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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /purˈɡan.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: pur‧gàn‧te
Adjective
purgante (plural purganti)
- purgative
Participle
purgante (plural purganti)
- present participle of purgare
Noun
purgante m (plural purganti)
- purge, purgative
- (medicine) purgative
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Further reading
- purgante in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- purgante in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- purgante in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- purgànte in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- purgante in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- purgante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Participle
pūrgante
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of pūrgāns
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin pūrgantem. By surface analysis, purgar + -ante.
Pronunciation
Adjective
purgante m or f (plural purgantes)
- Synonym of purgador
Noun
purgante m (plural purgantes)
- (medicine) purgative
- Synonyms: laxante, purga, purgativo
Further reading
- “purgante”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “purgante”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “purgante” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “purgante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “purgante”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “purgante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin pūrgantem. By surface analysis, purgar + -ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puɾˈɡante/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: pur‧gan‧te
Adjective
purgante m or f (masculine and feminine plural purgantes)
- purging; purgative
Derived terms
Noun
purgante m (plural purgantes)
- purgative
Further reading