzsecretion of plants
- Kunstharzsimilar synthetic compound
Greek ρετσίνι, ρητίνη
- ρετσίνι (retsíni)secretion of plants
- ρητίνη (ritíni)secretion of plants
- ρητίνη (ritíni)similar synthetic compound
Hindi राल, राल
- राल (rāl)secretion of plants
- राल (rāl)similar synthetic compound
Hungarian gyanta
- gyantasecretion of plants
Irish roisín, roisín
- roisínsecretion of plants
- roisínsimilar synthetic compound
Italian resina
- resinasecretion of plants
Japanese 樹脂
- 樹脂 (jushi)secretion of plants
Korean 수지
- 수지 (suji)secretion of plants
Latin rēsīna
- rēsīnasecretion of plants
Latvian sveķi
- sveķisecretion of plants
Lithuanian sakai
- sakaisecretion of plants
Malay دامر, سالڠ
- دامرsecretion of plants
- سالڠsecretion of plants
- damarsecretion of plants
- salangsecretion of plants
Māori kāpia
- kāpiasecretion of plants
Norwegian Bokmål kvae, harpiks
- kvaesecretion of plants
- harpikssecretion of plants
Persian انگم, رزین
- انگم (angom)secretion of plants
- رزین (rezin)secretion of plants
- انگم (angom)similar synthetic compound
- رزین (rezin)similar synthetic compound
Polish żywica, żywica
- żywicasecretion of plants
- żywicasimilar synthetic compound
Portuguese resina, resina
- resinasecretion of plants
- resinasimilar synthetic compound
Punjabi ਰਾਲ
- ਰਾਲ (rāl)secretion of plants
Romanian rășină, rășină
- rășinăsecretion of plants
- rășinăsimilar synthetic compound
Russian смола́, смоль
- смола́ (smolá)secretion of plants
- смоль (smolʹ)secretion of plants
Slovak smola, živica
- smolasecretion of plants
- živicasecretion of plants
Spanish resina, zopisa
- resinasecretion of plants
- zopisasecretion of plants
- resinasimilar synthetic compound
Swedish kåda, harts
- kådasecretion of plants
- hartssimilar synthetic compound
Tagalog dagta, kalamak
- dagtasecretion of plants
- kalamaksecretion of plants
- lunaysecretion of plants
- sahingsecretion of plants
Tamil பிசின்
- பிசின் (piciṉ)secretion of plants
Thai ยาง, ยางไม้
- ยาง (yaang)secretion of plants
- ยางไม้secretion of plants
Turkish reçine
- reçinesecretion of plants
Ukrainian смола́
- смола́ (smolá)secretion of plants
Vietnamese nhựa, mủ
- nhựasecretion of plants
- mủsecretion of plants
Welsh ystor
- ystorsecretion of plants
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APA
resin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resin
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“resin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resin.
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