paint thinner

English

Noun

paint thinner (countable and uncountable, plural paint thinners)

1. A solvent used to thin oil-based paints or clean up after their use.
   • 2004, Mickey Baskett, Fabulous Painted Furniture, page 13:

     Pour a solvent such as paint thinner, mineral spirits, or a liquid sandpaper product in a metal can or enamel bowl. Wear protective gloves.

Translations

solvent

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: разреди́тел (bg) m (razredítel)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 天拿水 (tin¹ naa⁴ seoi²)

  Mandarin: 稀釋液 / 稀释液 (xīshìyè), 稀釋劑 / 稀释剂 (zh) (xīshìjì)

• Dutch: thinner (nl) m
• Finnish: tinneri (fi)
• French: diluant à peinture m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Farbverdünner m, Lackverdünner m, Universalverdünnung f
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: hígító (hu)
• Italian: diluente nitro m
• Japanese: シンナー (ja) (shinnā)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: tíner (pt) m, diluente
• Romanian: diluant de vopsea m
• Russian: разбави́тель для кра́ски m (razbavítelʹ dlja kráski), раствори́тель для кра́ски m (rastvorítelʹ dlja kráski)
• Spanish: diluyente (es) m, adelgazador / rebajador de pinturas m, thinner m (zíner), disolvente (es) m, diluente (es) c (disused, DLE), tíner (es) m, (DAMER): thiner m & tíñer (es) m & zéner (es) m, decapante (es) m
• Swedish: thinner (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: tiner (tr)