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rosin¹

  • /ˈɹɒz.ən/ UK
  • /ˈɹɑz.ən/ US
  • /ˈɹɑz.əm/ dialectal, nonstandard, obsolete
  • /ˈɹɔz.əm/ dialectal, nonstandard, obsolete

Where it comes from

From Old French raisine, rousine, variants of résine. Doublet of resin.

noun rosins · rosil · rozin

  1. countable, uncountable A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components. The action of the bow therefore depends almost entirely upon the application of rosin and upon its frictional properties. Violin rosin is a natural gum obtained from conifers such as larch that produce turpentine.

    Similar: colophony, Greek pitch

  2. countable, uncountable Resin. ‘It is delicate,’ said Pansa, ‘but there is perhaps the least particle too much of rosin in its flavor.’

verb rosins · rosining · rosined · rosil · rozin

  1. transitive To apply rosin to (something); to rub or cover with rosin. We waited expectantly as the guest violinist rosined his bow in preparation for playing.

Rosin²

Where it comes from

* As a German surname, from the noun Rosine (“raisin”). Also Germanized/Americanized from Slavic forms of this word such as Slovene rozina, Lower Sorbian rozyna, themselves borrowed from the German.

* As an Italian surname, variant of Rosino, pet form of Roso, itself from both Rosa and Rosso.

* As a French surname, pet form or variant of Rose.

* As a Serbo-Croatian surname (Rošin), from a variant of Rosko (converged from several meanings, including rod (“relative”)) or Rosic (related to Rosalia, or from rosa (“dew”)).

* As a Jewish surname, variant of the Yiddish form of Rose (compare רויז (royz)).

* Also as a Jewish surname, Russified from Rosen.

proper noun Rosins

  1. A surname.

Translations

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noun solid form of resin

Españolcolofonia
한국어송진 songjin, 로진 rojin
日本語ロジン rojin
中文松香 sōngxiāng
हिन्दीगंधराल gandhrāl, रोज़िन rozin
Portuguêscolofónia, colofônia
Françaiscolophane
DeutschKolophonium
Italianocolofonia
Ελληνικάκολοφώνιο kolofónio
Românăcolofoniu, sacâz
Русскийканифо́ль kanifólʹ

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@misc{rosin_2026,
  title = {rosin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rosin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}