shea butter

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɪ ˌbʌtɚ/, [ˈʃeɪ̯ ˌbʌɾɚ]

Noun

shea butter

shea butter (usually uncountable, plural shea butters)

A slightly yellowish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree by crushing and boiling, widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and an emollient, as a cooking oil in West Africa, and sometimes used in the chocolate industry as a substitute for cocoa butter.

Translations

fat extracted from the fruit of the shea tree

Bambara: situlu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 乳木果油 (rǔmùguǒyóu), 乳油木果油 (rǔyóumùguǒyóu), 牛油樹脂, 牛油树脂 (niúyóu shùzhī), 牛油果精華, 牛油果精华 (niúyóuguǒ jīnghuá), 牛油果樹果脂, 牛油果树果脂 (niúyóuguǒshùguǒzhī), 牛油脂 (niúyóuzhī)
Finnish: karitevoi
French: beurre de karité (fr)
German: Sheabutter
Italian: burro di karitè m

Japanese: シアバター
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sheasmør n
Portuguese: manteiga de karité/carité f
Russian: масло ши n (maslo ši), масло карите n (maslo karite)
Spanish: manteca de karité
Swedish: sheasmör

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