paraffine

See also: Paraffine and paraffiné

English

Noun

paraffine (countable and uncountable, plural paraffines)

1. Dated form of paraffin.
   • 1909, H. G. Wells, chapter 8, in The History of Mr Polly‎^[1], New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 214:

     He cleared out the coals from under the staircase, built a neat fire of firewood and paper there, he splashed about paraffine and arranged the lamps and can even as he had designed, and made a fine inflammable pile of things in the little parlour behind the shop.

Verb

paraffine (third-person singular simple present paraffines, present participle paraffining, simple past and past participle paraffined)

1. Dated form of paraffin.

French

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: paraffinent, paraffines

Verb

paraffine

1. inflection of paraffiner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

paraffine f

1. plural of paraffina