balsam
/ˈbɔːl.səm/US/ˈbɔl.səm/
balsam noun: a sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
Noun
balsam (countable and uncountable, plural balsams)
- A sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
- Synonyms:
- balm
- A plant or tree yielding such substance.
- Synonyms:
- balm
- A soothing ointment.
- Synonyms:
- balm
- Something soothing.
- Classical music is a sweet balsam for our sorrows
- Synonyms:
- balm
- A flowering plant of the genus Impatiens.
- Synonyms:
- jewelweed, impatiens, touch-me-not
- Any member of the balsam family of flowering plants (Balsaminaceae), which includes genera Impatiens and Hydrocera.
- A balsam fir (Abies balsamea).
- Canada balsam, a turpentine obtained from the resin of balsam fir.
- Any of various traditional European herbal liqueurs, originally used medicinally.
Verb
balsam (third-person singular simple present balsams, present participle balsaming, simple past and past participle balsamed)
Proper noun capitalized: Balsam
Balsam (plural Balsams)
- A surname from German.
balsam meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
balsam in Hindi
- soothing ointment
- मरहम marham, मलहम malham, बाम bām, लेप lep, औषधि auṣdhi
balsam in Tamil
- சாம்பிராணி, தாவரப்பால், தாவரவடிபால் மருந்து, மணக்கும் மரப்பால் தூள், வாசனைப்பிசின், காசித்தும்பை
balsam in Urdu
- soothing ointment
- مَرْہَم marham
balsam in Bengali
- গন্ধরস, বামসাম
More languagesFewer languages
- balsam in Pashto
- مرهم marham
- balsam in Tagalog
- pampalubag-loob
- balsam in Arabic
- بَلْسَم balsam, مَرْهَم marham
- balsam in Malay
- balasan, balsam
- balsam in Indonesian
- balsem
- balsam in Thai
- ยาหม่อง yaa-mɔ̀ng, หม่อง mɔ̀ng
- balsam in Vietnamese
- nhựa thơm
- balsam in Myanmar
- ဘမ်းပရုတ်ဆီ bham:pa.ruthci
Synonyms of balsam
Forms of balsam
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | balsams |
| alternative form | balsem |
| alternative form | balsum |
| alternative form | balsome |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | balsams |
| present participle | balsaming |
| past participle | balsamed |
| past | balsamed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Balsams |
Origin of balsam
Borrowed from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam”), of Semitic origin (Hebrew בושם (“spice, perfume”)); compare Old English balsam, balsamum (“balsam, balm”), Doublet of balm and desman. Not related to balsa.
Borrowed from German Balsam, an occupational surname for a seller of perfumes. It could also be an English habitational surname, from Balsham, in Cambridgeshire.
Words formed from balsam
- Abraham's balsam
- balsamaceous
- balsam apple
- balsamarium
- balsam Canada
- balsamed
- balsam fir
- balsamic
- balsamical
- balsamiferous
- Balsamina
- balsamint
- Balsam Lake
- balsam-mint
- balsam of Acouchi
- balsam of aniseed
- balsam of Copaiba
- balsam of fir
- balsam of Gilead
- balsam of Judea
- balsam of Mecca
- balsam of Peru
- balsam of saturn
- balsam of steel
- balsam of sulfur
- balsam of sulphur
- balsam of Tolu
- balsam oil
- balsam pear
- balsam poplar
- balsam ragwort
- balsamroot
- balsam spurge
- balsam-tansy
- balsam tree
- balsamweed
- balsam willow
- balsamy
- Canada balsam
- friar's balsam
- garden balsam
- Himalayan balsam
- imbalsamation
- Mecca balsam
- Peruvian balsam
- Tolu balsam
- true balsam
- Turlington's balsam
- Umiri balsam
- Wade's balsam
- wild balsam apple
- yellow balsam
Phrases with balsam
Words that rhyme with balsam
Questions about balsam
- What does balsam mean?
- Balsam means a sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
- What is balsam in Hindi?
- Balsam in Hindi is मरहम (marham), मलहम (malham), बाम (bām). See Balsam meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is balsam?
- Balsam can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce balsam?
- Balsam is pronounced /ˈbɔːl.səm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of balsam?
- The plural of balsam is balsams.
Words near balsam in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: balsam (page history and authors); Balsam (page history and authors); balsam (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); balsam (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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