baby oil

English

A bottle of baby oil

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

baby oil (countable and uncountable, plural baby oils)

1. A mineral oil used primarily to moisten the skin of babies after bathing.
   • 1990 April 7, “Safer Sex and Drug Use Guidelines”, in Gay Community News, page 8:

     Oil-based lubricants like Crisco, Vaseline, and baby oil may make condoms break.

Translations

Translations

• Danish: babyolie c
• Finnish: vauvaöljy
• German: Babyöl (de) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: babyolje m or f

  Nynorsk: babyolje m or f

• Polish: oliwka (pl) f, oliwka dla dzieci f

Further reading

• baby oil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia