detergent

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See also: détergent

English

Etymology

From French détergent, from Latin dētergēns, the present participle of dētergeō, from (off) + tergeō (wipe, polish).

Pronunciation

Noun

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detergent (countable and uncountable, plural detergents)

  1. Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.
    Coordinate term: soap (sometimes loosely synonymous)
    Near-synonym: cleaner (sometimes coordinate)

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

detergent (comparative more detergent, superlative most detergent)

  1. Synonym of cleansing.

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin detergentem.

Pronunciation

Noun

detergent m (plural detergents)

  1. detergent (any non-soap cleaning agent)
    • 2016 November 9, “Amazon llança l'entrega de productes d'ús diari tocant un botó”, in El Periódico:
      L'empresa també ha anunciat el llançament d'Amazon Dash Replenishment a Europa, un servei basat en el núvol que permet configurar els electrodomèstics per fer comandes automatitzades de productes com detergent per a la roba o tinta per a la impressora.
      The company has also announced the launch of Amazon Dash Replenishment in Europe, a service based in the cloud that allows appliances to be configured with automated ordering for products like clothing detergent or ink for printers.

Further reading

Czech

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin detergens.

Pronunciation

Noun

detergent m inan

  1. detergent
    Synonyms: čisticí prostředek, mycí prostředek, prací prostředek, saponát

Declension

Further reading

  • detergent”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • detergent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

detergent c (singular definite detergenten, plural indefinite detergenter)

detergent n (singular definite detergentet, plural indefinite detergenter)

  1. detergent

Declension

Further reading

Latin

Verb

dētergent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of dētergeō

Polish

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detergenty

Etymology

Borrowed from French détergent.

Pronunciation

Noun

detergent m inan (related adjective detergentowy)

  1. detergent (any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant)

Declension

Further reading

  • detergent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • detergent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French détergent.

Noun

detergent m (plural detergenți)

  1. detergent

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative detergent detergentul detergenți detergenții
genitive-dative detergent detergentului detergenți detergenților
vocative detergentule detergenților