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class="toctext">Noun</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Derived_terms"><span class="tocnumber">1.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#Translations"><span class="tocnumber">1.4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Translations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Verb"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Verb</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="#Translations_2"><span class="tocnumber">1.5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Translations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Swedish"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Swedish</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Noun_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Noun</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#Declension"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Declension</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#Related_terms"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Related terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.3</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/paraffine#English" title="paraffine">paraffine</a></span> <span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated" title="Appendix:Glossary">dated</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/paraffinum#Latin" title="paraffinum">paraffinum</a></i>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/parum#Latin" title="parum">parum</a></i> (too little) + <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/affinis#Latin" title="affinis">affinis</a></i> (related, affinity). Therefore <i>low affinity</i> or being <i>chemically neutral</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈpæɹ.ə.fɪn/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; 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codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paraffin.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-paraffin.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paraffin.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈpɛɹ.ə.fɪn/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/paraffin" class="extiw" title="w:paraffin">paraffin</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/paraffin" class="extiw" title="w:paraffin">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">paraffin</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/paraffins#English" title="paraffins">paraffins</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English" class="extiw" title="w:Hiberno-English">Ireland</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/petroleum" title="petroleum">petroleum</a>-based thin and colourless <a href="/wiki/fuel" title="fuel">fuel</a> <a href="/wiki/oil" title="oil">oil</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/kerosene#English" title="kerosene">kerosene</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1919</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham" class="extiw" title="w:W. Somerset Maugham">W[illiam] Somerset Maugham</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Moon_and_Sixpence/Chapter_LVII" class="extiw" title="s:The Moon and Sixpence/Chapter LVII">chapter 57</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_and_Sixpence" class="extiw" title="w:The Moon and Sixpence">The Moon and Sixpence</a></cite>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>New York, N.Y.<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosset_%26_Dunlap" class="extiw" title="w:Grosset & Dunlap">Grosset & Dunlap Publishers<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="by arrangement with George H. Doran Company">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/365836">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">She poured <b>paraffin</b> on the dry floors and on the pandanus-mats, and then she set fire.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/petrochemistry" title="petrochemistry">petrochemistry</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/organic_chemistry" title="organic chemistry">organic chemistry</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Any member of the <a href="/wiki/alkane" title="alkane">alkane</a> <a href="/wiki/hydrocarbon" title="hydrocarbon">hydrocarbons</a>.</li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/paraffin_wax#English" title="paraffin wax">Paraffin wax</a></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=chloroparaffin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="chloroparaffin (page does not exist)">chloroparaffin</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/liquid_paraffin#English" title="liquid paraffin">liquid paraffin</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/paraffin_oil#English" title="paraffin oil">paraffin oil</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/paraffin_paper#English" title="paraffin paper">paraffin paper</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/paraffin_scale#English" title="paraffin scale">paraffin scale</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/paraffin_test#English" title="paraffin test">paraffin test</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/soft_paraffin#English" title="soft paraffin">soft paraffin</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-kerosene"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">kerosene <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/kerosene#Translations" title="kerosene">kerosene</a></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-alkane_hydrocarbon"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">alkane hydrocarbon</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="alkane hydrocarbon"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%BA%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D6%86%D5%AB%D5%B6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="պարաֆին (page does not exist)">պարաֆին</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%BA%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D6%86%D5%AB%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:պարաֆին">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">parafin</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="парафін (page does not exist)">парафі́н</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">parafín</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD#Bulgarian" title="парафин">парафи́н</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">parafín</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/paraffine#Dutch" title="paraffine">paraffine</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/paraffine" class="extiw" title="nl:paraffine">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/alkaan#Estonian" title="alkaan">alkaan</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/alkaani#Finnish" title="alkaani">alkaani</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/alkaani" class="extiw" title="fi:alkaani">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/paraffine#French" title="paraffine">paraffine</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/paraffine" class="extiw" title="fr:paraffine">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="პარაფინი">პარაფინი</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">ṗarapini</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="παραφίνη (page does not exist)">παραφίνη</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7" class="extiw" title="el:παραφίνη">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">parafíni</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Hungarian">paraffin</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/paraffin" class="extiw" title="hu:paraffin">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/paraffina#Italian" title="paraffina">paraffina</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/paraffina" class="extiw" title="it:paraffina">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3#Japanese" title="パラフィン">パラフィン</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:パラフィン">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">parafin</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%ED%8C%8C%EB%9D%BC%ED%95%80#Korean" title="파라핀">파라핀</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%ED%8C%8C%EB%9D%BC%ED%95%80" class="extiw" title="ko:파라핀">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">parapin</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/parafina#Polish" title="parafina">parafina</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/parafina" class="extiw" title="pl:parafina">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/alkan#Polish" title="alkan">alkan</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/alkan" class="extiw" title="pl:alkan">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD#Russian" title="парафин">парафи́н</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="ru:парафин">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">parafín</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/parafina#Spanish" title="parafina">parafina</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/parafina" class="extiw" title="es:parafina">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Swedish">paraffin</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/paraffin" class="extiw" title="sv:paraffin">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=malapagkit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="malapagkit (page does not exist)">malapagkit</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=parapina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="parapina (page does not exist)">parapina</a></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="พาราฟิน (page does not exist)">พาราฟิน</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="парафін (page does not exist)">парафі́н</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">parafín</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-paraffin_wax"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">paraffin wax <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/paraffin_wax#Translations" title="paraffin wax">paraffin wax</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">paraffin</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/paraffins#English" title="paraffins">paraffins</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/paraffining#English" title="paraffining">paraffining</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/paraffined#English" title="paraffined">paraffined</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>To <a href="/wiki/impregnate" title="impregnate">impregnate</a> or <a href="/wiki/treat" title="treat">treat</a> with paraffin.</li> <li>To <a href="/wiki/embed" title="embed">embed</a> in <a href="/wiki/paraffin_wax" title="paraffin wax">paraffin wax</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations_2">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-treat_with_paraffin"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">treat with paraffin</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="treat with paraffin"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/parafinar#Catalan" title="parafinar">parafinar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/parafinar" class="extiw" title="ca:parafinar">(ca)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/parafinoida#Finnish" title="parafinoida">parafinoida</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/paraffiner#French" title="paraffiner">paraffiner</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/paraffiner" class="extiw" title="fr:paraffiner">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffinieren&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="paraffinieren (page does not exist)">paraffinieren</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/paraffinare#Italian" title="paraffinare">paraffinare</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=parafinowa%C4%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="parafinować (page does not exist)">parafinować</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/parafina#Romanian" title="parafina">parafina</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/parafina" class="extiw" title="ro:parafina">(ro)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swedish">Swedish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Swedish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Swedish <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sv:paraffin" class="extiw" title="w:sv:paraffin">paraffin</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sv:paraffin" class="extiw" title="w:sv:paraffin">Wikipedia <sup>sv</sup></a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paraffin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Paraffin.jpg/300px-Paraffin.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Paraffin.jpg/450px-Paraffin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Paraffin.jpg/600px-Paraffin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1023" data-file-height="826" /></a><figcaption>paraffin</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sv">paraffin</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/paraffin_wax" title="paraffin wax">paraffin wax</a>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">paraffin</a></span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="sv">ost överdragen med <b>paraffin</b></i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">cheese coated with <b>paraffin wax</b></span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" style="max-width:40em"> <div class="NavHead">Declension of <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><strong class="selflink">paraffin</strong></i> </div> <div class="NavContent"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/nominative" title="nominative">nominative</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/genitive" title="genitive">genitive</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/singular" title="singular">singular</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/indefinite" title="indefinite">indefinite</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv indef|nom|s-form-of" lang="sv"><strong class="selflink">paraffin</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv indef|gen|s-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/paraffins#Swedish" title="paraffins">paraffins</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/definite" title="definite">definite</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv def|nom|s-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/paraffinet#Swedish" title="paraffinet">paraffinet</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-sv def|gen|s-form-of" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/paraffinets#Swedish" title="paraffinets">paraffinets</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/plural" title="plural">plural</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/indefinite" title="indefinite">indefinite</a> </th> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/definite" title="definite">definite</a> </th> <td>— </td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/paraffinera#Swedish" title="paraffinera">paraffinera</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/fotogen#Swedish" title="fotogen">fotogen</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">kerosene</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=paraffin&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/so/?sok=paraffin">paraffin</a> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/so/"><i>Svensk ordbok</i> (<i>SO</i>)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/saol/?sok=paraffin">paraffin</a> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/saol/"><i>Svenska Akademiens ordlista</i> (<i>SAOL</i>)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/saob/?sok=paraffin">paraffin</a> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/saob/"><i>Svenska Akademiens ordbok</i> (<i>SAOB</i>)</a></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div 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