wax in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for wax in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.wax¹ [Brit waks, Am wæks] N

1. wax:

wax (for candle, polishing, records)

cera f

wax (for sealing)

ceralacca f

wax before n before n candle, figure

di cera

wax seal

in ceralacca

wax polish

cera

2. wax (for skis):

wax

sciolina f

3. wax (mineral wax):

wax CHEM, TECH

ozocerite f

4. wax (in ear):

wax

cerume m

5. wax (for removing hair):

wax

ceretta f

hot, cold wax

ceretta a caldo, a freddo

II.wax¹ [Brit waks, Am wæks] VB trans

1. wax (polish):

wax floor

lucidare, dare la cera a

wax table

lucidare, passare la cera su

wax car

passare la cera a

wax ski

sciolinare

2. wax (remove hair from):

wax leg

fare la ceretta a

wax² [Brit waks, Am wæks] VB intr

1. wax ASTRON:

wax moon:

crescere

to wax and wane fig

avere alti e bassi

2. wax (speak) arch:

to wax eloquent

diventare loquace (about, over su)

to wax indignant

indignarsi (about, over per)

to wax lyrical

sdilinquirsi (about, over su)

wax³ [Brit waks, Am wæks] N Brit inf (anger)

to be in a wax

essere in collera

wax museum [ˌwæksmjuːˈzɪəm] N

wax museum

museo m delle cere

depilatory wax N U

depilatory wax

ceretta f

sealing wax [Brit ˈsiːlɪŋ waks, Am ˈsilɪŋ ˌwæks] N

sealing wax

ceralacca f

wax palm [Am ˈwæks ˌpɑ(l)m] N

wax palm

copernicia f

wax palm

palma f della cera

wax bean [Am] N Am

wax bean

fagiolo m di Lima

wax doll [ˈwæksdɒl, -dɔːl] N

wax doll (doll)

bambola f di cera

wax doll BOT

fumaria f

ski wax [ˈskiːwæks] N

ski wax

sciolina f

wax in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wax in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.wax¹ [wæks] N

1. wax:

wax

cera f

candle wax

cera f di candela

2. wax (inside ear):

wax

cerume m

II.wax¹ [wæks] VB trans

1. wax (polish):

wax floor

passare la cera su

wax shoes, furniture

lucidare

2. wax (remove hair from):

wax

fare la ceretta a

wax² [wæks] VB intr liter

1. wax moon:

wax

crecere

to wax and wane

crecere e decrescere

to wax and wane fig

avere alti e bassi

2. wax (become):

to wax poetic/lyrical

diventare poetico

sealing wax N

sealing wax

ceralacca f

wax paper N

wax paper

carta f cerata

paraffin [ˈpæ·rə·fɪn] N, paraffin wax N

paraffin

paraffina f liquida

Translations for wax in the Italian»English Dictionary

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ceretta

wax

sciolina

wax

cerume

wax

ceralacca

sealing wax

cerino

wax match

wax Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to wax and wane

avere alti e bassi

candle wax

cera f di candela

to wax and wane

crecere e decrescere

to wax and wane fig

avere alti e bassi

to wax poetic/lyrical

diventare poetico

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

However, the water is fixed to the tip of each hair by the four wax free (hydrophilic) end cells.

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A plaster gypsum mold was cast from the wax.

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Wax from the brood comb of the honey bee hive tends to be darker than wax from the honeycomb.

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After these distillates evaporate, a wax residue is left over.

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There was also a third type of hive where workers removed the wax cap of the infected cells, but did nothing more.

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Leaves are egg-shaped, whitish with wax, up to 6 cm long.

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We ebb and flow like the tides, we wax and wane like the moon.

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Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoals, chalk, pastels, markers, stylus, or various metals like silverpoint.

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His earliest sculptures featured bullfighting themes, modeled in wax and cast in bronze.

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From a distance it shone more brightly than four giant wax candles.

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