Definition
A brand-name petroleum jelly used as a moisturizer, lubricant, or healing ointment.
Etymology
Created in 1872 from 'wasser' (German for water) and 'oleum' (Latin for oil), blended by chemist Robert Chesebrough who discovered it.
Kelly Says
Vaseline was originally discovered when Robert Chesebrough noticed oil workers using the sludgy petroleum byproduct to heal cuts—he refined it and made his fortune!
Translations
ARالعربية
فازلين
fa-ze-lin
BNবাংলা
ব্যাজেলি
ba-ja-ze-li
CACatalà
vaselina
va-se-lee-na
CSČeština
vaselin
va-se-lin
DADansk
vaseline
va-se-lin
DEDeutsch
Vaseline
va-se-leen
ELΕλληνικά
βαζελίνη
va-ze-li-ni
ESEspañol
vaselina
va-se-lee-na
FISuomi
vaseliini
va-se-lee-ni
FRFrançais
vaseline
va-se-leen
HIहिन्दी
वैसलिन
va-i-sal-in
HUMagyar
vazelin
va-ze-lin
IDBahasa Indonesia
vaselin
va-se-lin
ITItaliano
vaselina
va-se-lee-na
MSBahasa Melayu
vaselin
va-se-lin
MYမြန်မာ
ဝါစလိန်း
wa-sa-lin
NLNederlands
vaseline
va-se-leen
NONorsk
vaselin
va-se-lin
PLPolski
wazelina
va-ze-lee-na
PTPortuguês
vaselina
va-se-lee-na
RORomână
vaselină
va-se-li-na
RUРусский
вазелин
va-ze-lin
SVSvenska
vaselin
va-se-lin
SWKiswahili
vaseline
va-se-lin
TAதமிழ்
வசீலின்
va-she-lin
TEతెలుగు
వసీలిన్
va-see-lin
TRTürkçe
vaselin
va-se-lin
UKУкраїнська
вазелін
va-ze-lin
VITiếng Việt
vaseline
va-se-lin
ZH中文
凡士林
fán shìlín (fan shi lin)