# turpentine

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɜː.pənˌtaɪn/ · frequency rank #49,683

## Definitions
1. Any oleoresin secreted by the wood or bark of certain trees.
2. A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner.
3. A turpentine tree (genus Syncarpia).

## Etymology
From Middle English terebentyne, terbentyne, turbentine, from Old French terbentine, turbentine, Latin terebinthīna, from terebintha, from Ancient Greek τερεβινθίνη (terebinthínē), from τερεβινθινος (terebinthinos), from τερέβινθος (terébinthos). Related to terpene and terpin; etymologically equivalent to terebinth + -ine.

## Common misspellings (15)
`trupentine`, `tturpentine`, `tuprentine`, `turepntine`, `turpenitne`, `turpenntine`, `turpentien`, `turpentinne`, `turpentnie`, `turpenttine`, `turpetnine`, `turpnetine`, `turppentine`, `turrpentine`, `utrpentine`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/turpentine