deodorant

See also Deodorant

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• deodourant (rare)

Etymology

From Latin de- + odorans, present participle of odorare (“to smell”), from odor (“a smell”); see odor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /diˈəʊdəɹənt/

Noun

deodorant (plural deodorants)

1. Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.
2. An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.

Related terms

• odor
• odorous

Translations

any agent to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor

• Bulgarian: дезодорант (bg) (dezodorant) m
• Finnish: hajunpoistoaine, hajunpoistaja (fi)
• Greek: αποσμητικό (el) (aposmitikó) n

• Italian: deodorante (it) m
• Jèrriais: d'sodorant m
• Macedonian: дезодоранс (mk) (dezodoráns) m

odor-controlling cosmetic for the underarm

• Albanian: deodorant (sq) m
• Arabic: مزيل العرق (ar) (muziil al-3áraq) m, مزيل الرائحة (ar) (muziil al-raa'iHa) m
• Bulgarian: дезодорант (bg) (dezodorant) m
• Catalan: desodorant (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 體香劑 (cmn), 体香剂 (cmn) (tǐxiāngjì), 除臭劑 (cmn), 除臭剂 (cmn) (chúchòujì), 防臭劑 (cmn), 防臭剂 (cmn) (fángchòujì)

• Czech: deodorant (cs) m
• Dutch: deodorant (nl)
• Finnish: deodorantti (fi)
• French: déodorant (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Deodorant (de) n
• Greek: αποσμητικό (el) (aposmitikó) n
• Hebrew: דאודורנט (he) (deodoránt') m, אל-ריח (he) (al-ré'akh) m
• Hindi: दुर्गन्धहर (hi) (durgandhahar)
• Hungarian: dezodor (hu)

• Icelandic: svitalyktareyðir (is) m
• Italian: deodorante (it) m
• Japanese: デオドラント (ja) (deodoranto)
• Jèrriais: d'sodorant m
• Korean: 탈취제 (ko) (talchwije)
• Macedonian: дезодоранс (mk) (dezodoráns) m
• Norwegian: deodorant (no) m
• Polish: dezodorant (pl) m
• Portuguese: desodorante (pt) m
• Romanian: deodorant (ro) m
• Russian: дезодорант (ru) (dezodoránt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: дезодоранс (sh) (dezodorans) m
• Spanish: desodorante (es) m
• Swahili: kuondoa harufu (sw)
• Swedish: deodorant (sv)
• Vietnamese: bay mùi (vi)
• Welsh: diaroglydd (cy) m

Adjective

deodorant (comparative more deodorant, superlative most deodorant)

1. acting or including an agent to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor

Translations

acting to control odor

• Bulgarian: дезодорант (bg) (dezodorant)
• Greek: αποσμητικός (el) (aposmitikós) m

• Italian: deodorante (it)
• Jèrriais: d'sodothant

See also

• antiperspirant

References

• deodorant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• deodorant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Czech

Noun

deodorant m

1. deodorant (odor-controlling cosmetic for the underarm)