sesame oil

noun

Oil extracted from sesame seeds (often after roasting) and used to flavor foods.

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Meanings

nounsesame oil (countable and uncountable, plural sesame oils)

plural sesame oils

  1. countableuncountableOil extracted from sesame seeds (often after roasting) and used to flavor foods.

Translations

Arabic زَيْت سِمْسِم, زَيْت السِمْسِم
  • زَيْت سِمْسِم (zayt simsim)oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • زَيْت السِمْسِم (zayt as-simsim)oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • شِيرَج (šīraj)oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • سِيرَج (sīraj)oil extracted from sesame seeds
Bulgarian сусамово олио, сусамово масло
  • сусамово олио (susamovo olio)oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • сусамово масло (susamovo maslo)oil extracted from sesame seeds
Chinese Mandarin 芝麻油, 麻油
  • 芝麻油 (zhīmayóu)oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • 麻油 (máyóu)oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • 香油 (xiāngyóu)oil extracted from sesame seeds
Danish sesamolie
  • sesamolieoil extracted from sesame seeds
Dutch sesamolie
  • sesamolieoil extracted from sesame seeds
Finnish seesamiöljy
  • seesamiöljyoil extracted from sesame seeds
French huile de sésame
  • huile de sésameoil extracted from sesame seeds
German Sesamöl, Sesamsamenöl
  • Sesamöloil extracted from sesame seeds
  • Sesamsamenöloil extracted from sesame seeds
Greek σησαμέλαιο, σουσαμόλαδο
  • σησαμέλαιο (sisamélaio)oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • σουσαμόλαδο (sousamólado)oil extracted from sesame seeds
Hindi तिल का तेल
  • तिल का तेल (til kā tel)oil extracted from sesame seeds
Hungarian szezámolaj
  • szezámolajoil extracted from sesame seeds
Italian olio di sesamo
  • olio di sesamooil extracted from sesame seeds
Japanese 胡麻油
  • 胡麻油 (goma abura)oil extracted from sesame seeds
Korean 참기름, 진유
  • 참기름 (chamgireum)oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • 진유 (jinyu)oil extracted from sesame seeds
Latvian sezama eļļa
  • sezama eļļaoil extracted from sesame seeds
Māori hinu hehame
  • hinu hehameoil extracted from sesame seeds
Polish olej sezamowy
  • olej sezamowyoil extracted from sesame seeds
Portuguese óleo de gergelim, óleo de sésamo
  • óleo de gergelimoil extracted from sesame seeds
  • óleo de sésamooil extracted from sesame seeds
  • azeite de sésamooil extracted from sesame seeds
Punjabi ਤਿਲ ਦਾ ਤੇਲ
  • ਤਿਲ ਦਾ ਤੇਲ (til dā tel)oil extracted from sesame seeds
Russian кунжу́тное ма́сло, сеза́мовое ма́сло
  • кунжу́тное ма́сло (kunžútnoje máslo)oil extracted from sesame seeds
  • сеза́мовое ма́сло (sezámovoje máslo)oil extracted from sesame seeds
Spanish aceite de sésamo
  • aceite de sésamooil extracted from sesame seeds
Swahili mafuta ya ufuta
  • mafuta ya ufutaoil extracted from sesame seeds
Swedish sesamolja
  • sesamoljaoil extracted from sesame seeds
Tagalog langis ng linga, lana
  • langis ng lingaoil extracted from sesame seeds
  • lanaoil extracted from sesame seeds
Tamil நல்லெண்ணெய்
  • நல்லெண்ணெய் (nalleṇṇey)oil extracted from sesame seeds
Thai น้ำมันงา
  • น้ำมันงา (nám-man-ngaa)oil extracted from sesame seeds
Turkish susam yağı
  • susam yağıoil extracted from sesame seeds
Vietnamese dầu mè
  • dầu mèoil extracted from sesame seeds
Cite this entry
APA

sesame oil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sesame%20oil

MLA

“sesame oil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sesame%20oil. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sesame oil,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sesame%20oil.

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