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balsamic

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English

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Etymology

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From balsam +‎ -ic and French balsamique. Doublet of balsamico and balmy.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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balsamic (not comparable)

  1. Producing balsam.
  2. Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.
    • 1662, John Heydon, The Harmony of the World[1], London: Robert Horn, Epistle Dedicatory:
      [] the Souls of men also shall then catch life from the more pure and Balsamick parts of the Earth, and be cloathed again in terrestriall bodies []
  3. Having the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.
    • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 14:
      he stood in the road, fragrant with the odor of the azaleas in the undergrowth and the balsamic breath of the low-hanging firs, which were all fibrously a-glitter wherever the moon touched the dew in the dense midst of their shadows.

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Noun

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balsamic (countable and uncountable, plural balsamics)

  1. Balsamic vinegar.
    • 2009 February 21, Gord Stimmell, “Many fine wines plus one for a coffee lover”, in Toronto Star[2]:
      Emilia-Romagna is home to fabled Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and aged balsamics.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French balsamique.

Adjective

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balsamic m or n (feminine singular balsamică, masculine plural balsamici, feminine and neuter plural balsamice)

  1. balsamic

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite balsamic balsamică balsamici balsamice
definite balsamicul balsamica balsamicii balsamicele
genitive-
dative
indefinite balsamic balsamice balsamici balsamice
definite balsamicului balsamicei balsamicilor balsamicelor